Increasing Economic Prosperity through Beverage Innovation & Commercialization

通过饮料创新促进经济繁荣

• 批准号: 546403-2019
• 负责人: Nantel, MarcMHC
• 金额: $ 10.93万
• 依托单位: Niagara College Canada
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Extend Innovation Enhancement Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=761478
• 关键词: Increasing; Economic; Prosperity; through; Beverage

Food and beverage (F&B) manufacturing is a large economic driver in the greater Niagara region, providing employment for more than 3,500 employees . The beverage sector has identified major gaps in the ecosystem that hold them back from innovating with new products, including a lack of affordable research expertise, equipment and facilities. Furthermore, there is a growing demand, and much needed novel research, for the inclusion of cannabis compounds in F&B products due to recent legalization in Canada. In this proposal entitled "Increasing Economic Prosperity through Beverage Innovation & Commercialization", Niagara College (NC) seeks to better serve the needs of the growing Ontario F&B industry through expanded applied research solutions. NC has a strategic position to support local F&B producers with applied research, and has demonstrated leadership in culinary arts, food science, wine, beer, spirits, and cannabis production. The Canadian Food & Wine Institute Innovation Centre (CFWI IC) is one of three innovation centres at NC and its mandate is to assist SMEs in the F&B sector to commercialize products and bring them to market. This proposal builds on an incredible demand by regional beverage manufacturers and more than 6 years of capacity-building in F&B research and development. Objectives are focused on feasibility studies (pre- and post-market services and risk assessments); beverage research and product development (innovative processes and incorporating key market trends); consumer acceptance and quality assurance; and conducting research test runs through a small-batch, scale-up beverage processing laboratory. Food safety will underpin everything we do. This will allow the CFWI IC to provide enhanced experiential learning opportunities for students and meet strong local industry demand, by filling an important gap in beverage research and innovation in the ecosystem.

食品和饮料 (F&B) 制造业是大尼亚加拉地区的重要经济驱动力，为超过 3,500 名员工提供了就业机会。饮料行业已经发现了生态系统中阻碍他们进行新产品创新的主要差距，包括缺乏负担得起的研究专业知识、设备和设施。 此外，由于加拿大最近的合法化，食品和饮料产品中包含大麻化合物的需求不断增长，并且急需新颖的研究。在这项题为“通过饮料创新和商业化增加经济繁荣”的提案中，尼亚加拉学院（北卡罗来纳州）寻求通过扩展应用研究解决方案更好地满足不断增长的安大略省餐饮业的需求。 NC 具有通过应用研究支持当地餐饮生产商的战略地位，并在烹饪艺术、食品科学、葡萄酒、啤酒、烈酒和大麻生产方面表现出领导地位。加拿大食品与葡萄酒研究所创新中心 (CFWI IC) 是北卡罗来纳州的三个创新中心之一，其任务是协助餐饮行业的中小企业将产品商业化并将其推向市场。该提案建立在地区饮料制造商令人难以置信的需求以及超过 6 年的餐饮研发能力建设的基础上。目标侧重于可行性研究（上市前和上市后服务以及风险评估）；饮料研究和产品开发（创新流程并结合主要市场趋势）；消费者接受度和质量保证；并通过小批量、放大的饮料加工实验室进行研究测试。食品安全将支撑我们所做的一切。这将使 CFWI IC 能够填补生态系统中饮料研究和创新的重要空白，为学生提供更多的体验式学习机会，并满足当地行业的强劲需求。