Food Innovation Research Studio (First)

食品创新研究工作室（第一）

• 批准号: 411406-2010
• 负责人: Luke, Robert
• 金额: $ 12.75万
• 依托单位: George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Technology Access Centre
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=551119
• 关键词: Food; Innovation; Research; Studio; First

Canada's food processing industry is the largest manufacturing sector in the country, providing more jobs than the transportation and machinery manufacturing sectors combined. From field to fork, the sector is responsible for more than 9% of national GDP and 2.3M jobs, roughly 13% of all Canadian jobs. Torontos food and beverage cluster dominates the Ontario food industry. Although over 25,000 food industry-related companies, organizations and agencies are located within 80km of Toronto, there is no facility in the GTA meeting industry needs in areas such as production, food safety, storage, packaging, labelling and getting products speedily to market. The absence of such a facility is a barrier to sector growth, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. To fill this gap, George Brown College (GBC) proposes to create the Food Innovation and Research Studio (FIRSt). FIRSt will provide food product concept to commercialization technical support and business innovation services to the GTA food industry. FIRSt builds on the GBCs extensive experience serving the food industry through its training, applied research and product development activities. The Studio will integrate an expert food science applied research, recipe and product development team with cutting edge research laboratories, test kitchens and equipment. Via FIRSt, industry clients will be able to swiftly and cost-effectively develop and commercialize new food products.

加拿大的食品加工业是该国最大的制造业，提供的就业机会超过运输和机械制造业的总和。 从田间到餐桌，该行业占全国GDP的9%以上，提供230万个就业岗位，约占加拿大所有就业岗位的13%。 多伦多的食品和饮料集群主导着安大略的食品工业。 虽然超过25，000家与食品行业相关的公司、组织和机构位于多伦多80公里范围内，但大多伦多地区没有设施满足行业在生产、食品安全、储存、包装、标签和快速将产品推向市场等领域的需求。 缺乏这种融资机制是部门增长的障碍，特别是对中小型企业而言。 为了填补这一空白，乔治布朗学院（GBC）建议创建食品创新和研究工作室（FIRSt）。 FIRSt将为GTA食品行业提供食品产品概念到商业化的技术支持和商业创新服务。 FIRSt建立在GBC通过培训，应用研究和产品开发活动为食品行业服务的广泛经验基础上。 该工作室将整合一个专业的食品科学应用研究，配方和产品开发团队与尖端的研究实验室，测试厨房和设备。 通过FIRSt，行业客户将能够快速，经济高效地开发和商业化新食品。