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, Marc
• 金额: $ 21.86万
• 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: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=699881
• 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大型经济驱动力，为3500多名员工提供了就业机会。饮料部门已经确定了生态系统中的主要差距，使他们无法使用新产品进行创新，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，需求不断增长，并且急需的新研究需要将大麻化合物纳入餐饮产品。 在此提案中，题为“通过饮料创新和商业化来增加经济繁荣”，尼亚加拉学院（NC）试图通过扩展的应用研究解决方案来更好地满足不断增长的安大略省F＆B行业的需求。 NC具有支持当地的餐饮生产商的战略立场，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力。加拿大食品与葡萄酒研究所创新中心（CFWI IC）是NC的三个创新中心之一，其任务是协助F＆B领域的中小型企业，以将产品商业化并将其推向市场。该提案基于区域饮料制造商的不可思议的需求以及餐饮研究与开发中超过6年的能力建设。 目标侧重于可行性研究（市场前和市场服务以及风险评估）；饮料研究和产品开发（创新过程并纳入关键市场趋势）；消费者接受和质量保证；进行研究测试通过小批量的扩大饮料处理实验室进行。食品安全将支持我们所做的一切。这将使CFWI IC通过填补生态系统中饮料研究和创新的重要空白，为学生提供增强的体验学习机会，并满足当地的强劲需求。