Continuation of Meat Based Protein Bar Development with 81 Foods Inc.

Eighty-One Foods是一家位于加拿大新玩法的成功食品公司，最近在CCI Engage Grant的资助下，于2017年春季与荷兰学院加拿大最智能厨房（CSK）完成了研发合作。81食品公司在加拿大大西洋地区生产清真培根产品，并在全国范围内销售。他们需要CSK的帮助来开发一种清真认证的肉类蛋白质棒，用于零售，这可能是他们未来的主要产品线。加拿大最聪明的厨房致力于与行业合作伙伴合作，帮助他们创新和繁荣。随着越来越多的“食物部落”，如旧石器社区，有机会创造一个肉类蛋白质酒吧是一个创新的方式，以扩大到休闲食品市场。CSK与Eighty-One Foods密切合作，开发了5种肉类蛋白棒，在感官分析中获得了非常好的成绩。此次合作的下一阶段是继续进行研发和产品改进，以便在加拿大新斯科舍省农村地区的CFIA认证肉类工厂扩大生产。在扩大规模的过程中仍然存在一些挑战，包括降低水活度，以及对原型进行修改以满足所需的蛋白质，钠和糖含量水平，这将是此次合作的重点。

Eighty-One Foods, a successful food company based in New Brunswick, Canada, recently completed a research and development collaboration with Holland College Canada's Smartest Kitchen (CSK) in the Spring of 2017 with funding support from a CCI Engage Grant. Eighty-One Foods produces Halal Bacon products in Atlantic Canada and distributes nationally. They required assistance from CSK to develop a Halal certified meat based protein bar for retail which could potentially be their main product line moving forward. Canada's Smartest Kitchen is dedicated to working alongside industry partners to help them innovate and prosper. With an increasing number of "food tribes" such as the Paleo community, the opportunity to create a meat based protein bar is an innovative way to expand into the snack food market. CSK worked closely with Eighty-One foods to develop 5 variations of the meat based protein bar that have scored very favorably in sensory analysis. The next stage of this collaboration is to continue with the R&D and product refinement in order to scale up production in a CFIA certified meat plant in rural Nova Scotia, Canada. Several challenges still exist in the scale up process including reducing water activity, and making modifications to the prototype to meet desired protein, sodium and sugar content levels which will be the focus of this collaboration.