Freeze-Thaw and Ready-to-drink Blueberry Smoothie Development

Wyman‘s成立于1874年，是一家种植、加工和销售野生蓝莓和其他新鲜和冷冻水果的家族企业。Wyman‘s开发了最先进的新鲜冷冻工艺，以保持高质量的风味和营养价值。90年代末，Wyman‘s开始将产能扩展到增值产品领域，Wyman’s在内部进行了大量的市场调查，并确定速溶冰沙、预制冰沙和增值野生蓝莓饮料存在重大机遇。怀曼正在寻求加拿大最聪明的厨房(CSK)的支持，以帮助领导新饮料产品的开发。位于PEI的夏洛特敦，CSK的多学科团队将烹饪创意、食品科学和市场洞察力结合在一起，帮助公司开发创新的新食品。CSK是NSERC的技术访问中心，通过支持加拿大烹饪学院的学生参与行业主导的研究项目，在荷兰学院内促进创新文化。怀曼将与CSK合作，在台式规模上开发三个概念原型。将调查保质期和包装方面的技术挑战，以确保产品保持质量和新鲜度。

Founded in 1874, Wyman's is a family owned company that grows, processes and markets wild blueberries and other fresh and frozen fruit. Wyman's has developed state of the art processes for fresh freezing, to maintain the high quality flavour and nutritional benefits. In the late 90s, Wyman's began to expand their capacity into value added products Wyman's has conducted significant market research internally and determined there is significant opportunity in instant smoothies, premade smoothies and value added wild blueberry beverages. Wyman's is seeking support from Canada's Smartest Kitchen (CSK) to help lead the development of new beverage products. Located in Charlottetown, PEI, CSK's multidisciplinary team combines culinary creativity, food science, and market insight to help companies develop innovative new food products. CSK is a NSERC Technology Access Center and promotes an innovation culture within Holland College by supporting Culinary Institute of Canada student's participation in industry led research projects. Wyman's will work alongside CSK to develop three concept prototypes at a bench top scale. Technical challenges in shelf life and packaging will be investigated to ensure products maintain quality and freshness.