Category Archives: Food & Beverage Innovation Centre

R&I school project turns into career for NC grad

Tell us about where you work. I work as the Head Brewer in Miski Brewing, Barrie, Ont. It is a gluten-free, organic, vegan, and kosher certified brewery. After a lot of effort, we officially launched the product in the market last month, in July. For now, we have one label being sold called Ancestral, the first 100% quinoa beer in the world, but more are … Continue reading R&I school project turns into career for NC grad »

A busy fall season full of events for FBIC

FBIC Upcoming Events - calendar

  The Food & Beverage Innovation Centre (FBIC) will be sending their experts to three key industry events in the fall. On Sept. 21, the FBIC team will attend the Food and Beverage Annual Golf Tournament at Peninsula Lakes Golf Club and sample ready-to-drink beverages they helped develop. They are also gold sponsors of the event. Carved from the remains of an old sand and gravel … Continue reading A busy fall season full of events for FBIC »

Food safety expert adds to the uniqueness of Niagara College’s FBIC

Around the world, an estimated 600 million people – almost 1 in 10 – fall ill after eating contaminated food each year. Concerns over food safety have also been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s why Angela Tellez-Lance’s unique combination of skills as a food scientist and engineer make her a highly valuable team member of the Food & Beverage Innovation Centre (BCIC). She helps … Continue reading Food safety expert adds to the uniqueness of Niagara College’s FBIC »

Pasteurization: a key to food safety and a service FBIC provides

From an Expert's Perspective

This month, we hear from Edmund Co, Research Lead with the Food & Beverage Innovation Centre. Before urbanization, most milk was consumed locally. This raw milk was fit for consumption because local rural consumers had adapted to the pathogens in the milk, and it wouldn’t make people sick. Throughout the early modern age, urbanization began, which saw the movement of large numbers of people to cities. … Continue reading Pasteurization: a key to food safety and a service FBIC provides »

Cheers to the trailblazing partnership between FBIC & Wild Lot Farm Distillery

Climb the ladder. Get fired. Build your own damn ladder. That’s the mantra that Ryan Fowler, Founder & CEO of Wild Lot Farm Distillery, and his partner in life and business Taylor McIndless, live by. The two met in downtown Toronto and fantasized about one day being entrepreneurs and opening a food and beverage business together. They dreamt of leaving “the big city” for one … Continue reading Cheers to the trailblazing partnership between FBIC & Wild Lot Farm Distillery »

A one-of-a-kind partnership with FBIC results in a one-of-a-kind gluten-free organic quinoa beer

Miski's gluten-free quinoa-based beer

  Ricardo Irivarren sounds like a proud parent raving about their child’s success when he tells us about his latest professional endeavours. Miski Brewing is proud to be certified gluten-free, organic, vegan and kosher – the first beer to do this in North America. It’s the sister company of Miski Organics, which originated in 2016 and brought super foods that are organic, gluten-free, non-GMO and … Continue reading A one-of-a-kind partnership with FBIC results in a one-of-a-kind gluten-free organic quinoa beer »