Category Archives: Food & Beverage Innovation Centre

Food & Beverage Innovation Centre, Research & Innovation

Two R&I students on award-winning team, plus FBIC Beverage Pilot Plant is HACCP certified

Congratulations to the NC team, including Research & Innovation students Santiago Ampudia and Gian Raina Arnas, who won five medals and the top title at the recent 2023 U.S. Open College Beer Championship. Every beer that the College’s Teaching Brewery entered in this year’s competition achieved a medal, including two golds, two silvers, and a bronze. Two students from the College’s two-year Brewmaster and Brewery Operations … Continue reading Two R&I students on award-winning team, plus FBIC Beverage Pilot Plant is HACCP certified »

Food & Beverage Innovation Centre

NOW HIRING: Brewery/Beverage Research Assistant position available with our FBIC team

Brewery/Beverage Research Assistant, Canadian Food & Wine Institute Innovation Centre The successful candidate will be enrolled in the Brewmaster and Brewery Operations Management program. As a Brewery/Beverage Research Assistant, you will have the opportunity to assist with beverage processing and product development projects, within a research team environment, with the Food and Beverage Innovation Centre. See the full Brewery Research Assistant job posting and apply today. … Continue reading NOW HIRING: Brewery/Beverage Research Assistant position available with our FBIC team »

An Expert's Perspective, Food & Beverage Innovation Centre

FBIC: the journey from concept to shelf

From an Expert's Perspective

This month, we hear from Ana Cristina Vega-Lugo, PhD, Scientific Manager with the Food & Beverage Innovation Centre (FBIC). How can you predict the success of a novel and creative concept? We all wish to have a magic ball to be able to tell if the launch a novel food and beverage product will be profitable and a solid step for business growth. Even though … Continue reading FBIC: the journey from concept to shelf »

Food & Beverage Innovation Centre

A love of cooking leads to a career in food science for Hannah Curle

You’ll usually find her on the third floor of the Marotta Building at the Daniel. J. Patterson Niagara-on-the-Lake campus, working on something food or beverage related… Hannah Curle is the Food Science Research Associate with the Food & Beverage Innovation Centre (FBIC) of the Research & Innovation (R&I) division. Hannah works closely with the student research assistants at FBIC and takes more of a leadership … Continue reading A love of cooking leads to a career in food science for Hannah Curle »

Food & Beverage Innovation Centre

NOW HIRING: Food Science Research Assistant with our FBIC team

FBIC Food labs, student researchers

The Food Science Research Assistant will be enrolled in the Culinary Innovation and Food Technology or related food and beverage program. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to assist with food and beverage projects, within a research team environment, with the Food & Beverage Innovation Centre. Some duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Product development/optimization; scale-up production; process improvement; microbiology and … Continue reading NOW HIRING: Food Science Research Assistant with our FBIC team »

Food & Beverage Innovation Centre

R&I grad recipient of the 2022 Donna Messer Women in Food Industry Management Scholarship Award

Zhansaya Ingkarbek, recipient of the 2022 Donna Messer Scholarship from the Women in Food Industry Association. Niagara College’s Research & Innovation (R&I) would like to congratulate grad Zhansaya Ingkarbek on being the 2022 recipient of the Donna Messer Women in Food Industry Management Scholarship Award. Zhansaya is a graduate of the Culinary Innovation and Food Technology program and was a Food Science Research Assistant during … Continue reading R&I grad recipient of the 2022 Donna Messer Women in Food Industry Management Scholarship Award »