New ready-to-drink products for Miura Challenge Drink Miura (Fifth Wave Labs Ltd.) is a beverage company based out of the Greater Toronto Area and operated/owned by Adam Lewis. Drink Miura embraces a reverence for traditional Japanese style iced coffee with the desire to incorporate it into Canadian culture. When Miura came to the Canadian Food & Wine Institute (CFWI) Innovation Centre they offered products … Continue reading Drink Miura Ltd. »
Commercializing and Marketing New RTD Tea Beverages CHALLENGE: Genuine Tea Co. blends, packages, distributes and sells premium, ethically sourced and harvested loose leaf teas to offices, stores, and foodservice establishments. Owners, Dave and Sarah O-Connor, noticed the market was lacking a high-quality tea-based ready-to-drink (RTD) beverage that had no sugar added. Seeking to fill this gap in the market, they wanted to extend … Continue reading Genuine Tea Co. »
Introducing New Products to the Marketplace CHALLENGE Miski Organics is a dry goods importing company based out of Burlington Ontario who wanted to branch out into offering products utilizing their health-conscious dried/ powdered superfoods imported from Peru. They had created some baked goods and dry mixes for trade shows and other events with great reception from the public and wanted to continue with product portfolio … Continue reading Miski Organics »
Scaling up using fruit and vegetable ‘seconds’ CHALLENGE Ravine Vineyard Estate Winery in St. David’s is a fifth-generation family farm, home to an organic vineyard, a winery, a restaurant, a cidery and retail store. Ravine’s goal was to relaunch their family’s 1904 canning label – Lowrey Bros. – with a new line of preserves that uses fruit and vegetable “seconds” as their main ingredient. A … Continue reading Ravine Vineyard Estate Winery – Lowrey Bros. »
PROJECT TYPE Recipe Optimization and Commercialization CHALLENGE Bald Baker’s mission is to reconnect consumers with life’s simple joys by offering delicious, sugar-conscious desserts that are vegan, grain-free and baked without any added sugar. Their products are created to be low on the glycemic index and make a lower impact on blood sugar and insulin levels. Their challenge was to extend shelf life, optimize and scale-up … Continue reading Bald Baker »