Brenntag UK & Ireland, the leading distributor of ingredients for the variety of food and beverage applications, have announced the launch of their new Food Application Kitchen.
Located at the company's food hub site in Widnes, Cheshire, this Food Application Kitchen is the latest addition to the network of Brenntag Food Application Centres across Europe.
Alastair Nicoll, Business Manager Food & Nutrition, says: "We have always taken pride in our ability to provide extensive technical support to our customers. Our specialist technical teams help customers to develop new products and find application advantages, whether by helping to choose the right ingredients or developing solutions that are tailor-made for each customer’s unique and specific needs. Our new UK based facility allows us to undertake even more bespoke projects and formulating trials across the variety of food and beverage applications, and to organise frequent training days and networking sessions in partnership with the renowned ingredients manufacturers we are proud to represent in the UK & Ireland."
Managed by a team of in-house technologists, the kitchen focuses on developing new product development concepts and offers customised formulation advice on working with innovative ingredients to address the most pertinent market trends. The latest projects developed by the team include ideas for bakery, beverages, dairy, confectionery, sauces, meat and vegetarian market sectors, and involves extensive formulation, product and stability testing.
Nicoll added: "The Brenntag Food team are already working on a range of new product concepts which we are excited to be bringing this November to Food Matters Live in London, Excel." The concepts will feature new ingredients by Brenntag's suppliers such as Akzo Nobel, Cargill, Corbion, Dow, Sensus, Silesia, Stephenson's Group.
For further information, please contact the Brenntag Food & Nutrition team: | +44(0) 113 3879200.