ABOUT FBIC
The Food & Beverage Innovation Centre Innovation Centre (FBIC) offers recipe and new product development; food and beverage safety and regulatory assistance; laboratory services; sensory analysis and consumer testing; and nutritional labelling services. Our resources include a microbiology lab; chemistry lab; food quality lab; a shelf-life lab; brewery; winery; and commercial kitchens.
Beverage product development
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https://www.ncinnovation.ca/innovation-centres/food-and-beverage
135 Taylor Road, S. S. #4, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0
Services offered in: English
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RESEARCH AND INNOVATION EXPERTISE
EXPERTISE
- Lab services, food safety services, product development services and commercialization services include:
- Food and beverage product-process development
- Nutrition analysis
- Shelf-life testing
- Pathogen identification
- Beverage analysis
- QA plan designs
- HACCP/GFSI plans
- Point validation
- Process lethality
- Traceability and recall
- Education and training
- Labelling (regulatory)
- Packaging and ingredient sourcing
- Co-packing referrals
- Competitive analysis
- Advertising/marketing plans
- International market entry/export
- E-commerce
- Web design and development
- Food and beverage trends analysis, feasibility studies and market research
- Sensory analysis and consumer testing
TECHNOLOGY SECTORS
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Agriculture
- Biotechnology
- Environmental Technology
- Food Innovation
- Human Health Therapeutics
- Water technology
EQUIPMENT AND LABS
| Equipment | Function |
|---|---|
| Microbiology Lab | Food-safety capabilities, accredited Biosafety Level 2 Microbiology Lab to allow pathogen inoculation in packages (challenge test) to validate food and beverage industry processes; |
| Biosafety Cabinet | |
| CO2-Incubator | |
| Cryo-centrifuge | |
| Spiral Plater | |
| Colony Counter | |
| Kinetic Microplate Reader | |
| Real-time PCR | |
| Electrophoresis | |
| Chemistry Lab | Full suite of chemical analytical instruments including Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatograph (U-HPLC) and Gas Chromatograph with Flame Ionization Detector (GC-FID), determines multiple chemicals (volatile, semi-volatile and non-volatile) used in food and beverages, as well as contaminants or natural components. |
| U-HPLC | |
| UV-VIS Spectrophotometer | |
| Gas Chromatograph | |
| Automated Titrator | |
| Ultrasonic Bath | |
| Food Quality Lab | Beverage analysis equipment: a Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) wine analyzer, to provide the full spectrum of wine parameters needed for both QC/QA and regulatory purposes. |
| FTIR Wine Analyzer | |
| Beer Analyzer | |
| DO Meter | |
| Non-destructive CO2 Laser Detector | |
| Density Meter | |
| Texture Analyzer | |
| Colorimeter | |
| Water Activity Meter | |
| Rheometer | |
| Moisture Analyzer | |
| Viscosity Meter | |
| Refractometer | |
| Shelf-life Lab | Several pieces of equipment for testing varied food industry processes (such as cooking and pasteurization, modified atmosphere effects, etc.). |
| Modified Atmosphere Packaging Unit | |
| Bulk Tray Dryer | |
| Walk-in Refrigerator/ Freezer | |
| Freeze-drying Unit | |
| Humidity Chambers | |
| Thermal Validation Equipment | |
| Niagara College Teaching Brewery | Fully equipped to develop and trial beer and other beverage products. |
| Small-scale functional brewery and 3/4 Acre Research Hops Yard | |
| Niagara College Teaching Winery | Fully equipped to develop and trial wine and other fermented products. |
| Small-scale functional winery and 40 Acre Production and Research Vineyard | |
| Niagara College Culinary Labs | Fully equipped to developed culinary products. |
| Full-scale commercial kitchens |
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- Nuance Winery Supplies
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- Ontario Hop Growers’ Association
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