December Newsletter 2024
It has been an eventful year here at The Food WorksSW, we have had lots of exciting things happening and have many more in the works…
We are proud to be part of a new company that is now managing the Centre, we have brought in new team members and new equipment, we have worked with lots of interesting clients across the country and we have exciting new partnership opportunities opening up.
As we have been quiet for a little while, we want to share with you some of the work through a wrap up of our year!
Future Food Partnership CIC
Starting off, The Food WorksSW is now proudly operated by Future Food Partnership CIC.
Future Food Partnership CIC is a new community interest company working on behalf of Food and Drink businesses, with a particular focus on the Southwest of England to provide access to facilities, support and services that will help businesses at any stage develop and grow their business through the provision of industry knowledge and expertise.
New Staff
The Food WorksSW family is also growing and we have welcomed two new members to the team.
Hospitality and Facilities Coordinator Ella and Marketing and Events Coordinator Beth.
Partnership opportunities
We have a number of exciting opportunities for supporting and partnering with us at The Food WorksSW.
We have a number of different ways for your company to support us as a new not for private profit CIC, through different ways including being linked to the site, use and promotion of the Centre, supporting events and projects that will benefit regional food and drink businesses.
Technical Support
Not only do we have lots of exciting things coming up at Food WorksSW, we have also had many interesting things taking place. Our New Product Development Manager Zoe has worked with a range of amazing businesses through 2024.
Wild Cornwall
Zoe has worked with Wild Cornwall to make their recipes robust enough to scale up production while also keeping costs down. We also supported them with HACCP, Label checks, Nutritional Analysis, shelf life plus SALSA certification, as well as new kitchen refit which will be starting in the new year!
Yixo
We have been working with Yixo on their second wave of development of award-winning alcoholic jellies including alcoholic and non- alcoholic cocktail flavours. Areas of work have included shelf life, label checks and nutritional’s.
Black Bee Honey
Used our trial kitchen with Zoe’s New Product Development support to develop a product for sale.
Ramekin & Rolling Pin
Lorna travelled all the way from Glasgow to develop a spicy sauce with Zoe to be sold in their store.
If you would like to learn more about our technical support or how we can help you, you can contact us now or head to our website for more information.
New to our innovation centre
New equipment
Our dairy kitchen has had some recent additions this year. We have two new pieces of equipment.
Firstly we have our High Shear mixer!
Our Silverson High Shear mixer is great for producing emulsions used in salad dressing and mayonnaise. Plus homogenizing small batches up to 12 kg of yogurt, milk shakes, oat milk. Other benefits include incorporation of powders into liquids
We also have our new Homogenizer!
Our 2-stage homogenizer can be used for dairy products and beverages, such as:
• Pasteurized flavoured milk • Milk cream • Cheese • Yogurt drink • Dressing • Ice cream • Fruit juice • Cloudy drink • Butter oil • Tomato products • emulsions in salad dressing and mayonnaise. Great for scaling up production!
If you would like to check out more about our kitchens and equipment you can head to our website or contact us now.
Meeting rooms
Don't forget to start planning for those New Year meetings...
To add to our existing rooms, we now have a brand new meeting room equipped with a screen and video conferencing for up to 8 people.
Contact us now to book or for more information head to our website.
Coming up for 2025…
Are you a photographer or film food? Keep an eye out for updates on some changes here in the next few months.
Drinks producer? If you have canned products and looking for small runs? Again look out for some changes in the next few months here at The Food WorksSW.
Whether you have used our services, facilities or just follow our newsletter, we would like to thank you for all your support!
It has been a great year here at The Food WorksSW and we look forward to what the New Year will bring!
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