Experienced Snack Industry Professionals providing
a development service and turnkey solutions, trouble-shooting and
expert guidance to the Snack Food Industry worldwide
Headed up by Richard Fisk and Kevin Wrathall this BSFT team is experienced
in all aspects of snacking food production from product and process
development, process engineering, plant installation and commissioning,
packaging and packaging development, managing product quality and
costs through to consumer research and marketing and launch. Full
feasibility studies undertaken.
Richard and Kevin are “hands-on” Food
Technologists with over 50 years combined experience
of Product and Process Development
with leading brand snack food companies in UK but also including
experience in USA, Western Europe, Mexico, and Australia and supported
by other BSFT experts experienced in India, Russia, Central America,
Central and SE Asia. They have participated in launch of a number
of major new branded snack products and have recently developed
independently snacks for licensed sale to International Snack companies
Experienced in all major snack food technologies, extrusion, baking,
frying, drying and flavouring and the major snacks categories of
potato crisps (chips), fabricated snacks and nut snack lines.
Very experienced at organising complete novel snack projects from
brainstorm to prototypes through to factory trials and launch.
An experienced team of project engineers, nutritionists, market
developers, quality and HACCP experts in snacking food technologies
support them.
| Snack Categories |
Snack Technologies |
 Adult
Snacks
Children’s/Themed
Snacks
Party/Occasion
Snacks
Healthy/Well-Being Snacks
Low Fat/Low GI
Natural
Organic
Pro-Biotic
Reduced
Sugar/Salt
Product Matches |
Baking
Dips/Sauces
Extrusion Systems
Flavouring & Flavouring
Systems
Frying Systems
Panning
Snack Bars/Cereal/Muesli Bars
Pelleting
Sheeting – Potato/
Tortilla/ Multigrain
Sandwich/Tortilla
Wraps |
| Development to Launch |
Ingredient Sourcing |
Concept Generation To Launch
Cost Modelling/Planning
Kitchen
Development/Prototyping
Pilot Plant
Manufacturing Plant Trialing
Product
and Line Commissioning
Manufacturing Launch |
Cereals – Corn, Wheat, Rice
Fats and Oils
Nuts and Seeds
Pulses
and Legumes
Root Crops – Potatoes, Parsnips, Carrots
Vegetables/Fruits
Functional
Ingredients – e.g. Pro-Biotic |
| Applied Skills |
Food Factory |
Complete
Extrusion Die Design/Manufacture
Design Engineering
Interim
Management
Problem Solving/Trouble Shooting
Process Engineering
Snack
Technology |
Complete Project Management
Process
and Equipment Sourcing/Selection
Specification
Setting
Technical Design and Build
Turnkey Build/Operations |
| Product Development/Innovation |
Quality/Training |
Consumer Testing
Innovation Generation
Manual Preparation
Market
Research/Trends
Portfolio
Gap Analysis
Stability and Storage
Testing |
Cost Reduction/Release
HACCP/Audits/Food Safety
Operational
and Technical Manuals
People Training and Development
Production
Efficiency Gains
Quality Enhancements
Specifications and Specification
Writing |
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BSFT
Snacks Group