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Key Features
On-site delivery at the National Centre for Food Manufacturing or at your own
One-day short course
Regular start dates each year
Available on demand
Course Overview
This course is designed to assess your underpinning knowledge for understanding the principles of product development in the food and drink industry. Students will be given up-to-date information on market research methods and can investigate the development process at various stages. With this course, we also offer an introduction into sensory evaluation and good practice in tasting panels within our excellent sensory suite.
New product or process development staff can further their training in specific areas of product development and are provided with the opportunity to understand how to obtain and use market research in product development, develop test samples, manage production trials, evaluate the outcome of production trial, and develop product specifications.
Course Start Dates
- 3 October 2024*
- 13 February 2025
Funding
*This course can also be attended as part of our Skills Bootcamp in Product Development and Sensory Analysis. Please contact NCFM for more details of our funding options.
How You Study
This one-day course is delivered on site at the National Centre for Food Manufacturing in Holbeach and can also be delivered on business premises.
This course will cover the whole development process from idea generation through formulation and consumer research and on to issues arising during production scale-up. It offers the opportunity to work in groups to generate product ideas as well as hands-on experience of developing and costing a product, calculating its nutritional composition, and evaluating any potential nutritional claims.
Explore Flexible Learning
From short courses and microcredentials, to professional development modules and fully online Master’s degrees, we offer a range of flexible programmes to suit your individual needs. Our suite of programmes uses a variety of delivery methods, including online-only, face-to-face, blended, and distance-learning approaches.
