Ingredion launches Asia-Pacific innovation centres

INGREDION has announced its Idea Labs innovation centres in the Asia-Pacific to provide customers with new ways to create innovative and profitable products.  The company has likewise unveiled a flagship centre at its new regional headquarters in Biopolis, Singapore’s premier life sciences hub.

The Idea Labs is a starting point for new, profitable products

The regional centres will apply relevant global technology and insights while developing products and solutions targeted at specific regions. It will work with the Ingredion Idea Labs global centre in Bridgewater, NJ, which continues to serve as the hub of Ingredion innovation and originator of global applied research projects.

The Idea Labs innovation centres aim to foster science-based collaboration and problem solving for food, beverage, and industrial customers. It underscores four key areas: consumer insights, applied research, applications know-how, and process technology.

They will feature Ingredion’s Culinology capability, which has been key in helping Ingredion customers in other regions speed up product development and reformulation. Created by the US Research Chefs’ Association, Culinology is an approach to food that blends the culinary arts, food science, and food technology to improve the flavour and texture of food.

Developed by the US Research Chefs’ Association, the Culinology offers value-added service to manufacturers, retailers and food service providers in APAC

Dedicated Culinologists can provide value-added service to food manufacturers, retailers, and food service providers in the Asia-Pacific through state-of-the-art development centres in China, Australia, and Singapore. Cuisine master classes, menu creation sessions, chef focus groups, and customer-specific activities can be held at Culinology centres, which also provide Ingredion employees with culinary learning and tasting opportunities.

Cereal chemists, food scientists, culinologists, marketers, process engineers, and nutrition experts can work with customers and use applied science to address specific challenges. These experts also conduct basic research and work with key global universities conducting carbohydrate research.