Food Products FAQ
Food Products FAQ is a show hosted by food scientists Adam Yee and Brian Chau, two friends who have known each other since college and each bring a decade of industry experience. In a 10-part mini-series they walk through the full process of creating a food product from scratch and scaling it professionally. Along the way they share practical tips and tricks, plus personal stories of both successful and failed products. The goal is to help listeners feel prepared to bring their own food product to the world.
Episodes
Episode 10: Sales and Marketing - The Many Channels to Sell Your Product
Now we've finished making a great product. it's time to sell it. There's a strategy! There's a lot of questions we get as food science consultants about how we get the product to market. Here we explore how we leverage our network to evaluate how to navigate the different sales channels and distribution networks to allow your product to grow. We also dive into social media strategies and influence
Episode 9: Shelf-Life and Why Food Rots
No matter what, your food will rot. What helps prevent this? A shelf-life study tells us a lot. The questions we get as food science consultants is how we determine shelf life on products. We review different techniques to better understand shelf life parameters based on categories.
Episode 8: Sensory Science and The Techniques We Use
Let's get into the statistics of the taste of food! The questions we get as a food science consultant is what is sensory evaluation and how important is it? We define and provide tools and resources for you to consider as you navigate the space of sensory science for marketing or QA/QC.
Episode 7: Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Why It Matters
Quality and Food Safety. What is QA/QC all about? Can't the co-man do it? Risk mitigation and control over food safety and quality gives you peace of mind. We dive deep into the core foundations of any food science and technology major - food safety and quality assurance/control.
Episode 6: How to Search and Connect with Contract Manufacturers
Copacker, Co-man, potato potato. The most common question brian gets is do you know a co-man who can make my product? Yes, but it also depends on your strategy. We talk about where you can search for co-mans and what kind of questions you should be thinking about before we get to commercialization.
Episode 5: The Commercilization Process and Working with Manufacturers
The facts and questions we get as food science consultants is what is commercialization or do they need us to be on site for their first production run? This episode is where we unpack the climax of a production launch!
Episode 4: Nutrition and Supplement Label Creation - From Lab Work to Software
The facts and questions we get as food science consultants are about the accuracy of a nutrition and supplement label and if they need to go to a lab to get nutritional information. We walk you through how we do nutrition panels and the different tools or platforms that support the creation.
Episode 3: Finance and COGS - Numbers Numbers Numbers
In this episode, we get into some questions regarding money: what are my costs of goods sold and for the fundraisers out there, how or where may we secure funding? You will get to understand why we need to look at your COGS in order to develop a MSRP, a firm sales strategy, and your financial statements. You will also explore different paths to funding.
Episode 2: Raw Material and Ingredient Sourcing - Documents and Working with Suppliers
Why do we need to source new ingredients or how difficult is sourcing raw materials? You will learn there is a whole industry of ingredients and that comes with the documentation necessary for R&D, scale-up, and transparency. Connect with us: adamyee@umaiworks.com brian@chau-time.com
Episode 1: Research and Development - The Process From Idea to Shelf
The most frequently asked question we get as food science consultants are how do we work as food science consultants? What are the steps in doing research and development? You will explore how we set up our framework for operating.
Episode 0: Food Product Consultants Adam and Brian
We introduce ourselves and talk about what products we've worked on and what we want to share with you for this 10 part series.
