Redefining Food  through Innovation

CHEF-TO-SHELF™

INNOVATION STRATEGY

Ideation

Our proven ideation method generates hundreds of relevant and profitable ideas. We converge down to the best ones to iterate and test creating an Innovation Pipeline range of near vs. longer term.

Concept Development and Testing

Concepts are refined to test consumers’ zintent to purchase and uniqueness. Our proven methodology considers the emotional hook, benefit and reason to believe.

Formulation

Either starting from scratch or reformulating,  we develop great tasting and commercially viable products, leveraging our global network of ingredient and flavor suppliers and industry experts

Commercialization

Whether using your equipment or finding the right contract manufacturer, we scale prototypes to production with our network of experienced engineers.

Innovation Assessment

A proven method to identify where the gaps are and opportunities to improve innovation impact.

Open Innovation

Find and qualify external solution providers to tackle your most challenging problems.

Strategy Workshop

Identify market opportunities and assess competition. Recommend forward thinking strategies to execute them through a combination of internal and external capabilities.

Organization

Design the right innovation platform for maximum impact and agility. The optimal organization structure considers R&D, Marketing, Quality Assurance and other relevant functions.

Quality Assurance

Improve your regulatory and safety systems with our expert guidance. Whether you need to reduce acrylamide levels or conduct a global food safety analysis, we've got you covered.

Design to Consumer Value

We identify what matters most to consumers and optimize the product and packaging accordingly. Finally, we validate these changes with quick and affordable consumer testing to maximize consumer value.

Testimonials

Keith Belling and Pat Turpin

Carlos has been a terrific partner and resource for us right from the outset. Thanks to his expansive product knowledge together with deep consumer insights he was immediately able to help us start to work through tough R&D challenges – and his network of resources, including skilled scientists and engineers are incredible. We couldn’t be happier with Carlos’ contributions.

Keith Belling and Pat Turpin

FOUNDER AND CEO POPCHIPS & FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT POPCHIPS.
Dr. Dean Ornish

Carlos really gets Heath and Wellness. He understands how to leverage high quality ingredients and technology to develop food and beverage products that combined with a holistic approach to lifestyle, diet and exercise can have a meaningful impact on consumers’ health and wellness.

Dr. Dean Ornish

FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE PREVENTIVE MEDICINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND AUTHOR OF seven BEST-SELLING BOOKS ON HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

Mike White

During the last 10 years Carlos created an impressive innovation pipeline that has PepsiCo much better positioned today for continued high growth. He pioneered the application of open innovation for us building a network of external research partners around the world that is delivering layers of competitive advantage.

Mike White

FORMER CEO DIRECTV AND FORMER CEO AND PRESIDENT PEPSICO INTERNATIONAL.

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