Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Develop and Launch A Food Product
This short course in Food Product Development used the stages of the food product development process to develop and launch their own food product. The course covered aspects such as market research, idea generation and screening, developing prototypes and pilot testing, developing a market plan, consumer testing and scaling production.
5 weeks, 3 hours per week
Cheryl Cordier
Director of Studies
International Culinary Studio
Andy Cordier
Group Executive Chef
International Culinary Studio
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Investigate market trends and demand and determine development opportunities for local food products.
- Research, develop and produce food products using local and seasonal ingredients packaging and labelling.
- Calculate product costs and perform cost analysis to determine product profit margins.
- Design, develop and launch a new food product.
- Develop a plan of promotional activities for food products within the local market.
Syllabus
- Product development process
- Market research
- Concept Creation and screening
- Developing prototypes
- Costing and setting selling prices
- Sensory Evaluation - Testing Panel
- Running a pilot and making adjustments
- Consumer testing
- Finalisation of product specifications and costings
- Scaling production
- Branding, packaging, and labelling and your marketing plan
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Issued on 27th June 2025
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