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West London
Food Innovation Centre

Welcome

'West London Food Innovation Centre' next to a DNA strand made out of fruit and vegetables

The West London Food Innovation Centre offers a range of services to companies in the food and beverage sector.

Whether you’re a new company or an established food manufacturer, our ethos is to bridge the gap between food and science by supporting you from initial concept stage through to prototype development and in some cases, pilot plant research and development trials.

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Our work

Here are some of the brands that we have developed products for.

Our centre

Technicians working at the West London Food Innovation Laboratory

Technical lab

We have a range of equipment that measures, characterises and analyses the structure, texture and physical properties of food and beverage products. This information can then be used at early product development stages, durning formulation and/or during benchmarking of other products.

Other services include shelf-life and nutritional analysis.

The West London Food Innovation Centre's innovation kitchen. Several steel appliances including specialised ovens, microwaves etc

Product development kitchen

Our product development kitchen is extensively equipped with high performing equipment to facilitate the product development process, from standard equipment right through to equipment for novel prototype development across various categories.

A testing booth at the West London Food Innovation Centre

Sensory analysis

Our sensory analysis facility includes:

  • 6 tasting booths
  • Controlled lighting, interior and airflow

 

Expert comment and analysis

Our services

A food scientist at the West London Food Innovation Lab

The West London Food Innovation Centre (WLFIC) can help you develop new and existing formulations and/or reformulations, line extensions, and help make cost improvements to produce your desired product. 

Together we can turn your innovative ideas into winning products using our product development kitchen, science lab and sensory evaluation facility.

Our expert team at the WLFIC combines science and culinary expertise, which can help you bring your concepts to products in our facilities enabling you to re-produce your concept successfully.

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WLFIC in the media

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Test subjects sample food items inside a sensory booth at the WLFIC
A lab assistant passes a sample of three wines to a test subject inside a sensory booth
Lab equipment at the University of West London's 'West London Food Innovation Laboratory'
Technicians working at the West London Food Innovation Laboratory
The WLFIC kitchen which includes specialised ovens, microwaves, and sensory booths

Contact us

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