CuliNEX is a dedicated group of food industry trailblazers with over 300 years of experience. Our diverse staff of leading culinary and food science professionals are some of the freshest thinkers who not only spot trends, but help you create them. This is where the next-big-thing happens and where your success begins.
OUR EXPERTISE DEFINES US. OUR PASSION SETS US APART.
We Side With the Disruptors
Trends in the food industry come fast and furiously. That’s why we maintain our position at the leading edge of food technology, ingredient functionality and processing advances. Paleo diets and gluten free are as much in our wheelhouse as traditional cuisines. From adaptogens to meat analogs, whatever trend the food world throws at us, let’s get there first, together.
What Does ‘Clean Label’ Mean to Us?
We have spent decades mastering clean label formulating, from restaurant kitchens to benchtop development to production and operations. We can help you create flavor-forward culinary offerings with ingredients that consumers can pronounce and are proud to serve.
Culinary craftsmanship
Smart, solutions-based food science
Ingredient statements that are simple and easy to understand
Meaningful and factual marketing claims
Natural and responsibly sourced ingredients
Balanced ingredient choices with performance and flavor
Sustainable ingredients and upcycled sources
Understanding and measuring harvest practices, agriculture regeneration, origin, footprint, and corporate responsibility
Plant-Based Expertise For Today’s Demands
An exceptional eating experience—taste, aroma, texture—is our unwavering priority. Our plant-based innovations complement extraordinary flavor with function while delivering simple ingredient statements. We understand the unique formulation challenges, specialized ingredients and production required for optimum results and are experts at solving issues unique to plant-based development:
Flavor and Taste Optimization:
- Juiciness and succulence
- Char, smoke, grill, roasted flavors
- Savory meat or rich dairy taste
- Masking beaniness, protein off-notes
Enhanced Texture:
- Bite, snap, and chew
- Pliability
- Meltability
- Stretchability
- Fatty mouthfeel
- Moisture retention
Improved Shelf-life:
- Shelf-life improvement and extension
Food Safety:
- Innovative solutions through optimum ingredient selection
- Clean, simple ingredient statements
- Successful translation to commercialization
- Process optimization
When Innovation Strikes
The big idea takes thoughtful insight and anticipating demand. We’ll make sure that kernel of an idea has the power to become the next on-trend breakthrough. We sift that initial idea through our highly trained lens of feasibility to make sure that aha moment becomes a winner.
Our Application Expertise
MEAT
Beef
Chicken
Pork
Fish
Seafood
PLANT-BASED
Meat
Seafood
Cheese
REFRIGERATED & FROZEN
Entrees & side dishes
Pasta
Eggs
Sandwiches
Handheld snacks
Salsas, dips, spreads & hummus
Salad kits
SNACKS/BARS
Sweet & savory
Baked, extruded, dried, fried & microwaved
Topically seasoned
Enrobed
BAKED GOODS
Cookies
Pancakes & waffles
Crackers
Pies & cakes
Breads
Pizza crust
PRODUCE
BEVERAGES
DESSERTS
CEREALS
ICE CREAM
NUT BUTTERS
DRY MIXES
Sharing Our Mutual Successes
Want to see the kind of success we can help produce for you? Take a look at a sample of our case studies and imagine your brand as one of our success stories one day!
