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Food Products FAQEpisode 10: Sales and Marketing - The Many Channels to Sell Your ProductNow 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 influencer marketing. Fun stuff! Thanks so much for listening!2025-02-2058 minFood Products FAQEpisode 9: Shelf-Life and Why Food RotsNo 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. 2025-02-1754 minFood Products FAQEpisode 8: Sensory Science and The Techniques We UseLet'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.2025-02-1355 minFood Products FAQEpisode 7: Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Why It MattersQuality 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. 2025-02-1055 minFood Products FAQEpisode 6: How to Search and Connect with Contract ManufacturersCopacker, 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.2025-02-061h 02Food Products FAQEpisode 5: The Commercilization Process and Working with ManufacturersThe 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! 2025-02-0355 minFood Products FAQEpisode 4: Nutrition and Supplement Label Creation - From Lab Work to SoftwareThe 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.2025-01-3054 minFood Products FAQEpisode 3: Finance and COGS - Numbers Numbers NumbersIn 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.2025-01-2753 minFood Products FAQEpisode 2: Raw Material and Ingredient Sourcing - Documents and Working with SuppliersWhy 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 2025-01-2458 minFood Products FAQEpisode 1: Research and Development - The Process From Idea to ShelfThe 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. 2025-01-2048 minFood Products FAQEpisode 0: Food Product Consultants Adam and BrianWe introduce ourselves and talk about what products we’ve worked on and what we want to share with you for this 10 part series. 2025-01-2014 min
My Food Job Rocks!Ep. 200 – [Live at WeWork Food Labs] 200th Episode Celebration Interview Collection Part 1Welcome to the 200th episode [part 1] I’m your host and food scientist, Adam Yee and you are listening to episode 200, where I interview a couple of dozen people about their food jobs. The party was super fun, a lot of my friends showed up and I loved interviewing them. You’ll get a variety of different guests. From young entrepreneurs to seasoned veterans, to people not even in the food industry. You’ll hear from some guests from past episodes as well, to see an update in their life. I’m so amazed that this lit...2019-12-021h 07
My Food Job Rocks!Ep. 144 - Building a Culinary Playground in San Francisco with Dan Mills, Founder of Tinker KitchenI met Dan through Brian Chau, you might recognize him in episode 3. In the past couple of years, Dan has been slowly building this incredible, much-needed space within the Bay Area. Dan thought of Tinker Kitchen when he was in college. One of his class had a “Learn-by-Doing” workshop that he loved. Combined with his fascination with cooking, this dream was decades in the making. Having the chance to explore the space, you have food service equipment, so much table space, and any machine you can think of. From freeze dryers to centrifuges. We g...2018-10-2945 min
My Food Job Rocks!Ep. 037 - [Graduate Student Series] From India to the United States with Deepak Kumar, Graduate Student at Oklahoma StateAlright guys, I hope you enjoyed Ireland, now let’s go to India… and then back to the United States. For our graduate student series, we have Deepak Kumar, who came from India to do graduate school. I really wanted to get an international student who came from a foreign country to the United States because, well, you see them a lot. Deepak is also just getting a masters degree which might interest some of you guys who don’t want to go all in for a PhD. In this episode, we really hone in on what...2017-01-1631 min
My Food Job Rocks!Ep. 003 - Being a Food Mercenary with Brian Chau, Food Technologist from the Helmsman GroupSo today we are going to talk about consulting (kind of). Consulting happens when you have a bunch of connections and they know you are good at what you do. In Brian’s case, he works for a consulting company called the Helmsman Group a company many organizations trust to launch their food products for retail sales. About the Company: At The Helmsman Group, we look at the big picture to understand how our recommendations will affect the company as a whole. We strive to offer you the best advice not just for the present, but that will also grow with...2016-06-1223 min