From Idea to Final Product: The Kitchen Lab’s Recipe for Success

You can use the Kitchen Lab as a creative studio and start brainstorming among pots and pans! Especially in the early phases of product and business development, it is important to have quick and low-cost access to modern prototyping facilities. This helps lay a solid foundation for marketable products. We will do our best to support you wherever we can. You can improve your processes in our lab, compare processing options and packaging solutions, test shelf-life extension strategies or other methods to make your product market-ready and increase its market opportunities. Our test kitchen is well equipped, and you can even add your own equipment or hire what you need from us. We will provide you with a tailor-made development laboratory. If desired, you can also receive expert support in optimising recipes, processing methods and packaging.

Do you have the necessary qualifications to put food on the market? Then the Kitchen Lab has the potential to be more than just a test and experimental kitchen. All you have to do is register the lab as a processing room, and you can use it to produce food for a test market. To do so, please present the necessary professional qualifications and fulfil the legal requirements: register the activity using the SCIA form on the SUAP portal, submit all the documents required by law and then obtain approval from the competent authorities. Please note that you assume full responsibility for ensuring food safety. The Tech Transfer Food Technologies team and our experts will gladly assist you in obtaining the necessary approval and putting together the required documentation and product information.

Do you want to share your expertise with others or learn more about innovative food production methods? The Kitchen Lab is made for facilitating knowledge transfer through seminars and presentations. Private individuals, start-ups and companies can reserve the kitchen and workshop area – complete with the necessary presentation equipment. If you are interested in exploring market potential, you can host a product tasting to get valuable feedback from potential customers. If you are looking for a highly qualified speaker with specific knowledge, you can take advantage of our pool of experts.

You have a recipe or product idea – along with questions, goals, or uncertainties. Come to the Kitchen Lab: we’re used to thinking outside the box. With a pragmatic and creative approach, we work with you through conversations, brainstorming sessions, and workshops to analyze market and customer needs and develop a concept together.

Chop, mix, stir. Ferment, cook, freeze. Taste: more of one ingredient, less of another. Then start again. Whether on a small scale, with scalable equipment, or through contract manufacturers – we support you until your product is ready for the next step.

Time to fine-tune your product: it tastes great and looks good. But will it resonate with your target audience? We find out through market and consumer testing. We also help you address key questions: How do you ensure food safety at every stage of production? And what about shelf life?