Agile Ingredient Innovation™

An Ingredient Imperative

The food industry is at an ingredient inflection point – forced to continually meet changing taste trends and specialty diet demands while balancing speed, time and costs. Consistent category growth now demands rapid innovation. Yet, many food brands and flavor houses are held back by cumbersome development steps and large-scale testing processes that make them vulnerable to more nimble competitors.

We think there is a better way.

An Innovation Gap

Constrained by tight budgets and limited staff and expertise, food manufacturers today are seeking new ways to innovate and bring on-trend products to market faster with the right ingredient profile and flavors.

Agile Ingredient Innovation Model

Bluegrass Ingredients’ Agile Ingredient Innovation Model™ is purpose-built to help established food manufacturers and entrepreneurs and advance the flavor, form and function of their products and applications. We offer turnkey solutions at every stage of the food manufacturing process, anchored by advanced trend analysis tools, extensive process capabilities and in-depth industry knowledge.

We don’t just follow trends, we partner with customers to figure out what’s coming and what it means for their business. We bring technical expertise and a full suite of services and solutions to innovation and collaboration. We give customers the ingredients and insights they need to move flavor forward.

Secret Ingredients

Trend Analysis

  • AI-Driven Consumer Insights
  • Social Media Monitoring, Competitive
  • Product Research Capabilities

Capabilities

  • Multi-Discipline Innovation Support Team
  • Diverse Ingredient Portfolio
  • Flexible Production Assets

Knowledge Depth

  • Tenured R&D, Culinary, Sensory, Quality and Regulatory Expertise
  • Direct Sales & Customer Services

Turnkey Solutions

Marketing Guidance

  • Market Awareness
  • Consumer Trend Insights
  • Innovation Concept & Design

Research & Development

  • Innovation Strategy Support
  • Custom Ingredient Profiles
  • Trending Flavors and Formats, Custom Solutions

Formulations & Production

  • Manufacturer-Friendly Ingredient Solutions
  • Ingredient Matching
  • Turnkey Application Development, Customized Solutions

Custom Packaging Solutions

  • Production Scale-Friendly Solutions
  • Box, Pail, Bag and Tote Options
Building Great Flavors Together

Through this proven model, our team of ingredient engineers work side by side with our partners to determine their goals to develop custom formulations that meet those precise specifications. With state-of-the-art spray drying and dry blending technologies, we rapidly prototype and test customized samples in quantities from as little as one bag up to truckloads.

Each formulation is meticulously documented to ensure maximum consistency, safety and quality control. After passing rigorous testing in our pilot labs, the formulation is finalized, approved and prepared for production. The iterative nature of the agile process ensures collaboration, enables customization and drives game-changing innovation on just-in-time delivery cycles.

We’re not just a supplier, we’re a team of food-focused agile innovators that all share the same simple goal: to help invent and improve the future of food.

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