IGNORE AT
YOUR PERIL
That’s the warning
from Ecovia
Intelligence about
vegan and plant-based
foods, with demand for
alternatives ballooning
in the past couple
of years. And New
Zealand, it says, is
almost at the heart
of a largely ignored
Asian market for the
products.
NZ FOOD INNOVATION NETWORK OFFERS WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES
• Develop new food and
beverage products?
• De-risk a move into new
technologies or product
categories?
• Commercialise your new
product?
• Showcase your innovative
machinery?
THE FOODBOWL: Alasdair Baxter,
upper North Island and Auckland.
e: al.baxter@foodinnovationnetwork.co.nz
FOODWAIKATO: Craig Hoare
Central North Island
E: hoare.c@nfiw.co.nz
NZFIN HAWKES BAY: Jo Madden
East Coast Lower North Island.
e: Jo.Madden@foodinnovationnetwork.co.nz
THE FOODPILOT: Nikki Middleditch
Lower North Island.
e: n.middleditch@foodinnovationnetwork.co.nz
FOODSOUTH: Tracey Sheehy
South Island.
e: tracey.sheehy@foodinnovationnetwork.co.nz
FOODSOUTH OTAGO: Alex Nicolle
e: alex.nicolle@nzfin.co.nz
ARE YOU
LOOKING TO:
…THEN WE ARE
HERE TO HELP
Supporting you on
your Food Innovation
Journey
www.foodinnovationnetwork.co.nz
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Services offered by NZ Food
Innovation Network include:
• Formulation; recipe formulation and
modification.
• Validation; rapid prototyping.
• Commercialisation; small scale
production with domestic and
international export options.
• Accessible, national network of
Government-subsided resources
and infrastructure which supports
the development and growth of the
New Zealand food and beverage
industry.
• Connecting industry to key contacts
and service providers within the
F&B innovative ecosystem via the
regional business development
team or online via the FoodPortal.
• Based near Auckland Airport, the
Foodbowl has seven production
suites available for the development
and commercialisation of addedvalue
export-focused products.
• FoodWaikato, based in Hamilton,
offers open access spray drying for
the development of new products,
from concept to commercialisation.
• The FoodPilot is located at Massey
University in Palmerston North, and
offers a wide range of technology
at bench scale NPD and pilot plant
trials.
• NZFIN has a satellite office based
at the Hawke’s Bay Business Hub,
with the business development
manager looking after businesses
on the East Coast and Lower North
Island, from Gisborne down to
Wellington.
• FoodSouth is the South Island hub
of the network and is located at
Lincoln University in Christchurch.
Within this hub, there is FoodSouth
Otago which is based at the
University of Otago in Dunedin.
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