Product Development

The NFL’s product development team is comprised of food scientists and professional chefs with extensive backgrounds in multiple food categories at Fortune 500, start-ups, and natural food companies with a stellar track record of success. Whether you want to make a splash in a new product category or need a refresh of an existing product, our streamlined approach to product development gets you there. The developers who work on your project are geared to act either as an extension of your team or as a stand-alone resource. We use a flexible, phased approach that allows us to customize the development process to best fit your needs, ensuring innovative solutions with commercial viability. You can rely on our depth of cross-category expertise to bring the newest and most creative on-trend knowledge to your new products.

Food Prototype Development

The NFL provides a wealth of services necessary to bridge the gap between new product ideas and the prototypes you need to test proof the concept. Teams of experienced food scientists and highly-trained professional chefs collaborate to create a wide range of options that fit with your product concept and to execute trial samples that allow you to research product viability and acceptability.

• Rapid Design Process
• Marketing
• Product Development
  • Product Expertise
  • Shelf Life
• Process Development
  • Food Process Development
• Culinary Services
  • CIA Partnership
  • Recipes
• Consumer Research
  • Floor plan
  • Product Landscape^®
  • Consumer Discovery and Consumer Co-Creation
• Sensory Evaluation
  • Floor plan
  • Shelf Life
  • Supplier Verification
• Packaging Services
• Start-Up Support