Food Innovation Lab
Food innovation laboratory at AIC ADT Baramati Foundation provides assistance for small to mid-sized food entrepreneurs, food professionals, non-profits and community partners undertaking food based projects. The Food Innovation Lab is the premier provider of consulting and coaching services for entrepreneurs, non-profits, and community partners.
Our Food Innovation Lab will offer you guidance, advice, technical support, product development services, and sensory analysis to enable the creation of your product. If your business is eligible, we will help you develop new and existing formulations and/or reformulations, line extensions, and help make cost improvements to produce your desired product.
Product development
From recipe standardisation to scale‑up trials — we turn your kitchen recipe into a manufacturable product.
Cost optimisation
Ingredient sourcing, formulation tweaks & process efficiency to improve margins without compromising quality.
Sensory & analysis
Expert sensory panels, shelf‑life studies, and consumer testing to ensure your product delights.
Technical coaching
One‑on‑one mentoring with food technologists, regulatory guidance, and connection to pilot plants.
Inside our lab
What we offer
- Formulation & reformulation (clean label, allergen, nutrition)
- Line extensions & new product concepts
- Cost optimisation & ingredient substitution
- Process troubleshooting & thermal processing
- Packaging compatibility & shelf‑life testing
- Pilot plant trials (small batch to pre‑commercial)
Who can benefit
- Small & mid‑sized food entrepreneurs
- Food professionals & chefs scaling up
- Non‑profits with community food projects
- Farmer producer groups (FPOs) exploring processing
- Agri‑incubators & academic partners
Ready to build your food venture?
We guide you through every step — from concept to commercial. If eligible, we help with new formulations, line extensions, and cost improvements to create exactly the product you envision.
Talk to our food lab team