What does food processing consultancy involve?
Food processing consultancy means supporting companies with practical expertise to develop, improve or scale production processes for food ingredients and bioprocess-based products. This can include reviewing an existing process, identifying bottlenecks, improving downstream processing, selecting suitable technologies, designing a new production route or preparing a process for industrial scale-up.
At Bodec, consultancy is always hands-on. We combine process knowledge with practical production experience and, where useful, pilot testing in our own facilities.
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Yes. Bodec works with customers from both inside and outside Europe.
Bodec remains independent. We do not develop our own branded food ingredients that compete with our customers. Our role is to support customers. The product idea, formulation, application and market direction remain with the customer. This independent position allows us to work confidentially with startups, scale-ups, SMEs and larger food companies.
Bottlenecks are identified by looking closely at the full production process, from raw material intake to final food ingredient. We analyse where time, capacity, product quality or yield is lost. This may involve reviewing process data, observing production runs, measuring critical process steps, speaking with operators and testing alternative settings or process conditions.
Yes, our consultants work on-site with our production team. Depending on the project, Bodec’s technologists and engineers can support customers on-site at their own production facility. Working on-site allows us to understand the real production environment, observe the process directly and work closely with operators, technologists and production teams. This is especially useful for process optimisation, troubleshooting, bottleneck analysis and practical implementation of improvements.
Yes, Bodec can support both the optimisation of existing food ingredient and bioprocessing routes, and the development of new production lines or process routes. For existing processes, we can review the current setup, identify bottlenecks and test improvement options. For new production routes, we can help define the required process steps, suitable technologies, equipment needs and scale-up route.
A food processing consultant can help by analysing how your current food ingredient or bioprocess performs and where improvements are possible. This may include looking at yield, processing time, separation efficiency, concentration steps, drying performance, energy use, product losses, equipment use and final product quality. Based on this analysis, improvement opportunities can be identified, tested and translated into practical actions.
