A release about the establishment of NC’s Beverage Centre of Excellence was picked up by Education News Canada on June 24.
The release explains how a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Innovation Enhancement Extend program will allow NC Research & Innovation’s Canadian Food & Wine Institute (CFWI) Innovation Centre to enhance its state-of-the-art commercialization services to assist more beverage companies in the Niagara region, and beyond, to innovate, grow and compete in the global marketplace.
The grant will allow the CFWI Innovation Centre to expand its resources to focus on feasibility studies (pre- and post-market services and risk assessments); beverage research and product development (innovative processes and incorporation of key market trends); consumer acceptance and quality assurance; and conducting research test-runs through a small-batch, scale-up beverage processing laboratory.
