Cereal Mixes and Granola bars

Many companies in the Cereal and Bakery sector are using Format’s optimizing software solutions as an integral part of  their New Product development process .

 Key benefits for New product development

• Product quickly balanced against multiple parameters [physical and analytical] to achieve desired characteristics
• Recipe skews can be quickly generated and compared
• Quickly produce alternative products e.g. lower fat products, higher fiber products
• Production of a robust recipe that will remain consistent over time
• Cost versus perceived benefits of alternative ingredient sources e.g. sugar [Honey, fruit inclusion, added sugars]
• Review the impact that variable ingredients could have on meeting the product requirements over time.
• Evaluate and define changes to ‘processed’ ingredients to increase their value e.g. separate out fiber fractions, reduce salt content

Example Cereal mix 

• Flaked Barley 

• Flaked Wheat

• Rolled Oats    

• Raisins           

• Apricots

• Skim Milk powder       

• Demerara sugar        

• Nuts - various 

Products requiring Multiple stage processes

Where products involve multiple processes or stages, Format software can accommodate the design and development of the final product reflecting the intermediate stages.

An example would be where a cereal product contains a mixture of extruded pieces that are produced to a given moisture content and then mixed together with other extruded products or natural ingredients such as flaked cereals. The final mix could then have a honey glaze coating.

Final product costs, yields and nutritional information are readily available as well as the final product being balanced for its specific market requirements.