BUS6821 - MFIC Food Product Concept to Consumer Incubator

Maui College - HO'ALA

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Course Description

Have a Food Product Idea or Recipe Consumers Would Love? The Concept to Consumer Incubator Program is an in depth class that teaches food industry best practices for taking your recipe idea or concept and turning it into a viable value-added food product for the retail marketplace! This course will provide access to educational resources and professional consultants to help you learn what it takes to build a food business and brand. Learn how to obtain: Food handlers certification and Food Business license. Learn product development for food manufacturing, ingredient sourcing, costing, branding their products and how to manage the intricacies of a small supply chain, building alliances to lower costs, and valuable best practices for growing a business. Convert a basic recipe into a manufacturing formula. Includes hands-on time in the MFIC Test Kitchen. Participants will have the opportunity to introduce their products to industry experts and receive valuable feedback on the their products market readiness. A Certificate of Professional Development is awarded upon completion of course.

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BUS6821 - Spring2024

UH FY2024

Available

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Online - Independent Learning

Apr 01, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024

30.0

Maui College

General non-credit

$299.00

Section Notes

Have a Food Product Idea or Recipe Consumers Would Love? The Concept to Consumer Incubator Program, is an in depth class that teaches food industry best practices for taking your recipe idea or concept and turning it into a viable value-added food product for the retail marketplace! This course is suited for individuals that already have a product prototype and basic recipe and will provide access to educational resources and professional consultants to help you learn what it takes to build a food business and brand. Learn product development for food manufacturing, ingredient sourcing, costing, branding their products and how to manage the intricacies of a small supply chain, building alliances to lower costs, and valuable best practices for growing a business. Convert a basic recipe into a manufacturing formula. Participants will have the opportunity to introduce their products to industry experts and receive valuable feedback on the their products market readiness. Offered in a hybrid format of online modules (via the laulima.hawaii.edu) and face-to-face coaching (by appointment with instructor), total class time is 30 hours. Concurrent enrollment in CULN6020 for Kitchen access highly recommended. Completion of an online Survey application required prior to acceptance. Curriculum development for this course is supported in part by the US Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency Grant MB21OBD8020251.