Since 1982, Advanced Food Systems, Inc. has been designing and manufacturing functional food ingredient systems for the food processing and food service industries. Our success at creating innovative solutions is due to partnering with our customers. In support of our development work, the AFS manufacturing facility is SQF/HACCP Certified.

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What we do

We custom manufacture functional food ingredient systems that:

• Increase yield while balancing texture, flavor, color, and appearance
• Reduce customer formula and manufacturing costs
• Improve customer process efficiencies

Our R&D approach: Develop a technical partnership with our customers to serve as an extension of their R&D

Benefits of working with AFS?

• Innovative development of new products and process optimization
• Optimization of customer’s time and efforts by acting as an extension of their R&D
• Solutions targeted to customer’s specific needs
• AFS R&D consists of chefs and food scientists to develop creative solutions
• Application specialists of functional food ingredients with creativity and technology
• Expertise in understanding the roles of ingredients and food materials
• Food processing equipment knowledge and ability to replicate customer’s manufacturing in our lab
• Ability to rapidly create prototype samples for customer evaluation
• Quick project turnaround and full technical support
• Broad knowledge base that can be applied to many product categories
• One-source convenience starting with formulation development through commercialization
• Support from bench-top to scale-up

Customized systems provide effective functionality during processing, shelf-life and final preparation

Expertise across a Wide Range of Food Products

–Meat, poultry, and seafood

–Plant-based and Flexitarian

–Frozen entrees and side dishes

–Dairy products and desserts

–Sauces, dressings, and condiments

–Snack foods, beverages, and bakery

AFS Development Process

• New Product Concepts
• Identify the need or challenge
• Development, Testing and Validation
• Customer production and financial parameters
• Prototypes for evaluation
• Launch
• Scale-up
• Pilot Plant
• Plant Trials

Whether your needs are for product or process improvements, new product development, contract research, or manufacturing, our food professionals and state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and research center are ready for your projects.