The company

 

Philosophy and values

We wish to make innovation accessible for consumers in three major directions :

  • offer foods which combine pleasure and health
  • improve food safety
  • respect the environment

 

Helping your business grow, our ambition is :

  • to reinforce the growth of its sales
  • to develop its added value and its profitability
  •  to promote its innovative image

 

For that, we help our clients with the discretion, loyalty, and ethical standards they expect.


Our clients

SME or groups, our clients are mainly located in the west of France, and belong to all sectors of the food industry : meat products, catering, delicatessen products, seafood, fruits & vegetables, bread cake and pastries, dairy products, health foods, beverages...


We also work for catering chain, which is a portent sector in food habits and innovations.


Our history

With 16 years experience in various sectors of food industry as development Director or general Director, Vincent Lafaye wished to dedicate his time to innovation and development.

That's why he founded FOOD DEVELOPMENT in April 2004, at the heart of France's leading area in agrifood production. Its core business is to offer R&D services to the food industry : innovation, development and improvement of the products, processes and packaging.

Besides, FOOD DEVELOPMENT believes that, in order to develop collaborations, we need to build industry & research projects. For that, FOOD DEVELOPMENT is also  « Organisme de Recherche » (Accreditation from the French research ministry).

For you, FOOD DEVELOPMENT is developing tomorrow's food products.


Our means

Since December 2006, FOOD DEVELOPMENT is located at the heart of the INRA center of Nantes, with which it has developed a close collaboration.


FOOD DEVELOPMENT has its own culinary lab and also has access to several technology halls, depending on the needs of the client. FOOD DEVELOPMENT has also many tools for innovation and food R&D : data bases, nutritional simulation tools, MULSii : a R&D project management software, creativity tool Zest!nnov...


The strength of a network

FOOD DEVELOPMENT relies on the skills of its expert network, in order to bring the most relevant answers to its clients problematics.