Gelato expert academy Module #8: for the people who love experimenting in this module you will learn how to do research and development effectively, weather you are a multinational or small gelato shop. You will learn practical techniques and also how to enhance creativity and problem solving in the gelato world.
Program Module #8
Introduction
- What is a food system?
- Definition of food systems and frozen desserts.
- What is product development and why to perform it?
- Is the creation of new flavour or product a creative or a scientific act?
- Market research for product development.
Sensory science
- Parameters affecting consumer decisions when buying food.
- Basics of sensory science.
- Sensory evaluation: variable and product testing.
- Sensory science vs market research.
- Sensory science vs commodity grading.
- Sweetness.
- Expert panelists, trained panelists, untrained panelists.
- Do we like what we like?
Product development
- Parameters for frozen desserts product development.
- How to perform product development on a small scale.
- Micro and macro flavour components.
- Hedonic testing and sensory analysis.
- Simplified sensory evaluation.
Science and creativity in R&D
- How to be creative
- What is creativity in the gelato business
- Strategies to boost creativity and transform it into gelato
Shelf life
- What is shelf life?
- “Expiration date” and “best before… date”
- How to calculate shelf life of frozen desserts.
- Parameters and ingredients affecting shelf life of frozen desserts.
- Introduction to Quality Assurance for frozen desserts.
- Product testing techniques for frozen desserts.
Voluntary exam to achieve certification (10 minutes quick test)
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Price
- 1 module of choice: 170€
- 3 modules of choice: 450€
- 5 modules of choice: 650€ (includes 30 minutes one to one consulting)
- 10 modules: 1000€ (includes 60 minutes one to one consulting)
Included in the price
- Teaching material in PDF used during the courses
- Recipe book of each module of the courses
- Access to all the videos and material for unlimited time
- Certification of participation
- For minimum 5 modules of subscription: 50€ discount on GelatoPassport+ the official formulation app used by the Gelato Expert Academy and factories and professionals all over the world