STEP 1: Connect
Complete our New Product Development Project Initiation Form and sign our confidentiality agreement. (Your ideas and recipes are safe with our team!) We will set up a 30-minute call to discuss your ideas and objectives, and see if we’re a good fit for you.

STEP 2: Proposal
Our team will put together a proposal that outlines our plan of action to help you achieve your goals. This will include a project plan, deliverables, and our estimated cost for services provided.

STEP 3: Approval
Upon approval of our proposal and project plan, we will execute a project contract. At this point, we are still able to work with you to make changes and modify our proposal.

STEP 4: Project Kickoff and Ideation
Letʻs get to know each other! This meeting will give our teams an opportunity to discuss your project vision in more detail to make sure our goals and objectives are aligned. We will review your concept, competitive products, discuss details about ingredients and nutritional requirements, and strategize how we can bring this product to the market!

STEP 5: Setup and Sourcing
We will review your ingredients and production process, identifying ingredient suppliers that align with your company’s philosophy and product requirements. While we prioritize ingredient suppliers in Hawai’i, we will leverage our additional connections to make sure that we are sourcing the right ingredients for your product. Our aim is to begin benchtop development work with industrial ingredients and avoid unnecessary reformulations later. We will also work to mimic the production process likely to be used in manufacturing during our benchtop production so that the transition to scaleup can be as seamless as possible.

STEP 6: Benchtop Formulation/Re-formulation
Our team will work in the kitchen lab to turn your ideas into a prototype. We rely on our technical expertise, culinary skills, and creative thinking to innovate new products. We’ll present a range of viable prototypes for you to evaluate in an initial tasting. We will use that feedback to inform reformulations. Throughout this process youʻll remain in the driver seat, telling us what works, what doesn’t, and which direction to explore further.

STEP 7: Scaling
Whatever ‘scaling’ means to you, we’ll meet you there and assist with the transition from benchtop to production. After benchtop formulations are approved, we will work with you to ensure you have all the information needed to manufacture products. If you’re planning on working with a co-packer, we’ll help you connect, transfer knowledge and prepare product samples.

STEP 8: Final Reporting
After our work is complete, we’ll transfer all our project information to you and your team. Our reports will include product formulations, ingredient specs and supplier contact, production process flow charts, QA information, lab reports (if necessary), and a comprehensive review of all work completed.