Shape a stronger experience
Which sensory attributes influence liking, and what should the product deliver consistently?
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03 · Product Innovation
Product innovation shaped by science and consumer preference.
Connect what a product can deliver with what consumers recognize and value. We bring product science, sensory understanding and consumer insight together to guide development, optimization and reformulation.
Discuss your product challenge
Start with the decision
Questions we help answer.
Guide development
How can teams evaluate new concepts or ingredients without losing the experience consumers expect?
Make functionality meaningful
How do scientific and functional benefits translate into a product people understand, enjoy and choose?
What we do
What the work can include.
Drivers of liking
Connect consumer response with the attributes of a product experience. This can help teams prioritize improvements to taste, aroma, texture or other relevant aspects of performance.
Sensory profiling
Build a clearer description of how products differ and where those differences matter. Sensory evidence can support benchmarking, development choices and more useful conversations between technical and commercial teams.
Product and ingredient quality
Assess product experience alongside technical and functional considerations. For food, beverage and nutrition innovation, a promising ingredient still needs to fit the intended use, sensory experience and consumer expectation.
Sensory training and alignment
Support teams in developing a shared language for product evaluation. A clearer understanding of attributes and evaluation practices can make learning more consistent across development and decision-making.
Depending on the question, outputs may include a sensory profile, drivers-of-liking analysis, competitive experience map, product optimization priorities or a research and validation plan. We define the scope with your technical and commercial teams.
A few useful answers
Before we start.
Can this support reformulation as well as new products?
Yes. The work can help teams understand which aspects of an existing experience matter most, compare alternatives and evaluate the consumer implications of a proposed change.
Do you connect sensory findings with consumer insight?
Yes. Product attributes are interpreted alongside consumer needs, expectations and context. The aim is to understand both how an experience differs and why that difference may matter to a choice.
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