One Ingredient Change, Thousands of Questions: The Caramel Color Story

One Ingredient Change, Thousands of Questions: The Caramel Color Story  

Stand #210 at IFT FIRST

One ingredient decision can ripple across an entire portfolio. For R&D and Product Development leaders, evaluating something as seemingly simple as a caramel color alternative can trigger a cascade of cost, compliance, labeling, sensory, supplier, and operational questions — questions that are often buried across formulas, specifications, and disconnected workflows.

In this 20-minute in-booth presentation, Wes Frierson and Toni Havner introduce FoodChain ID’s vision for AI-powered analysis: helping product development teams move from one-formula-at-a-time review to faster, portfolio-level decision support. Using a real-world caramel color use case, they’ll show how connected product intelligence helps teams identify affected recipes, evaluate substitutions, understand downstream impacts, and evaluate next steps — before committing time, budget, and resources.

See how the analysis brings trusted intelligence directly into the R&D process, making it easier to quantify risk, reduce rework, and move toward right-first-time reformulation with greater confidence.