A Leicestershire brewery is raising a glass to the Food and Drink iNet project after being given a grant to help with expansion plans.
A Leicestershire company has developed a crunchy new apple snack using fruit that would previously have gone to waste, thanks to a grant from the Food and Drink iNet.
Are you an East Midlands SME food or drink company that produces waste as part of your production process? If so, we’d like to hear from you.
Please browse our case studies below to find out more about how the Food and Drink iNet is stimulating innovation in the food and drink sector in the East Midlands.
Grant to help develop individual food labelling capability for small sandwich producers
Grant helps craft cider maker to grow
Looking at what gives blue cheese its distinctive smell
Collaborate to Innovate project helps ice cream makers
Development of the world's first alcoholic liqueur foam
Egg shell recycling to create filler for plastics
Detecting counterfeit whisky
East Midlands microbrewers given a boost
Food waste reduction & process efficiency
Lowering salt consumption
Sports recovery drink
Microbial fuel cell technology to convert waste into energy
Grant to help coffee company expand
Grant to help Argan oil supplier expand
Antimicrobial Nanotechnology for packaging and food surfaces