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Leading the Way

in Beverage and Dairy Innovation

As CBC Group’s premier Research, Development, and Innovation Center, we are at the forefront of innovation. We specialize in creating custom, scaled-up, market-ready solutions to elevate your beverage and dairy ventures. From functional ingredients to unique sweetening solutions, waste upcycling, and sustainable packaging solutions, we are focused on utilizing advanced manufacturing technologies and innovation processes to develop the beverage and dairy solutions of tomorrow—today.

Looking for a dedicated, hands-on R&D partner? We are always seeking to collaborate with ingredient suppliers, beverage manufacturers, and startups with a keen focus on innovation.


Let’s turn your idea into a market-ready product.

Sustainability Sustainability
Health & Wellness Health & Wellness
Food & Beverage Technology Food & Beverage Technology

What we’re looking for

Functional Ingredients

Innovative, on-trend functional ingredients that help prevent, manage, and promote physical and mental wellness.

To continue providing innovative and on-trend functional solutions, we are seeking partnerships with suppliers specialized in developing functional ingredients.

 

Our focus is ingredients designed to help prevent, manage, or promote various physical and mental health conditions and outcomes, such as fatigue reduction, stress management, mood improvement, beauty enhancement, sports performance, weight management, and digestive health.

Sweetening Systems

Optimal sweetening systems for low-no sugar and low-no calorie drinks.

In response to consumer demand for low-sugar, no-sugar, and low-calorie drinks, we are committed to crafting balanced and optimal sweetening solutions.

We are actively exploring alternatives and profiling innovative solutions developed by companies and start-ups specializing in delivering sweetening ingredients or systems.

Further evaluation considerations include consumer preference, calorie content, sensory balance, recipe formulation, technological and regulatory requirements, and the target liquid price.

Sustainable Packaging Solutions

Collaboration with manufacturers and startups developing eco-friendly and innovative sustainable solutions.

We are committed to promoting eco-friendly and innovative packaging solutions by collaborating with manufacturers and startups specializing in sustainable solutions.

We aim to transform our manufacturing practices by prioritizing recyclable and biodegradable materials, reducing weight, and introducing smart shapes that enhance logistics and distribution efficiency.

Technological Process Innovation

Collaboration with companies and startups specializing in manufacturing technologies and innovative solutions.

At the CORE, we specialize in process technology and continuously search for new methods to improve our clients' processes and our own.

We are seeking collaborations with companies and startups specialized in technological process innovation to test the integration of manufacturing technologies and create innovative solutions within beverage and dairy applications, waste stream upcycling, and ingredient creation.

What we’re offering

Beverage Manufacturers
Beverage Manufacturers

Dedicated, hands-on beverage development partner with 360° expertise 

As an RDI center with both B2B and B2C industry expertise, we are uniquely positioned to apply practical know-how, guaranteeing successful market-ready solutions.

From lab to industrial scale-up beverage development, quality criteria, cost parameters, and local regulation, our full suite of research and development skills enables us to answer all manufacturing challenges while meeting ever-evolving consumer trends and market competition. 

Startups
Startups

Market-ready launchpad into beverage and dairy development

For startups developing beverage, dairy or ingredient technologies, we offer custom development, pilot to industrial scale manufacturing, scientific and consumer research, regulation know-how, marketing, and market intelligence. 


→ Custom beverage and dairy development

→ Pilot to industrial-scale manufacturing

→ Scientific & consumer research

→ Sensory & functional research

→ Regulation know-how

→ Marketing & market intelligence

Ingredient Suppliers 
Ingredient Suppliers 

B2B & B2C global network and market reach

As CBC Group's CORE RDI center, we provide suppliers with the unique opportunity to develop and export directly to CBC Group's worldwide brands and clients, opening up a vast global network and market reach for B2B and B2C.

Ready to pour up

some excellence?

We are forging the next generation of beverage innovation. Startups, ingredient suppliers, and beverage manufacturers, if you're an industry disruptor, we'd love to hear from you!

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