Food for thought. The next time you’re grabbing a bite at any of the 150-plus restaurants in New Jersey alone that serve the meatless Impossible Burger, know that this disruptive delicacy came to life at Rutgers. Impossible Foods, the company responsible for this formulated faux-meat foodstuff, has generated plenty of hype. Celebrities including Serena Williams, Bill […]
Food and Beverage Manufacturers of All Sizes Find Support and Solutions at the Rutgers Food Innovation Center
For nearly two decades, entrepreneurs developing plant-based meat alternatives, gluten-free breads, functional beverages and many ethnic specialties have leveraged resources at the Rutgers Food Innovation Center to grow their businesses. Startups considering a move to the Rutgers Food Innovation Center can now apply for rent support through the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s (NJEDA’s) NJ […]
Gnocchi, Reimagined: Wooller Wants Sexy Things to Happen on the Pasta Shelf
Stories from the Rutgers Food Innovation Center Sure, the package says “Product of Italy” but Nocca gnocchi is definitely an American product. CEO Nicholas Wooller spent a decade in the Italian packaged goods industry, exporting products to be rebranded in private label in American grocers. Nocca isn’t one of those rebranded products. “The idea of […]
A Little Clarity: Health Woes Draw an IT Professional Back to Historical Family Food Biz
Stories from the Rutgers Food Innovation Center Ghee, or clarified butter, has been sold in India for thousands of years. The Agarwal family has been selling it for 130 of those years out of a small shop in the northern Indian town of Hisar, and for the last 10 years, from a business based at […]
Out Here in the Fields: Viggiano and Leger Found Help for their Business ‘in the Thick of the Tomato Patch’
Stories from the Rutgers Food Innovation Center There were a few extra tomatoes. Well, 600 pounds extra. It was enough for Theresa Viggiano and Patrick Leger to experiment with his mother’s ketchup recipe and sell it at the honor-based farm stand at the end of their driveway in 2011. Viggiano was in grad school at […]
From Concept to Creation, FIC is a ‘One-Stop Shop’
Stories from the Rutgers Food Innovation Center – This is the first of a monthly series on companies spun out of the Rutgers Food Innovation Center. Have you ever spotted Soupman products in your local grocery store? What about the plant-based Impossible Burger on the menu at any of 5,000 eateries from Michelin star restaurants […]
NJAES is a Catalyst for Economic Growth and Innovation in New Jersey
For more than 100 years, investment in New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) research has sustained innovative work that strengthens economic viability and improves public health. NJAES researchers strive to gain a deeper understanding of our physical world, identify ways in which humans affect our planet and develop multi-dimensional solutions to address real-world problems. NJAES […]
Rutgers EcoComplex Named Best Business Incubator in New Jersey in Latest Ranking by NJBIZ Magazine
The Rutgers EcoComplex, located in Bordentown, NJ, was ranked first in the Best Business Incubator Category in NJBiz Magazine’s 2018 Reader Rankings. Rutgers Food Innovation Center was one of two other finalists also recognized in the “Best Business Incubator” category in the publication, New Jersey’s leading business journal. More than 8,000 clients, colleagues and peers […]
Rutgers and International Business Innovation Association to Launch Food Incubation Network
The International Business Innovation Association (InBIA) and the Rutgers Food Innovation Center (FIC) are launching the Food Business Incubation Network (FoodBIN) at an inaugural conference at Rutgers Student Center on College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, on September 13-14. “FoodBIN is a global network of food business incubators, accelerators, and shared-use kitchens that will serve as […]
