The workshop is aimed at industry participants who wish to gain a thorough understanding of the basics of beverage technology and will cover the development of a beverage through R&D, processing, packing and commercialisation.

The content will be very relevant to larger companies looking to up-skill staff as well as SMEs and start-ups.

Presenter John Evans is Managing Director of Blend Group and will bring his wealth of commercial beverage experience to give you practical insights and information on the requirements for success in this area. He will focus on RTDs, non-alcoholic beverages, carbonated and still, dairy and non-dairy (and even kombuchas!)

The topics to be covered include:

• Beverage liquid development
• Use of flavours and colours in beverage development
• Beverage bottling processes
• Beverage quality and safety
• NZ commercialisation and contract packing
• NZ ingredient and suppliers
• Beverage cost analysis
• Beverage distribution in NZ

The Blend Group are a New Zealand Consultancy offering expertise in Product Development, Technical, Operations and Strategic areas of your Food and Beverage business.

Partial funding for you to attend this course may be available from NZTE's Capability Voucher programme. To check if your business meets the eligibility criteria, click here and scroll down to ‘Capability Voucher’

If you are eligible and secure your voucher, then please contact us for a special discount code.