My Active Snacks is a Toronto-based- snack food start-up that is expanding the market for healthy snack food options.

Project Summary

My Active Snacks approached Fanshawe with their requirement to produce a tasty snack puff that met the keto diet requirements. Fanshawe helped develop a recipe meeting their requirements that they could reproduce in their own kitchens!
 

The Challenge

Support with recipe development and ingredient sourcing to develop a tasty snack puff that meets the strict keto diet requirements.

The Solution

CRI researcher Josie Olaveson MBA, RSE created recipe formulations for two different flavours of the product. She sourced ingredients that tasted good, met keto requirements, and differentiated the product in a highly competitive market. She also identified a manufacturing process for commercial production.

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