Food and Drink Scotland: Funding and free Reformulation event opportunity
Food and Drink Scotland would like you to know about some opportunities that they currently have to support Scottish food producers.
FDF Scotland’s Reformulation for Health programme is funded by the Scottish Government to support Scottish food and drink manufacturers to improve the health of their products. If you are planning to start a reformulation project to meet current public health targets such as salt reduction 2024, or to prepare for future HFSS legislation or simply want to offer an improved range for better for you choices why not apply for funding to help with the associated costs and come along to our free event to learn from industry experts of how to reformulate and innovate for health.
The event is open to thinkers and doers in food reformulation so we would be delighted for food producers to attend as well as ingredient suppliers and stakeholders.
Reformul8 Challenge Fund 4 – Scottish SME food and drink manufacturers can now apply for up to £5,000 to invest in reformulation. The grant can be spent on any aspect of the existing product development process, to achieve and (or many) of the 8 principles of reformulation shown below. This could include the cost of trail ingredients, nutritional analysis, new equipment or labelling to external consultancy. We have many Reformul8 Partners we can connect businesses to for support, including a wide range if ingredient suppliers and existing product development experts. Funds provided by Scotland Food and Drink Partnership. Fund closes on the 16th of Feb. 2024 Apply here
Celebrating Reformulation and Innovation for Health. Hosted by Food and Drink Federation Scotland and Interface, are delighted to invite you to their event: Monday 26th February 2023, 10am – 3:30pm, at Dynamic Earth Edinburgh
Join us at our Showcase event as we bring together industry experts, manufacturers and academics working in reformulation and innovation within the Scottish Food and Drink industry to help create a healthier Scotland. There will be the opportunity to hear the latest in terms of public health drivers, consumer trends, policy insights and connect with stakeholders. We will be celebrating the success of the recent recipients of the Healthier Products Innovation Fund, Healthier Bakery Fund and Reformul8 Challenge Fund around their projects, drivers and experiences reformulating for health.
Food & drinks will be served.
Free to attend.
Please RSVP here: Showcase event link