Food Optimization = Business Optimization
Product Development | Food R+D
FIELDS OF GOLD CONSULTING provides highly efficient, well designed, and economical solutions to R&D challenges in the food and beverage categories, whether they are for completely new opportunities or for existing products.
The firm was started in 2010 by Steve Leusner, following his successful and richly diversified career within the CPG industry that spans a unique platform of R&D, engineering and venturing roles.
Fields of Gold uniquely understands the business challenges entrepreneurs and corporate innovation teams face with the development of new concepts and products. During Steve’s tenure with General Mills, he spent three years with Sherbrooke Capital assessing potential investment or acquisition opportunities on behalf of the company, from a scientific perspective. This experience provided him invaluable, deep experience and insight into how successful products are created, nurtured and eventually sold.
Fields of Gold brings that unique experience, network, and insight to all of its engagements in a way that clearly distinguishes it from firms that are solely preoccupied with scientific process, detached from other considerations.
Examples of Engagements
Start–up of an international RTE cereal coating operation
Development of complete products for several healthy beverage concepts
Bioavailability /microstructure determination of materials in pet products
Resolution of mixing and stability issues in natural bake mixes
Resolution of mixing issues in beverage dry mixes, and dessert dry mixes
Copies of bread, brownie, and cookie mixes
Reduction of sugar in baked goods
Reduction of sugar in bagels while maintaining taste
Development of a complete line of natural instant puddings and gelatin desserts
Development of value-added animal feeds
Assessment of new baking ingredient for suitability in bread
Liquor clarity
Alcoholic beverage natural color stability optimization
Agglomeration of materials
Flavored coffee creamers
Novel snacks
RTE pudding flavor improvement