Food and drink

Food and drink

From making more with your unavoidable waste to developing and improving ingredients for better product performance, we have the technical expertise, open-access laboratory facilities and desk-based support to help you develop your food and drink (including animal food) products and processes.

We know that great things can come when businesses look to science to solve some of their biggest challenges. The work carried out by the BDC helped us to achieve our two main goals – making the highest quality spirits in the most sustainable way. Not only does our brown bottle protect the delicate flavour of our vodka, but it also incorporates more recycled content than clear glass could. We will certainly continue to work with the BDC as we strive to create a more circular business model. Tabatha Hurst, Head of Sustainability at Ellers Farm Distillery

Food, drink and pet food

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Turning potatoes into a high-value plant-based food ingredient

Lincoln-based agritech R&D company B-hive Innovations Ltd has worked alongside Branston and the BDC to provide novel process for extracting nutritional ingredients for the vegetarian and vegan market.

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Supporting sustainable distilling in the heart of Yorkshire

Ellers Farm Distillery is a producer of high-quality spirits made from British apples, balanced with a touch of potato spirit. The company is based within walking distance from Stamford Bridge in North Yorkshire. Putting them on the map of distillers is a newly built state-of-the-art distillery and visitor centre.

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