Bsft Food Project Services101104

Booth Smith Food Technology

Booth Smith Food Technology Ltd

Serving the Food Industry for

over 40 years


Who we are

Booth Smith Food Technology Ltd (BSFT) is an international food technology

consultancy. We have advised on food industry and foodstuffs in the UK and in

over 60 countries worldwide. We provide independent and comprehensive

technical, management, design and advisory services to national and international

companies and investors in the food industry in all food sectors where high

technical standards are paramount.

BSFT has been helping the food industry for over 40 years

BSFT was started by Dr Gordon Booth of the Mars/Pedigree Group who linked up

with Brian Smith to form Booth Smith Food Technology in 1970


BSFT Now

BSFT is headed up by Brian Smith – Founding Partner with Managing

Partners - Toby Cusworth and Kevin Wrathall

All are highly experienced food technology professionals and are the

core BSFT management team

We perform consultancy tasks, manage our teams and projects and

maintain close liaison with our clients


Who Do We Work For?

Large National and Multi-National Companies and

Corporations

SME’s

Entrepreneurs and Start Up Businesses

Donor Agencies (UN, US Aid, EBRD, World Bank, ITC)

We also advise and work with finance companies and

agencies, lawyers and loss adjusters, government and aid

agencies, management, strategy and agro consultancies


How do we work?

Projects are assessed by the management team

What area of expertise is required?

How many professionals required?

Time required?

Budgeted Cost?

Projects are assigned to experienced professionals to form a “key technology group” for the work required

Selected from the extensive BSFT network of food professionals

Time served, experienced, key people from specific food sectors

Exponents and specialists in their trade

Professional Approach, Integrity, Complete Confidentiality

Used to working to tight deadlines and meeting expectations


What do our Clients get?

A project that is managed by the core team

Co-ordinated and managed to proper Project Management

and SMART rules

A project team that is set up with particular reference to the

objectives and experience required within that food sector

Specialist experts in your food sector not a generalist

BSFT will give you the most appropriate TOTALLY

independent help and advice to see the project through to a

successful conclusion


Management

Projects

• Complete Turn Key Project Management – “Farm to Fork”

• Building Designs and Layouts

• Civil Engineering Build Management

• Process Design and Layouts

• Contract s

Factory

• Equipment Sourcing/Procurement/Specifications

• Product Line Mass Balance Mapping

• Installation Management

• Product and Process Line Commissioning

Interim

• Technical Management

• Term Based Contracts – Short and Long

• Project Based Interns

• Interim Management Based on Customer Needs


Market & Product Development

Market

• Market Research

• Product Cost to Market Analyses

• Routes to Market

• Market Matrix Gap Analyses

• Product Modelling, Benchmarking and FTA

Product

• Product Mapping vs. Competitive set

• NPD Prototypes

• Innovation and Blue Sky Development

• Product Development, Improvement, Optimisation

• Product Cost Engineering

Launch

• Scale up from Bench to Production Line

• Product and Process Line Commissioning

• Trouble Shooting and Problem Solving

• Identification and Setting up Contract Manufacturers


Packaging

Design

• Pack Formats, Bags, Pouches, Glass, Trays,

• Sourcing of Packaging Materials

• Bag and Case Design

Nutrition

• Ingredients Listings

• Allergens Statements

• Nutritional Information

• Product Claims

• Compliance to Individual Country and International Laws

Other

• Contract Packaging

• Shelf Life Studies and Analyses


Safety, Quality and Legality

Food

Safety,

Quality and

Legality

• Quality Assurance

• Quality Management Systems

• Accreditation to BRC, ISO 22000, HACCP,GMP

• Export Readiness

• Legal Compliance to Country and International Standards

Expert

Witness

• Loss Adjustment

• Technical Due Diligence

• Food Poisoning Expert Reviews and Court Appearances

• Independent Opinion in Food or Contract Related Disputes

Training

and

Manuals

• Operating Manuals

• Technical and Specification Manuals

• Staff Training

• Product Recall Procedures


Strategic Management

Investors

• Company Technical and Financial Due Diligence for Potential Investors

• Investment Banks

World Trade

• World Wide Expertise and Knowledge

• Advisors to International Donor Agencies

• Market Gap Analyses for Developing Countries Export Potential

• Value Chain


Key Technologies


Key Technologies - Overview

Ready Meals

Frozen

ChilledDairy & Fats

Milk Products and Cheese

Oils and Fats

Ice cream

Meat Industry

Poultry

Fish

Animal

NPD

Proof Of Concept

All Product Sectors

DrinksSoft Drinks

Smoothies

Water

CarbonatedConfectionery

Chocolate

Sweets

Bars

Bakery

Biscuits & Crackers

Cakes & Bread

Milling

Snack Food

Crisps, Nuts, Snacks,

Baked Snacks, Pizzas

Breakfast

Cereals

Wraps

Sauces

Dressings

Mayonnaise

Cooking Sauces


Affiliations

Member of Chipping Campden Brewing and Food Research Association (CCBRI)

Member of British Consultants Bureau – British Expertise (BE)

Member of Association of Consulting Scientists (ACS)

Member of Union Internationale des Laboritoires Independent (UILI)

Fellow Of The Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST-UK) - (Brian J Smith)

Member of Institute of Food Technologists (IFT-USA) - (Brian J Smith)

Accredited Expert Witness - Law Society of Great Britain

Smart Award for Innovation - UK Department of Trade & Industry.


Contact Information

Booth Smith Food Technology LtdIngleby

Derby

DE73 7HW

Tel 01332 862894

Fax. 01332 864616

www.boothsmithfoodtechnology.com

www.foodtechnology.co.uk

Brian Smith +44 (0) 7976262844 [email protected]

Toby Cusworth +44 (0) 7836772679 [email protected]

Kevin Wrathall +44 (0) [email protected]

http://www.boothsmithfoodtechnology.com/

http://www.foodtechnology.co.uk/



A Large Products Plant

A Unique Sushi Plant in UK

A “Green Field” Site?

All Food Sectors


New York

London

Sydney

Project Assignments Undertaken in over 60 countries

Worldwide Experience


Some Clients & Accounts


Booth Smith Food Technology – Example Projects

BSR Technical Audit and Plant Valuation

Sunflower Seed Oil Process Plant

Russia

BSR for European Bank

BSR Feasibility Study for Tomato Paste Plant

Municipality of Abu Dhabi UAE


Sample Client List – Foods

Advertising

– Banks Hoggins O’Shea

Airline Catering

– Malaysian Airways

Bakery

– Kraft Foods

– Kerry Ingredients

– Star Bakeries

– Pearts Bakery

Biscuits

– Al Hamed Group

Confectionery

– Cadburys

– Mars

– Nestlé

Dairy

– Milk Marketing Board

– Müller UK Ltd

– Quality Milk Producers

Dressings

– Evesham Foods

– Princes Foods

Preserves

– Gordons, Kippack, Crabtree and Evelyn,

Elsenham

•Dry Mix Foods

–Hassani Food Industries

–Pearce Duff

–Tomkins

•Expert Witness

–Barlow Lyde & Gilbert

•Food Machinery

– APV Baker

•Food Retailing

–Asda

–Marks & Spencer

–Safeway

–Tesco

–Waitrose

•Fresh Snacks

–Ginsters

–Meat and Livestock Commission

–Tomen Foods (UK) Limited

•Vegetable Processing

–Abu Dhabi Municipality

–Anglia Canners

–Ethiopian Food Processing


Fruit products

– Al Fakhra

– Al Foah

– Bangladesh Sugar and Food

Industry

– Del Monte Foods

Functional Foods

– Fisons Pharmaceuticals

– Univite Limited

Investment and Donor Organisations

– DTI

– ITC (WHO/GATT)

– European Bank for

Reconstruction and Development

– Government of Ghana

– Government of Oman

– OC&C

– Unido

– Union Bank of Switzerland

– World Bank

Novel Foods

– Courtaulds Limited

Poultry

– Sun Valley Poultry

– Grampian Poultry

•Recipe Dishes

–Cargill

–Cherry Valley Foods

–Ethnic Cuisine

–Northern Foods

–S&A Foods

–Sun Valley Foods

•Snacks

–United Biscuits/KP Foods

–Crips Snacks

–Golden Wonder

•Soft Drinks

–Al Jouf Mineral Water Bottling

–Coca Cola

–Pepsi

–Welch’s Inc

•Special Food Technology

–Quaker Oats

•Vegetable oils

–Peerless Refining Limited

–Pura Foods

–Unilever plc

–HJ Heinz

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