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Food Industries Center
Programs to Support the Food Processing Sector of
Ohio’s EconomyValente B. Alvarez
Chairman Hill, Vice Chairman Burkley, Ranking Member Patterson and Members of the House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, thank you for visiting The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
My Name is Valente Alvarez and I am Director of the Food Industries Center where we both prepare students for and work with Ohio’s food processing industry.
Ohio Dept. Development, Off. Strategic Res. 2005
Food Industries Center
• Food Industries Center• Programs for the Food Industry• FIC Success Stories
Ohio’s Food ProcessorsThe total output value $25 billionProcessed foods $10.3 billionDairy processing $4.05 billionBeverage processing $2.67 billionMeat, fish, poultry & eggs $2.45 billionFats & oils processing $0.54 billionGrain milling and flour production $0.5 billion
Ohio’s Standing
Ohio Dept. Development, Off. Strategic Res. 2005
FIC IntroductionBrief history: The Ohio State University
Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the Food Industries Center (FIC) in 1982 with Dr. Wilbur A. Gould as acting director. The main objective of the FIC was to serve as an interface between the food industry and the Ohio State food programs.
Since its inception, the FIC has served and supported established companies and entrepreneurs in Ohio by training students, demonstrating new technologies, and transferring knowledge in food processing and technology through product development, short courses and workshops
Food Industries Center
Food processing pilot plant facilities
Continuing education courses
Teaching and research
Support and advance the Ohio food industry and institutions
Fruit, Vegetables and Cereals
Thermal Process StudiesCanning Fruits and Vegetables
Hot Filled Products
Pilot Plant Potato Chip Line
Frozen Foods
Snack Foods
Dairy Foods ProductsR&D projects, pilot plant trials,
industry- relevant short courses, and equipment use:
Fluid Milk Cheese Yogurt Ice cream CIP Studies
FIC Education Services2. Extension and outreach
through continuing education courses:
Better Process Control School Food safety and GMPs HACCP: Basic and Advanced New Product Development Startup Food Business Dairy Lab Workshop- Quality Checkd Certified Dairy Training Program Other courses to meet industry
needs
FIC Services3. Support teaching and
research in the Department and College
Dairy Foods Products Fruit and Vegetables Meat products Graduate Research
Successful StoriesGlory Foods Started the R&D program in
1992 1st Batch of products were
produced in the Food Industries Center pilot plants
Sales volume increased and co-packers were needed
$60 million sales in 2012 Products are still co-packed In 2013 was bought out by
McCall Farms - SC
Successful StoriesEntrepreneurs in 2013-2015 Zapico Foods - Italian Base Sauce Taylor Made - Hot Mustard Sauce • Bad Seed Mustard A Bit Of A Bite - Salsa • Bad Seed Mustard Pig Of the Month - BBQ Sauce &
Marinades My Dads Nutz - Caramelized
peanuts Darista Cafe
Successful StoriesDarista Cafe – Started in 2014
Starting volume: 4 stores, 300 units (8 oz), 3 flavors, 150 lbs. of product (all quantities are per week)
Current volume: 19 stores, 800 units (8 oz), 5 flavors (2-3 pending), 400 lbs. of product (all quantities are per week)
Customers:
Whole Foods, Giant Eagle Market District, Hills Market, Fresh Thyme, Lucky's, Clintonville Community Market, Bexley Natural Market, Weilands, Kingmakers, etc.,
Successful StoriesSensus Flavors Sensus LLC in Hamilton, Ohio,
started in 1999 Develop an industry-leading
proprietary process Produces natural concentrated
flavor ingredients 70,000-square-foot facility Exports to China, Japan and the
European Union
Successful Stories
“Without the resources at Ohio State, entrepreneurs like me could easily be precluded from ever getting off the ground"Dan Wampler (right), president de Sensus LLC.
Dan Wampler (right), president de Sensus LLC.