USA- Rubix Foods, a leading supplier of taste and functional ingredients for restaurants and food producers, has opened a new innovation center in Jacksonville, Florida.
The Center is tailor-made to streamline and accelerate the innovation process on behalf of the company’s customers, which includes many of the world’s most recognized food brands.
The Rubix Foods Innovation Center includes a State-of-the-art show kitchen for in-person and virtual demonstrations and an R&D lab for prototype development and evaluation.
The center has an Industry-leading R&D test kitchen with advanced equipment to mimic customers’ operations.
It also has two cutting-edge pilot plants to simulate real-world manufacturing, a Full-scale sensory panel, dedicated market research and consumer insight facilities, and Extensive food safety and quality assurance capabilities.
“Here we have all the talent, technology and tools to deliver food innovation from research to rollout, all under one roof at unparalleled speed – a fully commercialized formula ready in days rather than months,” said CEO Andy Block.
The business serves as a full-service problem-solving partner for a variety of logistical, marketing, scientific, and culinary difficulties.
Block emphasized this industry point of distinction by saying, “We’re here for collaboration, not credit.”
Rubix Foods, which has been managed by the Block family for four generations, partnered with a private equity firm in 2019 to accelerate expansion and investigate new markets and distribution channels.
Since its inception as Darifair in 1981, Rubix Foods provides insightful concepts and breakthrough food solutions for industry-leading restaurants, retailers, and manufacturers United States.
The shift recognizes how far the company has come from its dairy roots and how it now provides a broad range of business-to-business clients with food solutions.
Darifair quickly rose to become the country’s largest manufacturer of portion-controlled private label sour cream, the one-ounce restaurant condiment packets that so many people are familiar with.
Darifair was the first truly nationwide supplier of dairy products at the time of its founding.
Rubix Foods, which has been managed by the Block family for four generations, partnered with a private equity firm in 2019 to accelerate expansion and investigate new markets and distribution channels.
Rubix utilizes a multidisciplinary workforce with experience in the manufacturing, food service, and consumer products industries, giving them unparalleled insight to provide customized solutions.
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