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CHEF/CULINARY CENTER PROFILES Kraft Food Ingredients International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. INTER NATIONAL FLAVORS & FR AGR ANCES INC.’S new Regional Creative Center in South Brunswick, N.J., is an integrated facility for combining culinary expertise and f lavor research with product development. A staff of more than 100 ﬂ avorists, research chefs, application technologists, marketers and sensory consumer-insight professionals works closely with customers to envision new products and bring them to fruition. In addition to its professional-grade commercial kitchen, the 27,000-squarefoot complex is fully equipped to simulate all processing systems employed and conditions encountered by its customers in the food, beverage, retail and restaurant industries. The center links all of IFF’s culinary resources on a global basis through the Culinessence program, which teams chefs from around the world with technical development staff to deliver authentic, natural taste through cutting-edge f lavor technology. The center also serves as headquarters for the company’s North American sales as well as regional and global marketing. Up to 90 percent of the IFF f lavors for North America are produced in the adjacent manufacturing facility. JUSTIN YOUNG HAS BEEN NAMED EXECUTIVE chef for Kraft Food Ingredients Corp. Chef Young will lead the Kraft Food Ingredients culinary team in creating innovative culinary applications and identifying emerging food trends. Young is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University College of Culinary Arts in Charleston, S.C., where he received his classical culinary training. He apprenticed for a year in Lyon, France, to French Master Chef Pierre Orsi. Young also has years of experience working in award-winning ﬁ ne dining restaurants across the country. Young is a sauce connoisseur, which will serve him well in his new role at Kraft Food Ingredients as he works with its Flavors of Cooking line. Young also has strong expertise in desserts. He will continue to leverage his expertise and passion for cooking as he works alongside industry’s premier ﬂavorists and research scientists, developing creative culinary concepts and enhancing existing products for KFIC customers. With its state-of-the-art culinary center, KFIC has the culinary and technical knowledge to maximize customers’ product offerings by delivering innovative culinary concepts, developing cost-optimized technologies, supplying the latest manufacturing processes and providing the latest food trend information. KFIC’s proprietary Trendictions research allows the industry leader to keep a pulse on emerging food and ﬂavor trends, as well as to gain current insights on key industry drivers and demographic shifts as they relate to foodservice and retail channels. IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. 150 Docks Corner Road Dayton, N.J. 08810 732-329-4600 www.iff.com Kraft Food Ingredients Corp. 8000 Horizon Center Blvd. Memphis, Tenn. 38133 901-381-6500 www.kraftfoodingredients.com 34 • FOOD PROCESSING FEBRUARY 2008 WWW.FOODPROCESSING.COM http://www.iff.com http://www.kraftfoodingredients.com http://www.foodprocessing.com

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