BOOTH SMITH FOOD TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

Food Industry Consultancy for Design, Technology Management and Strategy

Booth Smith Food Technology, established in 1962, provides a full technical and executive service to the food processing industry.

Our consultants are food career specialists in senior management, food technologists, engineers, production experts and scientists.

Booth Smith Food Technology provides technical expertise in start up and direction, processing, manufacture and marketing, business development, quality control, distribution, and storage. We have worked in over 50 countries.

Food factory planning and design is undertaken for most types of foodstuff.

Clients include Food Companies, Private Investors, Aid Agencies, Investment Institutions, Governmental Agencies, the Legal Profession, Consulting Engineers, Project Managers and Turnkey Contractors, Management Marketing Agriculture and Economic Consultants.

Memberships:
Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association
Association of Consulting Scientists

Booth Smith Food Technology is registered with:
The Law Society Directory of Expert Witnesses
The UK Register of Expert Witnesses


ACTIVITIES

Management and Strategy:
Investors, M&A, Strategy, Technical Direction, Contract Manufacture, Patents, Licensing, Diversification

Crisis & Interim Management:
Management and Training, Technical, Economic and Management audits. Quality Control audits. Laboratory evaluation Trouble-shooting.

Foodstuffs:
Fats and Oils, Fish. Meat, Cereal, Dairy, Vegetables, Fruits, Beverages, Confectionery, Recipe Dishes.

Food Processes:
Freezing, Drying, Baking, Milling, Fermentation, Pasteurisation, Sterilisation, Aseptic Packing, Meat Processing and most other food process techniques.

Food Markets:
Ready Meals, Short Life foods, Sauces and Pastes, Dietary Formulations, Cereal Bars, Ethnic Foods, Bakery, Biscuits and Confectionery

Developing New Food Products:
Ingredient Sourcing & Testing.
Experimental "kitchen" formulation.
Pilot plant production.
Full-scale production commissioning.
Storage and stability studies.
Production manual preparation.
Quality control specifications.
Costings.
Market research / consumer testing.
Co-packer selection and contracting.
Ingredient surveys and selection
Negotiation and specification.
Dual sourcing, scheduling, arranging deliveries.
Q.A .testing.

IT Systems:
FoodBase™ a Food Ingredient & Product Data Management System for food companies developed by BSFT includes Recipe and Stock Control, Costings, Nutritional Labelling and Ingredient Listings and QA Data and Testing management.

Food Technology & Expert Witness:
Food legislation.
Quality Systems to ISO9000.
HACCPS.
Labelling.
Expert Witness.
Forensic studies and investigation.
Storage studies.
Taste panelling.

Food Industry Planning:
Industry feasibility studies and surveys.
Commodity/ingredient market research.
Techno/economic studies.

Food Factory and Processing Line Planning:
Pre-investment studies.
Technical design.
Storage design.
Process selection and development.
Equipment selection.
Rationalisation and automation studies.

Project Management and Supervision:
Design and build services and supervision.
Technical know-how contracts.
Turnkey project management.
Design, procure, install and commission complete food plants.

TYPICAL PROJECTS
GREAT BRITAIN - Chilled Ready Meals Plant, Interim Technical Management. Full technical management team for 6 months to supervise product, overhaul quality assurance system, train technical personnel and assist with recruitment.

GREAT BRITAIN - Japanese Sushi Factory, Full Technical Service. Technical service to develop quality management systems, IT systems, product development, factory layout and planning.

INDIA - Sterilised long-life tray meals factory. Planning, design, technical know-how and project supervision.

YUGOSLAVIA - Potato storage and automated frozen French Fries processing plant. Food Factory Planning. Design and preparation of bid documents and bid evaluation.

TANZANIA - Feasibility Study: Technical assessment of production units for corned beef, packed tea and instant coffee and export marketing strategy planning.

USA - Food Marketing: Evaluation of fruit juice processors' products for European market and technical assistance for European launch.

GHANA - Food Factory Evaluation: Evaluation of fruit canning factories and technical assistance in planning product and process improvement for export markets.

GREAT BRITAIN - Technical Auditing: Technical audit of quality control, manufacturing and engineering of fruit and vegetable cannery.

ETHIOPIA - Soya processing and baby food production. Food Factory Evaluation: Evaluation of existing and proposed new facilities.

BANGLADESH - Feasibility Study: Survey of fruit resources and planning for juice and canning industries.

GREAT BRITAIN - Product Development: Development of a range of cereal bars and other confectionery products.

GREAT BRITAIN - Ingredient Sourcing: Sourcing and negotiation for supply of complete ingredient inventory for range of dried powder nutritional food products.

RUSSIA - Food Factory Evaluation: Survey and rehabilitation planning of bakeries, dairy, distillery, pasta factory and confectionery plant.

UKRAINE - Feasibility Study: Planning project for new pasta factory

SOUTH YEMEN - Food Factory Construction: Design, know-how and commissioning service for turnkey contractor supplying complete biscuit and sweets plant.

OMAN - Feasibility Study: Industrial planning study for food industries in five-year plan.

LESOTHO - Asparagus Cannery Food Factory Evaluation: Technical audit and Replanning.

GREAT BRITAIN - Strategy: Market research for long-life ready meals and economic evaluation of proposed new food factory.

GREAT BRITAIN - Market Research: Trade market research for delicatessen meat products in UK retailers.

GREAT BRITAIN - Spun Soya Protein Products. Food Technology: Technical advice and testing programme.

GREAT BRITAIN - Food Factory Construction: Design and layout for chilled meals factory to EEC standards.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Biscuit Factory. Feasibility Study. Market and Planning Research.

SAUDI ARABIA - New Dates Factory. Food Factory Planning. Design and planning.

GREAT BRITAIN - Dehydrated Vegetable Company. Food Technology: Planning of quality assurance system to BS5750.

EEC - Market Research: Survey of market for automated bread roll machinery in seven European countries.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Baby Food Packing Plant. Food Factory Planning. Design.

TURKMENISTAN - Feasibility Study: Survey of food processing industries for TACIS programme.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Tomato Paste Plant. Feasibility Study: Market and Planning Research.

EXPERIENCE IN
EUROPE & CIS: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA: Iran, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

AFRICA: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Rwanda,Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe SOUTH ASIA: Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka

EAST ASIA: Japan, Singapore

NORTH AMERICA: Canada, Greenland, USA

CARIBBEAN: Barbados, Dominican Republic, Jamaica

ASSOCIATIONS
Bovis International
IMES
BPS

SECTORS AND DISCIPLINES
Agriculture: Food processing and drink
Agriculture: Produce processing & marketing
Agriculture: Storage & process design / supervision of construction

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