Problem: You have a new product idea and need help deciding what flavors and product attributes will work best in the application and for your target consumer.

Solution: FONA has an on-going, in-depth market research effort to pinpoint what attributes are popular, emerging, and mainstream.  With an experienced research team in place, FONA can quickly and efficiently help focus your efforts and resources to deliver the solution that is right for you.

• Creative Ideation Session – A fast, effective process which harnesses creative and analytical thinking quickly, leading to innovative products and applications never before considered.  Using tools such as Edward deBono's Lateral Thinking^TM, these sessions always leads to fresh, practical, promising concepts.
  
  
• K.I.D Council^® – FONA developed the K.I.D Council^® program in 2001 to provide FONA’s customers with a preliminary opinion and direction from kids regarding their project.
  
  
• FONA Category Reports – FONA always has a wide variety of up-to-date category reports available ranging from what’s hot in confections to fast food trends to health and wellness issues.
  
  
• FONA Information Databases – Our library of databases are extensive, including some of the largest new product and trend databases in the world, giving you access to the most thorough market research available.
  
  
• FONA Speaker’s Bureau – Our ongoing series of FONA Platform presentations are based on issues that are influencing the consumer landscape as a whole. Our presentations on cultural (e.g. Hispanic), age-related (e.g. kids) and lifestyle drivers (e.g. the obesity epidemic) are in high demand, influencing leading product innovators and developers across the food business. Contact FONA at 630-462-1414 to schedule a speaker for your upcoming event.

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Problem: You’ve got a solid list of ideas, but aren’t sure which are really feasible.  Maybe you have a hunch for the base, but need to see some finished prototypes to make sure.

Solution: FONA’s flavor and applications experts can take your ideas from paper to reality, creating finished prototypes to screen and test all your options.  From evaluating bases to determining desirable flavor, texture, aroma and color attributes, the people at FONA bring extensive knowledge and dedication to creating a successful new product that hits your target every time.

• Flavor Heaven – For qualifying projects, we invite you to join us for a custom development session where you work directly with a Flavor Chemist and Food Technologist to get the exact flavor profile you are looking for, all within the private and confidential setting of our state-of-the-art laboratories.

• Product Formulation – Whether it is a sweetener system, masking agents or stabilizing systems, FONA has the expertise to help you determine what non-flavor ingredients will work best in your final product.

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Problem: You need to conduct a scaled-up test run of your new product and you have one chance to do it on your production lines.  You also need to provide all supporting quality and regulatory documentation — fast.

Solution: FONA has a number of services that will help make the scale-up of your product a success.

• Express Sampling – FONA is recognized across the industry for its quality service and fast turn-around times.  Our people are dedicated to providing the best service, so sample requests are always priority, with most samples being received within 24 hours.
  
  
• Pilot-to-Production Scale Up – FONA has worked diligently to ensure that all flavors scale up perfectly and seamlessly to our production floor, ensuring that what you see during development is what you get for your product roll out.
  
  
• Quality Analysis and Control – Every raw material and finished good is placed through extensive quality analysis before any product is released for use.
  
  
• Regulatory – The FONA Regulatory department provides worldwide support managing critical compliance and registration needs.  We also offer product registration services to supplement your global expansion strategies.  And our dedication to fast, accurate service means most regulatory documents are complete and in your hands in less than an hour.

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Problem: You work with hundreds of raw materials. How do you make sure you never run out of FONA flavors?

Solution: Once you place your order, there are many ways FONA can help you manage your supply chain challenges.

• Make and Hold – Our customized make and hold program can ensure that you’ll never run out of product.  Working together we can arrange to have product shipped the same day of your order, keeping your product quality high and inventory costs low.
  
  
• VMI – Through our inventory process management services, FONA can monitor and manage your flavor inventory on your production floor, improving your manufacturing productivity and further reducing your internal costs.
  
  
• Flexible lead time – To better serve our customers, we created our order fulfillment system to be flexible and agile, allowing us to process your order quickly and efficiently.  So whether your lead time is 2 weeks or two days, FONA can deliver.
  
  
• Reserve capacity – As a part of our ongoing commitment to responsive service, FONA continues to invest in additional capacity on our manufacturing lines to respond to your changes in lead times.  Our customers know they can rely on our ability to respond to any urgent need. 

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