Learn the material. Hands-on, in the lab.

Professional courses for the food industry: theory, lab, and AI tools we developed ourselves. Led by industry people who have already done it. Courses are taught in Hebrew.

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A small group in a Foodlab Academy course

The training arm of Foodlab

Foodlab Academy is the training arm of Foodlab, a food product and technology development centre. We build short, intensive professional courses for food-industry people, courses that connect a theoretical understanding of the material with real work in the lab. You come, touch, make, taste, and understand why it worked, or why it did not.

People

First-rate instructors

Industry veterans. People who built production lines, solved quality crises in the middle of the night and brought products to the shelf. You hear from them what is not in the books.

Theory

Theory that holds

The physics and chemistry behind the process. When you understand why the material behaves the way it does, you can solve problems instead of guessing.

Lab

Lab, not simulation

In the Foodlab labs in Yakum, on the real equipment. Make, measure and test the limits of the material, including what happens when you cross them.

AI Tools

In-house AI tools

Tools we developed and use in our daily development work. Participants do not hear about them, they work with them.

Small groups, on purpose

Every course is limited to a small number of participants. That is a decision, not an operational constraint: in a small group everyone gets a workstation, everyone has time to ask, and every question gets an answer. It is also what makes it possible to talk candidly about real challenges from the plant: food safety, raw-material costs, and whatever came up on Monday morning.

What happens in a course

  • In-depth introduction to raw materials and production methods
  • The theory: physics, chemistry and thermodynamics of the process
  • Hands-on work on lab and pilot equipment
  • Testing the limits of the material: what happens at the edges, and why
  • Using the AI tools we developed for product development
  • Open discussion of industry challenges with people who faced them

Who it is for

  • Food technologists and engineers
  • Product development managers and staff
  • Production, quality and food-safety managers
  • Foodtech entrepreneurs and founders
  • Marketing, trade and procurement people who want to understand the product in depth
  • Advanced food-science students
Weighing raw materials in the lab

Open for registration

Seats are limited and fill quickly. Registration closes when the group is full.

Coming up

These are the topics we are building now. The list is updated, and our participants shape it.

  • Emulsions and fat systems
  • Alternative proteins
  • Baking processes and bakery
  • Shelf life, preservation and water activity
  • Sugar reduction and sweeteners
  • Flavour, aroma and profile development

Missing a topic? Tell us, it really has an effect.

Past courses

Every course is built around the instructor and the topic. This is what it has looked like so far.

A topic you would like to learn?

We are building the next programme now. Want to join the next course, suggest a topic, or just hear more? Write to us.

yochai@foodlab.co.il

A dedicated course for your team

We can build a course around the needs of your plant or R&D team, in the topic, scope and pace that suit you. At our lab in Yakum or at your site.