AAK USA Inc., manufacturer of high value-adding specialty vegetable fats and oils, recently hosted a Bakery Academy at their Edison, New Jersey Customer Innovation Center. Known around the world for its co-development process and partnerships formed to support valued customers, AAK regularly hosts these hands-on AAK Academy learning events. The Bakery Academy is the first such event held in the USA for food ingredient customers and is part of a series AAK will host throughout 2018.
“We were pleased to host our first Bakery Academy at our Edison Customer Innovation Center,” said Dr. James Jones, vice president cstomer partners. Our Customer Innovation team shares a wealth of technical knowledge regarding fats and oils in food systems, and then relates the science to consumer new food product development, quality and innovation. The day typically consists of several learning modules, with a hands-on learning component in our labs, enabling customers to gain deeper insight into the value-adding capabilities we provide as we work together to develop the forward-thinking innovation necessary to create products that consumers will love.”