FOOD & BEVERAGE Companies Ground-breaking Business Trends for

There is always a change of preference, that’s a human nature where people often get bored with choosing the same kind of meal every day. Bold flavors and meal-replacing snacks are always at the lead when it comes to food preferences, health, and wellness, immunity-boosting food. Consumers are more often nowadays, looking forward to nutrition-packed foods. An increase in the demand for healthier, quality frozen food products to fit in with changing lifestyle, more importantly for the maturing millennial generation who are busy in making a balance between a healthy family and career. The millennial consumers are more “clean eaters” than any other generation and intend to have a strong interest in what they are eating, how is it made, and by whom. Today is a generation that lives in a world where they can instantly access to information and if the consumer is unable to understand or find out about how a product is made and what is it inside it, they simply choose to leave it behind and switches to alternative products made by companies that have a more convincing and genuine commitment to sustainability and improvement of the environment.

Safety, Sustainability, and Transparency is all that matters

Consumers are more into demanding information about the food they eat, food safety is the main thing food and beverage industries focus on and it is now costing billions each year. The industry finds it more important to pinpoint safety issues immediately; from the people who are growing to the manufacturer, distributor, and beyond. The food companies need to be more focused on waste reductions as the consumers are more into demanding sustainable, transparent production and packaging in the products they purchase. As per the customer’s demand, the quality control and safety of the food products must be at the top.

The Constant Rising Costs and Increased Ambiguity

Growing uncertainty in the marketplace is a matter that is faced by the food and beverages company. Some companies of food may look for smaller warehouses that can manage supplies, but the rising storage costs may be prohibitive. Another uncertainty that includes here is increased labor costs and tightening workforce challenges. The companies are also facing issues with on-time delivery due to the ongoing truck driver shortage.

Innovation and Variation

Purchasing has vast availability of products, with so many different products that are available for the purchase in a crowd of channels like starting from in-store, farmer’s markets, online, social media, and more. The product innovation and differentiation are considered to be important in the food and beverage companies. Creating some solutions that would meet consumer preferences around sustainability such as edible packaging will be on the growth. The innovative way to automate repetitive processes that provide good opportunities for businesses in the matter of improving production, back-office processes, supply management, fulfillment, and delivery. Adding to that, using acquired consumers and business data for better business decision-making will be implementing a comprehensive digital strategy.

Merger and Acquisitions

Companies looking forward to spreading their investments across smaller brand acquisitions in accordance to round out product and geographic portfolios versus investing in their own research and development to help in saving time as well as money and reaching new customers. Private Equity (PE) companies that have operated in the consumer brand space will have a need to adjust their strategy along with looking for deals further down the market. The companies will even take on acquisitions in segments that have better prospects as a salty snack food, snack bars, cookies, and ready-to-eat meals, even if they are outside their traditional business.

CATTS LABS AND RESEARCH PVT. LTD.

Ensures Qualitative Testing and Analysis in the Arena of Pharmaceuticals

J.S CHADHA: Group Chairman

MANPREET SINGH: Marketing Director

Dr. Amit Mishra | Business Connect

Living up to the standards of quality and its assurance is quite indispensable in this present era. It’s importance in the pharmaceutical industry quadruple as the medicines are the potent sources of healing and curing n number of diseases. Thereby, well-structured and effective laboratories with qualitative testing equipment and practitioners become quintessential in ensuring the quality of Pharma services. CATTS Labs and Research Pvt. Ltd. are the pioneers of exemplary Research and Analysis in the respective arena.

Depths Of The Company

Catts Labs & Research Pvt. Ltd., a Govt. approved and GLP Certified & NABL Accredited Testing Laboratory. It is also an ISO (9001:2015), (18801:200) certified company, providing expert Chemical, Instrumental Analysis & Microbiological testing of Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics, Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Water, Food & other related products and raw materials.

CATTS Group is led by a dynamic group of individuals with many years of enriching experience in their respective fields. CATTS is headed by the Group Chairman Sh. J.S Chadha, possessing a vast experience & expertise of more than 4.5 decades in the field of analysis. Manpreet Singh is the ace Marketing Director of the Company. With his phenomenal Marketing strategies and planning, the company is touching the crescendo.

Ensuring a state of the art analytical and research, the Lab is equipped with the latest hi-tech and analytical equipment like FTIR, UPLC which deals with Identification & Quantification of different product, HPLC, GLC, AAS, UV-VIS, etc. They employ highly qualified & experienced technical personnel to perform tests to deliver precision & accurate test results. CATTS continually invests in highly trained scientific staff, leading instrumentation and new methodologies to ensure high accuracy and efficiency.

J.S CHADHA Group Chairman

CATTS LABS is recognized as a quality solution provider and partners with MNCs and leaders of various industries to provide solutions to their analytical problems. They are known in industry circles as a provider of quality services with the highest level of integrity and transparency. A loyal client base of satisfied customers that includes large corporates, academic institutions, small and medium businesses, government organizations and individuals.

From Pharma to tonics, energizers to food supplement, Ayurvedic to Herbal, from Food to agro products from Cosmetic to Moisturizers, soaps to lotions, CATTS LABS & Research Pvt. Ltd is a trusted, unbiased and professional testing laboratory that can help you to prove the efficacy and safety of your products.

ESSENTIAL SERVICES IT OFFERS:

Drugs & Cosmetic Lab:

They have a well equipped lab, having the latest instruments of international brands. The lab is headed by highly experienced & professional staff. Different sophisticated instruments include UV-VIS, FTIR, GLC, and HPLC & AAS (with VGA & graphite furnace). Apart from routine testing, they provide analytical solutions by carrying out Analytical Method Development & Validation for different products including FAILURE ANALYSIS. Tailor made Training Programs are also carried out apart from routine training to chemists for upgrading their skills.

Ayurveda & Homeopathy Lab:

Testing for Ayurveda, Unani & Homeopathy Products & Raw Materials is being carried out under the strict vigilance of expert doctors in respective fields by using the latest techniques.

Microbiology Lab:

CATTS Labs now offers Microbiology Testing to fulfil QA/QC and regulatory requirements to help their clients in finding the root cause of failures and develop the next generation of products, coupled with their Chemical, Physical and Surface Analysis capabilities. The addition of Microbiology Testing means that they can now offer their medical device related pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare to clients all the testing, analysis and development they need.

Product Testing:

Their accredited laboratories are equipped with stateof-the-art testing and analytical instruments to help manufacturers, importers and exporters to understand their products and prove packaging claims. They test to industry standards using approved test methods and develop bespoke methods when standards are not available. They test products to provide detailed analysis for materials characterization, product development, and quality control purposes and to prepare for regulatory submission as well as support to achieve the rheology, stability and flow properties you need for complex formulations. With their robust support, you can achieve a greater understanding of your product composition and performance. Scientific evidence is a powerful marketing tool for your products, and their claim substantiation services can prove product performance and help you support your advertising claims.

Food Testing:

The Lab offers highly dependable Food Testing Services which include processed foods, honey, milk & milk products, cereal flour, pulses and starch, bakery products, spices, infant food and infant milk. Added to that, health care products and essential oils can also be tested under the banner of Food Testing Service.

Environmental Testing:

They undertake Environmental Pollution Monitoring & Analysis for diverse industries across India. Maintaining a focus on providing accuracy and reliability, they have managed to successfully serve a diverse set of clients in India. Environmental Pollution Monitoring & Analysis (Air, Water & Waste Water, ETP, STP WATER, and Noise) is undertaken by a diligent team of professionals who possess the necessary know-how in different areas concerning the environment.

Failure Analysis:

CATTS Labs help to determine the root cause of failures in your Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics, Ayurvedic, Food Products & packaging materials, our expertise helps to provide fast and effective solutions. They solve failures during and post manufacturing to help ensure your customer’s safety

Analytical Training Services: Training is an essential part of any industry. Particularly lab testing is a very crucial subject and there are hardly any or very few centers in the country which provide such training. Keeping in view the need for industry, they at CATTS LABS have devised various analytical training programs for fresh candidates to make them ready to be absorbed by industry for analytical work in the fields of Pharma, Ayurveda, Cosmetic, Food & food products, & allied industries.

They also provide training to experienced ones to upgrade their skills to boost their carriers.

Industry specific dedicated training programs are also being undertaken to fulfil the requirements of the industry.

The presence of CATTS Labs offshore is to provide the quality services worldwide & make CATTS Labs a global name in the field of Analytical testing field. Its mission is to create awareness among the masses about the importance of quality of products in day to day life of the society we live in.