We are the experts in creating bespoke food product development.
New Product Development is at the heart of everything we do. Our focus is on delivering maximum value to our foodservice customers — whether that’s developing innovative product concepts right through to launch, enhancing existing ranges, or reviewing your current projects for optimisation.
We provide tailored development packages designed specifically around each customer’s needs. With exceptional facilities and a team of passionate industry experts, we have all the resources required to not only meet but exceed expectations.
All our NPD processes comply with UK food safety and labeling regulations to ensure your products are market-ready. For more information on food standards, visit the Food Standards Agency
Our advanced NPD suite
Our development kitchen is the centre of our business. This modern and ideal environment enables us to create and develop bespoke products. This is where our creative chefs combine their knowledge and experience to refine and perfect every client brief or their own blue sky designs.
All our products are developed in our NPD kitchen, we are always delighted to work alongside the client in our NPD suite to help them visualise their concept coming to life. All the equipment in our NPD suite gives us an precise interpretation of how the products will be after a factory run.
Introducing our advanced and modern NPD suite
GCL Food Ingredients has the perfect environment in which your product can be created.
All our products are developed in our NPD kitchen, the equipment gives us an accurate representation of how the products will be when upscaled in the factory.
Award Winning Results
Our food hero team, with countless years of industry experience have developed several award-winning products for our food service customers. Our most recent awards include:
- Papa Awards 2015 Manufactured Pasta Product Award: Highly Commended: Ravioli Aragosta
- Papa Awards 2017 Manufactured Pasta Product Award: Winner: Spinach, Ricotta and Lemon Girasole
- Papa Awards 2018 Manufactured Pasta Product Award: Winner: Wild Boar & Pancetta Tortellini
- Papa Awards 2019 Manufactured Pasta Product Award: Winner: Turkey, Pancetta, and Chestnut Tortelloni
- Papa Awards 2022 Manufactured Pasta Product Award: Highly Commended: Basilicata – Spicy Italian Sausage
- Papa Awards 2025 Ready-Made Main Meal Award: Winner: Truffle, Asparagus & Pancetta Mezzaluna
- Great Taste 2018 1 Star Award: Fresh Wild Garlic Fettucine
- Great Taste 2019 2 Star Award: Burrata and Basil Girasole
- Great Taste 2019 3 Star Award: Honey & Nduja Mezzaluna
- Golden Fork Award 2022: Honey & Nduja Mezzaluna
- Great Taste 2024 1 Star Award: Diavoletta Croquette
- UK Sausage Week 2018 Best Foodservice Sausage: Innovative Category: Runner Up: Pecorino and Chianti Sausage
- UK Sausage Week 2018 Best Foodservice Sausage: Innovative Category: Runner Up: Basilicata Sausage
- UK Sausage Week 2019 Best Foodservice: Traditional Category: Highly Commended: Lucianca Sausage
- UK Sausage Week 2019 Foodservice: Traditional Category: Highly Commended: Basilicata Sausage
Our philosophy is based around delivering results that taste fantastic, drive customer sales but also remaining cost effective for our food service and industrial customers. We believe that good food doesn’t have to cost the earth.
Bespoke Innovative Products
Our innovative and artistic chefs make creative recipe development and food preparation look easy.
Our team combines blue sky thinking, experienced industry knowledge, as well as keeping up to date with fast paced food trends to develop leading market products for all our food service customers keeping us at the very front of New Product Development.
Efficient and Flexible Bespoke Recipes
We work with all our customers to create a bespoke product that delivers both visually as well as brings exceptional flavour.
Our chefs operate a scaled down version of a factory run, meaning that when we take products to production there are no surprises. We can tweak recipes in terms of flavour, colour and texture until the desired product is created. We pride ourselves on a quick turnaround with samples and understand your needs as a customer. Often, we can turn samples around in less than 48 hours ensuring to stay ahead of our competitors.
Personalised Product Matching and Consulting
Need a product matching or reviewing?
Do you need a product match? If so, we are comfortable that we can match any product within our portfolio from pasta all the way through to meat products. Our team have countless years of experience in the product matching area of NPD. We are a forward-facing business that can make quick decisions and create solutions for all our customers. We offer our customers the ability to come and work with us onsite and will not limit your necessary rounds of feedback until the perfect product is created.
Contact Us
Please get in touch if you would like to know more about our new product development.
New Product Development Gallery
All of our creations are unique and handmade by our professional chefs to each of our customers request.
Enjoy our image gallery of most popular dishes cooked using our best-selling ingredients.
