2010 IFT Annual Meeting and Food Expo

21st century sensory: At the crossroads between consumer understanding and science
Sunday, July 18, 2010
11:00 AM -11:25 AM
Room S401ab

This symposium is designed to highlight the various analytical components of sensory sciences. The session will cover techniques to measure emotional responses to food attributes and their influences product design outcomes to analytical chemistry methods that work as additional tools to the product developer verify sensory testing outcomes.  In addition, this session will highlight the perspectives of sensory testing as we move into an era of widened food distribution and diversifying populations.

As part of this symposium, from 11:00 AM – 11:25 AM, Alissa Galatz, Product Dynamics, a Division of RQA, Inc. Senior Sensory Scientist is presenting, “Using analytical sensory tools to enhance consumer understanding”.  Her session will focus on how descriptive analysis can be used to understand consumer response more deeply and translate that language into direction that is understandable by product development. Various objectives will be considered with primary focus on product innovation and consumer segmentation, touching on its use in the new territory of emotion-based testing. 

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Session 259
PANEL DISCUSSION: Supplementing our children's health: Getting your product ready for market.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
10:30 AM -12:00 PM
Room S401cd

What is it that draws a child's attention to desire a new food or beverage? Will they like the taste of the product? Will mom continue to purchase the product? This session will cover tools for learning about the market space, the use of consumer research with moms and kids, development and design of healthy food and beverages for children, and what to include in the process to assure a successful launch or reformulation.

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2009 IFT Annual Meeting and Food Expo

As published on www.ift.org

Food Science and Culinology: Merging Perspectives
by Kelly Frederick

This year’s IFT/RCA Culinology presentation took place on Sunday, June 7, and centered on the topic of “Connecting Art & Soul to Science through Culinology.” The three panelists each shared their different perspectives on the food product development process from different segments of the industry including consulting, food manufacturing, and food service. The first speaker, Judy Lindsey (Product Dynamics) shared the viewpoint of a food scientist in the product development process. <read more...>

Chicago Section IFT Election Results

2009-2010 Officers
Chair: Diane Dawson, Dawson Sales, dianedawson@dawsonsales.com
Chair-Elect: Pamela Vaillancourt, RQA, Inc., p.vaillancourt@RQA-INC.com
Treasurer: Uwe Nienaber, Kraft Foods, Uwe.Nienaber@kraft.com
Secretary: Jennifer Padilla, Aerotek, jpadilla@aerotek.com

New Executive Committee Members
Vijay Arora, Kraft Foods, varora@kraft.com
Krista Ruhnke, Consultant, kcruhnke@aol.com
John Schuette, Quaker Foods, john_schuette@quakeroats.com
Dayna Syperek, ACH Food, dsyperek@achfood.com
Steve Wilson, Chemidex LLC, swilson@chemidex.com

New VP for RQA's Product Dynamic's Division
Posted: July 20, 2007

We are pleased to announce that Pamela Vaillancourt has joined Product Dynamics, a Division of RQA, Inc. as Vice-President, Business Development. Her areas of responsibility will include: Consumer Research, Sensory Evaluation, Product Formulation and Development, in addition to other innovative and custom services. Pamela will be working with our clients to incorporate these services into their business from concept to commercialization. You’ll find Pam to be an experienced resource, who will make your goals her top priority, and hopefully make your job easier.

Pamela joins Product Dynamics with over eleven years of experience in sales and service within the food industry and over twenty years of experience in food manufacturing and food service. She is also well versed in regulatory affairs and quality assurance. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and has recently been elected by her peers to serve a 3-year term on the IFT Nominations and Elections Committee. She is an active member of the Research Chefs Association, American Candy Technologists, and the American Society of Cereal Chemists.

Her degrees include a Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Technology from Washington State University and a Master of Science in Food Science from the University of Washington. She has also had culinary courses from the Culinary Institute in St. Helena, California and multiple business and marketing courses.

Pamela will work with Judy Lindsey, VP and General Manager, and Cynthia Wolter, Director, Research, who along with the entire Product Dynamics team, will continue to provide you with professional and timely services. Pamela is anxious to meet you and explore means of expanding your success through partnering with Product Dynamics. She will be in touch with you shortly to introduce herself, share Product Dynamics in-house capabilities, and to discuss your specific needs and challenges.

RQA, Inc. would like to thank you for your support. Our business is only as successful as those of our clients and we appreciate the opportunity to be your supplier of choice for your third party services and needs.

Larry Platt
President - RQA, Inc.

Pamela can be reached at the Product Dynamics facility in Orland Park, IL or at her office in Sacramento CA:
Pamela Vaillancourt
(708) 364-7060 x182
(206) 510-0440 cell
p.vaillancourt@rqa-inc.com

Product Dynamics Announces Major Expansion
August 11, 2006 Orland Park, IL - Product Dynamics, a division of RQA, Inc., recently completed a major expansion of its offices and testing labs in the southwest suburbs of Chicago.

The expansion, completed in June, boosted Product Dynamics' offices to 38,000 square feet, from 6,000 square feet.

"The roomier facility gives Product Dynamics more space to run consumer tests of products," says Judy Lindsey, vice president and general manager. "Everything we do involves consumers interacting with product."

Click <HERE> to download a PDF of the floor plan.

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