Leading nutrition and health innovator dsm-firmenich has announced the opening of its Princeton Baking Innovation Center in New Jersey. This new facility will help customers accelerate innovation, improve agility and co-create applications such as breads, rolls, pastries, tortillas, cookies and snack foods with greater speed and precision.

The Princeton Baking Innovation Center provides an advanced workspace with cutting-edge bakery technology to support the site's team of expert bakers, product developers, technical experts, applications scientists, flavorists, sensory scientists, marketing experts and customer insights specialists. Baked goods manufacturers and brand owners will benefit from access to tasting panels, concept screening technologies and dsm-firmenich's holistic portfolio for the bakery sector.

The breadth of solutions available at the Princeton Baking Innovation Center include characterizing flavors; modulating flavors to support sugar & sodium reduction, protein & grain masking; specialized dairy & non-dairy concentrates for improved taste, texture and cost efficiencies; sweeteners; enzymes, hydrocolloids, colors and preservation solutions; and fortifying ingredients including proteins, omega-3s and vitamin premixes.

The facility will enable faster, more integrated product development and minimize the impact of fluctuating costs of raw materials such as cocoa, eggs and vanilla.

“Our new Princeton Baking Innovation Center underscores our ambition to bring progress to life by empowering our customers to create bakery products that not only taste incredible but are also healthier and sustainably produced,” says Chris Perkins, senior vice president taste, texture & health North America at dsm-firmenich. “This state-of-the-art facility is a game changer, allowing deeper collaboration and innovation at an unprecedented speed and scale.”

Investment in the Princeton Baking Innovation Center is part of the company's broader commitment to advance its global research and development capabilities. It is strategically positioned in Princeton, New Jersey, close to key customers, commercial partners and major transportation hubs, while also serving as a collaborative hub for partners across North America.