Savoury Snacks Production Course - the European Snacks ...

Savoury SnacksProduction CourseChips & Snacks:1 Raw Materials to Formed ProductsWhat you will learnWho should attend?This three day intensive course organised by the European Snacks Association will provide anunderstanding of:• The market for savoury snacks products across Europe• The key drivers for successful new snack product development• Food safety aspects you need to be aware of• How potato chips, extruded, pelleted, and sheeted snacks are manufactured• How to make the right raw material and process choices• How to exploit the versatility of different process solutions• How to maximise product quality and consistency• Process control techniques both on and offline• How to optimise energy managementYou will have the opportunity to interact with experts with years of practical experience of workingwithin the savoury snack food industry. They will empower you to trouble-shoot and evaluate your ownprocesses and equipment, to find hidden areas of opportunity that could result in novel process solutionsand new product ideas. They will introduce you to best practice solutions to improved product qualityand consistency and open your eyes to the potential of significant cost savings.The course combines classroom lectures from leading experts in the savoury snacks industry withpractical interactive sessions as appropriate.The agenda is presented as anintensive course for new plantpersonnel and as a refresherfor more experienced operators.It offers an excellent opportunityfor those people involved insavoury snack manufactureto meet experts in the field, todiscuss their current problems,and to find creative solutionswhich will enhance their plantoperations.The course is designed for:Snack manufacturingpersonnel, including:• Plant managers, projectmanagers• R & D engineers• Plant engineers and qualitycontrol techniciansPersonnel wishing to betterunderstand their productionprocesses• Line production personneland supervisors• Quality assurance personnel• Production managementSuppliers researching theneeds and productionmethods of their customers• In addition, the course contentis appropriate for businessdevelopment managers, salesand marketing specialists,equipment manufacturers,product designers who areinterested in understandingthe wide range of possibilitiesfor turning creative ideas intoreal products.The course material willserve as a useful referencefor processors, productformulators, chemists andtechnicians as well as businessmanagers familiar withextrusion, nutrition, snack foodprocessing, extruded snacksand tortilla chips.Course ConductAll course sessions will beinformal and questions areencouraged during lectures,breaks and social periods.All course lecture materialswill be given to each attendeeat registration and will be inEnglish.Dress code is business casual.0203 0203