Boosting Entrepreneurship: NCFIL Featured in the Salisbury Post

The NC Food Innovation Lab (NCFIL) was recently featured in A boost for startups: The NC Food Innovation Lab helps entrepreneurs in the Salisbury Post.

Collaboration from the Ground Up

Roughly seven years ago, the NC General Assembly realized the state was leaving money on the table in regards to the many food entrepreneurs focused on the plant-based food space. “The one deficiency they found was that these entrepreneurs have no place to go to move from an idea or even a prototype product that maybe they were making in their kitchen, to being able to make it in a pilot plant and eventually in a food manufacturing plant,” Bill Aimutis, NCFIL executive director, said.

To address that deficiency, NCFIL was born and quickly gained a solid reputation among startups, multinational food companies, universities, and engineering firms. Guiding companies from concept to product development, all the way through manufacturing partnerships and marketing, NCFIL has built an impressive clientele roster, including botanical beverage startup, Milli Mylk.  

Milli Mylk Co-Founder Maacha Le Blanc said, “What I like is they listened and stayed true to our core values.”

Find Out More

To learn more about NCFIL’s history and current capabilities, read the full article here. 

If you seek guidance taking your plant-based food idea through the production process, reach out to us.