News

Sep 15, 2021

NCFIL + JWU Partnership: Patillo Featured in Spectrum and JWU Articles 

Chris Patillo, NC Food Innovation Lab (NCFIL) intern, was featured in “Johnson & Wales graduate helps create new plant-based foods” on Spectrum News North Carolina. His internship was also highlighted in…

Sep 1, 2021

NCFIL Executive Director’s Perspective: September 2021

NCFIL Facility + Business Update The NC Food Innovation Lab is fully operational and quite busy. Our project portfolio is well-balanced, with projects covering many of our core technical disciplines.…

Aug 25, 2021

NCFIL Summer Intern: Chris Patillo

Chris Patillo is a recent graduate from Johnson and Wales University and one of the summer interns at NC Food Innovation Lab (NCFIL). While working toward his bachelor’s degree in Applied Food Science, Patillo…

Aug 11, 2021

NCFIL Summer Intern: Emilize Momplaisir

“There hasn’t been a side of food science I haven’t liked yet,” says Emilize Momplaisir, one of the interns who joined the NC Food Innovation Lab (NCFIL) this summer.  With an interest…

Jul 29, 2021

Joe Hildebrand: Certified Culinary Scientist

From knife cuts to the molecular structure of your dinner, Joe Hildebrand knows it all.  As the Pilot Plant Manager at the NC Food Innovation Lab (NCFIL), Hildebrand manages the 3000 sq. ft. pilot…

Jul 19, 2021

NCFIL Executive Director Aimutis Elected IFT Fellow

NC State leaders as well as the other partners opening the NC Food Innovation Lab knew without a doubt they had landed a food science unicorn when Dr. Bill Aimutis accepted their…

Jul 14, 2021

Food Entrepreneurship: Aimutis Featured on Farms, Food and You Podcast

NC Food Innovation Lab Executive Director Bill Aimutis spoke about North Carolina’s agricultural processing potential on an episode titled “Growing Food Entrepreneurship in NC” on NC State’s podcast Farms, Food and You hosted by Dee…

Jun 7, 2021

The Role of Agriculture + Food Processing in the Energy Economy

NCFIL Executive Director Dr. Bill Aimutis recently had the privilege to speak and participate on a panel for the E4 Carolinas Association. This trade group focuses on the Carolinas’ energy economy to provide…

May 20, 2021

NCFIL Executive Director’s Perspective: April/May 2021

Good news! NCFIL is very nearly at 100% operational status. In April, we commissioned our GEA spray dryer, and we have been busy running piping and building a catwalk for the Bühler…

May 5, 2021

Gifts To Help NCFIL Grow

The NC Food Innovation Lab received two significant gifts through NC State University’s annual Day of Giving campaign on March 24. We extend our thanks to Blue Mountain Flavors and Mother Murphy’s Laboratories for each making…