Food and Beverage Market Segment and Industries

The food and beverage industry affects us all. Issues such as sustainability, globalisation, growing demands, and the changing position of major consumers like China and India are reshaping markets.

Coupled with this are issues of technology and production, as well as growing focuses on issues of health and wellbeing in addition to cost, price volatility, increasing commodity prices, freshness, taste, and profitability.

Competing effectively within the marketplace now demands expertise across a wide range of specialisms. There is a strong drive to create affordable differentiated products to compete in commoditised markets.

We have worked to support the food and beverage sector for many years. Our expertise in agricultural and chemical disciplines has broadened to include chemistry, biology, chemical engineering, food science, and nutrition. Oakland’s experience includes ten clients who are international players operating across North America, Europe and Asia.

The aim is to meet the challenges of new food technologies, including the demand for diversity and the growing needs of emerging and developing markets with different palates, expectations, and cultures. Talking to experts who deal with sustainability issues, food supply, treatment and preservation, raw materials, and new product development is the beginning of the process.