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Retail / Private Label Industry Services
In an era of consolidation and globalization, food retailers face an enormous two-prong challenge: differentiating their brand while ensuring their products meet increasingly rigid industry and regulatory safety standards worldwide.
Since our 1967 inception, we have taken pride in building sustained partnerships and providing our retail sector clients with expert scientific and technical services. From data assessment services to employee education, we provide our customers with total solution services. From product development to delivery, our highly trained professionals can help you protect your brand and get your product to market with confidence.
Private Label
With over $80 billion in sales worldwide, private label products have achieved unprecedented acceptance with consumers everywhere, it is estimated that private label sales now account for one of every three products sold.
Whether you’re seeking to recalibrate the shelf-life of a reformulated food product, validate the content of an OTC drug, or evaluate the efficacy of an antimicrobial, our laboratories are open year-round to assist you. Employing recognized industry standards and approved methodologies, our microbiologists, chemists, and sensory experts deliver relevant data and exemplary services.
As part of our extensive capabilities, we provide retail label development services for multiple countries. Moreover, Silliker professionals can help ensure your product meets stringent retailer’s requirements and rules under the USDA’s “Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act,” Health Canada’s “Food and Drugs Act,” European Union (EU) Commission guidelines and other national regulations.
Our comprehensive services encompass:
· Product quality monitoring for chemistry, microbiology, sensory and physical attributes
· National brand equivalent comparisons, including performance testing, physical and sensory product attributes, labeling claims and packaging
· Shelf-life studies
· Specification development
· Desktop reviews
· Third-party auditing, including Safe Quality Food (SQF) and BRC certification audits
· Labeling compliance review and verification
Contact us to learn more about our Retail-Private Label services.
With locations worldwide, Silliker supports the retail industry with expert services covering every link in the supply chain. Since our 1967 inception, we have taken pride in building sustained partnerships and providing our retail sector clients with expert scientific and technical services. From data assessment services to employee education, we provide our customers with total solution services. From product development to delivery, our highly trained professionals can help you protect your brand and get your product to market with confidence.
Laboratory Services
® Microbiology
· Quantitative
Coliforms – total
E. coli
Lactobacillus
Aerobic plate count
Yeast and mold
Staphylococcus
· Qualitative
E. coli O157:H7 (test and hold protocol)
Listeria (test and hold protocol)
Salmonella (test and hold protocol)
® Chemistry
· Ash
· Allergen screens
· Antibiotic screens
· Artificial color screens
· Fat
· Heavy metals
· Label claim verifications
· Melamine
· Minerals
· Moisture
· Multi-residue pesticide screens
· Nutritional analyses
· Probiotics
· Protein
· Protein speciation
· Oil degradations
· Toxin screens
® Physical and Extraneous Matter
· Net weight
· Dimensions
· Ingredient ratio
· Appearance
· Count
· Heavy metals
· Label / Code verification
· Defects
· Sieve analyses
· Viscosity / Granulation
· Light filth
· Heavy filth
· Visual integrity
Auditing
Pinpointing potential problems before they occur in the supply chain is a cardinal rule of business. To help you assess and improve your safety management system, we provide a wide array of Auditing services (download the PDF). (link to Services > 2. Auditing PDF & Services Landing Page)
Consulting
Minimizing risks requires a maximum commitment to enhancing your product safety and quality system management programs. Drawing on years of industry and regulatory expertise, our consultants (download the PDF) (link to Services > 3. Consulting PDF & Services Landing Page) can help you safeguard your product, fortify security protocols and protect your brand.
Research
Possessing years of industry experience, Silliker research scientists (download the PDF) (link to Services > 4. Research PDF & Services Landing Page) can help you complete your most challenging R&D projects on time and on budget. Equipped with state-of-the-art technologies, we can help you resolve problems that can detour or prevent your product / process from getting to market.
Sensory
Our sensory experts can help you determine how ingredient / process changes can affect the characteristics of your product, compile complete sensory descriptions of your product and identify key sensory attributes that promote consumer acceptance. We possess years of experience working with food and non-food products and specialize in consumer research, difference testing, and descriptive analysis studies. (link to Services > 1. Laboratory Services > 1.13 Sensory Evaluation content page)
Education and Training
Knowledgeable and skilled workers are your most valuable asset in the production of safe and wholesome products. As a leading industry provider of education services (download the PDF), (link to Services > 5. Education PDF & Services Landing Page) Silliker offers public and custom short courses, multi-media programs, online learning, and cutting-edge training through the Standard Industry Skills Training and Educational Media (SISTEM) platform by Alchemy Systems.
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