Centres of excellence have a strategic role, providing technical support for start-ups, SMEs and existing food manufacturers. Whether you're a first-time business, need help to trial a new product, or looking for specialist training and advice, knowledgeable teams provide the answers.
Learn more about The HELIX Programme, which supports Welsh businesses to develop innovative products from concept, design, development and manufacture, through to the consumer’s shopping basket, helping businesses grow and thrive.
Who are Food Innovation Wales?
Based at three food centres across Wales, Food Innovation Wales’s team of internationally recognised industry experts help food and drink companies grow, innovate, compete and reach new markets. From new start-ups to established companies, Food Innovation Wales is on hand to provide technical and commercial support:
ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre, Cardiff Metropolitan University, South Wales
Email - ZERO2FIVE@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Telephone – 02920 416306
Food Technology Centre, Grŵp Llandrillo Menai, North Wales
Email - ftc@gllm.ac.uk
Telephone - 01248 383345
Food Centre Wales, Ceredigion County Council, Mid-West Wales
Email - gen@foodcentrewales.org.uk
Telephone - 01559 362230
The HELIX Programme: funded technical and commercial support for Welsh Food and Drink companies
If your food and drink company is based in Wales then you may be eligible for The HELIX Programme. Eligible companies have access to a range of technical and commercial support. The HELIX Programme is funded by the Welsh Government.
The HELIX Programme offers support that is tailored to your company’s needs.
The HELIX Programme delivers practical knowledge transfer activity, supporting Welsh companies to develop and reformulate innovative products from concept, design, development and manufacture, through to the consumer’s shopping basket.
The HELIX Programme works with Welsh companies to forensically analyse each step of the manufacturing process, identifying ways of reducing waste and introducing efficiencies across process controls, site design and systems development.
The Programme's strategic approach enables food producers in Wales to benefit from best practice and industry intelligence from across the world. For example, companies can receive help to achieve third party certification such as BRCGS and SALSA, which open up new markets for their products.
Are you listed in the Welsh Food and Drink Directory?
The Welsh Food and Drink Directory contains entries from over 500 companies and exists to raise awareness and drive sales of Welsh products in the UK and across the world.
It’s free to be included, with both small and large companies featured in the directory. If you’re already listed then you can update your entry here.
Users can search for producers, co-packers, ingredient suppliers and packaging manufacturers based on location, BRCGS product category, supply channel, export capacity and certification.
In an effort to promote sustainable food production and waste efficiency, companies can advertise any outputs from their production process such as by-products or waste that may be of value to another business.
