Crystal Lake offers a full range of client services to develop products under its Four Dimensional Product Development system. Every step of the process is assisted to assure greatest successful introduction of your products.
- New idea creation or adaptation of your product ideas to manufacturing stage
- Product names and labels
- Full formulation, processing and sample provision of your products
- Full Descriptive Profile Taste Testing to assure the right flavor and texture requirements
- Packaging options provision
- Supplier lists for all items
- Manufacturing methods, quality control and all information for management of your products provided
- Shelf life tests to determine extent of product viability
- Plant runs conducted to assure manufacturer conformance with your standards
- Ingredient research for applicability in products
- Technical service to remedy field problems
- Radio voice over advertisements
- Many other services area available to assist the client
Crystal Lake Beverage, Inc (CLB) prepares technical reports for clients needing a variety of project data results. CLB will research ingredient information, specified developmental areas for investigation and provide complete reports for clients on all aspects of a project.
Typical reports have included the many facets of beverage manufacturing methods, quality control methods for monitoring product quality, auditing manufacturer methods for compliance with client quality needs, managing shelf life studies of new and established product lines, preparing reports on field technical service and troubleshooting of market products.
Ingredient selection for appropriateness of materials used in new products is of primary importance. Supply and price issues, stability in products concerns and performance in the manufacturing environment and in the finished products are of overall importance to the client to control quality and cost. CLB studies new and established materials for inclusion in manufacturing new products, reporting on the fitness for use.
Reporting on compliance with all applicable food laws, safety issues of ingredients and combined ingredients, compliance with US standards for imported ingredients and nutritional appropriateness of ingredients for consideration in product formulas are of paramount importance to new product development. Clients can obtain reports determining these important development facets from CLB.
Additionally, CLB writes advertisements and delivers radio voice over ads for clients seeking that service. Trained in voice over delivery and having delivered over 100 commercials in the Chicago market, Mr. Burg offers clients that service to promote client products.
