THE ART & SCIENCE OF FOOD INNOVATION

REAL FOOD.

We’re David Berenson and Ken Jenner, founders and partners of Real Food Matters.
With our combined skill sets of culinary expertise (David) and technical know-how (Ken), we provide exceptional product development services and culinary consulting for retail food brands, food manufacturers, and restaurant concepts.

  • We’ve worked in the food industry our entire careers.
  • We’ve led big R&D and innovation teams for publicly traded companies.
  • We’ve formulated and commercialized hundreds of products.
  • We’ve worked with and innovated for top restaurant companies.
  • We’ve ideated and informed the strategy of the largest food companies in the world.
  • We’ve successfully started, grown, and sold companies.
  • We know how to conceptualize, formulate, optimize, and commercialize on-trend products and concepts that win in the marketplace.

REAL EXPERIENCE.

We’ve proudly contributed to the success of some of the nation’s leading retail brands, multi-unit restaurants, and food retailers. 

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REAL RESULTS.

Real Food Matters has helped numerous brands in the retail, ecomm, and restaurant space turn their inspiration into delicious, on-trend products that customers love. Our clients have seen their ideas take off, enjoying growth and success thanks to our hands-on approach and expertise. With hundreds of products developed and countless happy clients, our success stories speak for themselves. Click below to read about how we’ve helped countless brands develop delicious products that deliver results.

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Whether innovating, ideating, product optimizing, or cost optimizing, the snob and the geek are always at the top of my trusted speed dial list of partners and collaborators. Oh, and by the way, they're pretty fun to work with too...
PHIL ANSONCEO / Capellos, Former CIO and GM Boulder Brands, Founder EVOL
Creative, On-Trend, Engaged, Hands-On, Detailed, Partnering - these are all words that I can use to describe the excellent work that Real Food Matters provided for our project. David and Ken were incredible to work with from the very early steps of ideation, through prototyping, and then commercialization. I highly recommend Real Food Matters.
BOB KAKKEFormer EVP & Chief Innovation Officer, Annie's
I've known and enjoyed working with Ken and David for over 10 years across multiple brands and projects. They’re the real deal, bringing positive impact and value to whatever they touch by blending best in class culinary sensibility, deep technical chops and business savvy.
TJ MCINTYRECEO / BOBO'S, Former EVP & GM Boulder Brands

WHAT WE DO.

We take your inspiration and make it delicious, whether it’s bound for retail, ecomm, or restaurants.

CPG

Innovation Strategy And Pipeline Development
We identify the intersection of the business objective and the strategic opportunity. Then, we develop, vet, and validate concepts that capitalize on the opportunity. Finally, we create an innovation road map.
End to End Product Development

Retail (Branded, Private Label, Wholesale)

Conceptualization
Concepts are developed according to a comprehensive understanding of food/market trends, and the needs and objectives of the brand.

Benchtop Product Development
From protocept to prototype and beyond, we translate great concepts into great food, creating products that fit the client’s business model, and are viable in manufacturing.

Scale-Up and Commercialization
With our culinary and technical skill sets, we create scale-up and commercialization processes to deliver finished products that live up to the original concept.

Product & Process Optimization

We know how to make existing products and processes more efficient and profitable. After assessing the current formulation, process, and goals for improvement, we solve problems creatively and practically, and engineer solutions that deliver real results.

Co-Man Identification/Search And Management

Utilizing our extensive knowledge and industry relationships we identify the right co-man for your brand, in terms of capability, geography, size, and culture.

Food Service

End To End Menu Item Development
Whether you’re a chain or independent restaurant, retail food service operator, or supplier to the food service industry, we develop menus, menu items and dishes that operators and consumers love.
Supply Chain/Make Vs Buy
We analyze product quality and both ingredient and labor cost, to help you decide which ingredients and menu items should be made in-house, and which should be purchased in today’s challenging environment.

We offer strategic menu insight and optimization and full circle R & D, from ideation to implementation.

Our operational services include:

  • Facility layout, design, and station engineering
  • Equipment selection and sourcing for optimum results
  • Training materials development
  • Specs, raw material, SOP, finished dish

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