1. Food Industries Center Programs to Support the Food Processing Sector of Ohio’s Economy Valente B. Alvarez

2. Chairman Hill, Vice Chairman Burkley, Ranking Member Patterson and Members of the House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, thank you for visiting The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. My Name is Valente Alvarez and I am Director of the Food Industries Center where we both prepare students for and work with Ohio’s food processing industry. Ohio Dept. Development, Off. Strategic Res. 2005

3. Food Industries Center Programs for the Food Industry FIC Success Stories

4. Ohio’s Food Processors The total output value  $25 billion Processed foods  $10.3 billion Dairy processing  $4.05 billion Beverage processing  $2.67 billion Meat, fish, poultry & eggs  $2.45 billion Fats & oils processing  $0.54 billion Grain milling and flour production  $0.5 billion Ohio’s Standing Ohio Dept. Development, Off. Strategic Res. 2005

5. FIC Introduction Brief history: The Ohio State University Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the Food Industries Center (FIC) in 1982 with Dr. Wilbur A. Gould as acting director. The main objective of the FIC was to serve as an interface between the food industry and the Ohio State food programs. Since its inception, the FIC has served and supported established companies and entrepreneurs in Ohio by training students, demonstrating new technologies, and transferring knowledge in food processing and technology through product development, short courses and workshops

6. Food Industries Center Food processing pilot plant facilities Continuing education courses Teaching and research Support and advance the Ohio food industry and institutions

7. Fruit, Vegetables and Cereals Thermal Process Studies Canning Fruits and Vegetables Hot Filled Products Pilot Plant Potato Chip Line Frozen Foods Snack Foods

8. Dairy Foods Products R&D projects, pilot plant trials, industry- relevant short courses, and equipment use:  Fluid Milk  Cheese  Yogurt  Ice cream  CIP Studies

9. FIC Education Services 2. Extension and outreach through continuing education courses:  Better Process Control School  Food safety and GMPs  HACCP: Basic and Advanced  New Product Development  Startup Food Business  Dairy Lab Workshop- Quality Checkd  Certified Dairy Training Program  Other courses to meet industry needs

10. FIC Services 3. Support teaching and research in the Department and College  Dairy Foods Products  Fruit and Vegetables  Meat products  Graduate Research

11. Successful Stories Glory Foods  Started the R&D program in 1992  1 st Batch of products were produced in the Food Industries Center pilot plants  Sales volume increased and co-packers were needed  $60 million sales in 2012  Products are still co-packed  In 2013 was bought out by McCall Farms - SC

12. Successful Stories Entrepreneurs in 2013-2015  Zapico Foods - Italian Base Sauce  Taylor Made - Hot Mustard Sauce Bad Seed Mustard  A Bit Of A Bite - Salsa Bad Seed Mustard  Pig Of the Month - BBQ Sauce & Marinades  My Dads Nutz - Caramelized peanuts  Darista Cafe

13. Successful Stories Darista Cafe – Started in 2014 Starting volume: 4 stores, 300 units (8 oz), 3 flavors, 150 lbs. of product (all quantities are per week) Current volume: 19 stores, 800 units (8 oz), 5 flavors (2-3 pending), 400 lbs. of product (all quantities are per week) Customers: Whole Foods, Giant Eagle Market District, Hills Market, Fresh Thyme, Lucky's, Clintonville Community Market, Bexley Natural Market, Weilands, Kingmakers, etc.,

14. Successful Stories Sensus Flavors  Sensus LLC in Hamilton, Ohio, started in 1999  Develop an industry-leading proprietary process  Produces natural concentrated flavor ingredients  70,000-square-foot facility  Exports to China, Japan and the European Union

15. Successful Stories “Without the resources at Ohio State, entrepreneurs like me could easily be precluded from ever getting off the ground" Dan Wampler (right), president de Sensus LLC. Dan Wampler (right), president de Sensus LLC.

16. Dan Wampler (right), president de Sensus LLC. Dan Wampler (right), president de Sensus LLC.

17. Valente B. Alvarez Food Industries Center osufic@osu.edu http://www.foodindustries.osu.edu