Carole is a Technical Specialist working in the Product and Ingredient Innovation Team at Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL). During her time with RSSL, she has undertaken both ingredient evaluation and product development projects for food manufacturers and ingredient suppliers across a wide range of food categories including beverages, bakery, confectionery and plant-based alternatives to dairy and meat. Recent projects include development of new products from concept through to launch, including identification of contract suitable manufacturers and scale up of formulations from bench top to factory. Carole has also worked extensively on reformulation of products to meet nutritional targets including non-HFSS, high protein and sugar reduction or replacement.