Food Product Development in Canada & the USA
From product concept to distribution
Value-added food product development and culinary innovation
Develop your best-selling, signature creation with a winning flavour profile. Create the perfect blend of taste, nutrition, and all-around sensory delight across everyday food products.
Taste the difference with a turn-key product development solution. From concept to distribution, get all the ingredients and technology you need to create a best-seller. Explore flavours consumers know and trust, and take bold strides towards the most innovative ingredient applications, finished food products, and meal-enhancing solutions.
A Masterclass In Culinary Innovation
At Hela Spice, we value good food at great value — the perfect balance of taste and nutrition developed by leading food technology. With our team of food researchers, processing experts, and taste technologists, we are leading food innovation. Together, we deliver the building blocks to your signature flavours: ingredients, recipes, processing and cooking techniques, and best-selling food staples.
Culinary Excellence
We know the secret to good ingredients and built our company on curating and sharing it with you. Our signature products optimize the taste, nutrition, function, and sensory characteristics of Canada’s best-selling foods.
Our research and development team employs a mix of food science and practical experience in a state-of-the-art food processing laboratory to develop various meat, dairy, vegetarian, high-nutrition, seafood, sauce, snack and beverage products.
Consumer Insight
At Hela Spice, we know you can’t go wrong with a refined, world-class palate. Our food researchers and culinary experts sample cuisines all over the world, understand regional tastes and create a delightful blend of signature flavours that are tried and true.
The Hela Spice guarantee is care and creativity in creating customized product solutions, meeting regulatory and food safety standards, and delivering customer satisfaction through the years.
The Future Of Food
We invite you to join us at the forefront of culinary innovation. Hela Spice is dedicated to helping our customers envision the future of food using cutting-edge technology and product solutions, and stay ahead of evolving consumer needs and tastes.
With a wide range of ingredients and state-of-the-art food processing equipment, we are always experimenting with new product ideas to deliver true culinary artistry, nutritional value, and flavour optimization.
Food by Hela Spice: Our Product Development Expertise
Hela Spice proudly delivers over 100 years of experience in food handling, quality, and sustainability packaged in every product and culinary innovation.
Our culinary and food technology expertise is grounded in our on-site, up-to-date meat pilot plant, food chemistry and microbiology laboratories, and blending facilities. From functional ingredients to seasonings and beverage blends, we deliver all the ingredients you need.
Functional Ingredients
Get all your taste, stability, and quality essentials with Hela Spice-proofed quality.
Achieve excellence with functional ingredients for flavour, texture, shelf life, food protection, and regulatory compliance. Create your next best-seller with these key basics:
- Emulsifiers
- Protein texturants
- Clean label ingredients for food protection and fermentation
- Specialty enzymes.
Food Products
The heart of our mission is making good food possible. Hela Spice shares your appetite for both comfort foods and bold, new flavours — and we are constantly reimagining how we bring these to market. We exist to help you bring these innovations to life, beginning with core ingredients. Browse our selection of meal-enhancing solutions to cater to every customer’s needs and tastes:
- Coatings
- Stocks and broths
- Seasonings
- Sauces
- Cheese and dairy powders
- Rubs, marinades, and glazes
- Plant-based alternatives.
Beverage Solutions
Perfect food and drink pairings by expanding your offerings. Whether it’s dessert in a glass, a thirst-quencher, or an everyday staple, refresh with every sip. Mix, blend, brew, stir, and shake juices, coffee, cocktails, smoothies and more with our selection of beverage product solutions:
- Syrups
- Extracts
- Sauces
- Liquid concentrates
- Mixes and powders
- Creamers
- Toppings
- Dairy staples.
Food Research and Development: The Technology Behind Better Food
At Hela Spice, we do more than develop and supply core food and drink products — the ingredients for your best-selling recipes and culinary delights. We are constantly reimagining and reinventing them to taste, look, and keep better.
Our goal is a complete food technology solution that delivers the perfect balance of nutrition, signature flavour, and all-around customer satisfaction. Discover our solutions to various food and beverage challenges and opportunities across foodservice operations:
Global Knowledge
Hela Spice proudly leads the ingredient and beverage development industry in product development for unrivalled culinary experiences. Our team of food scientists, chefs, and manufacturing experts curate global ingredient and flavour portfolios, and scale our technical expertise and capacity for food production and development. We constantly uncover global consumer insights, trends, and opportunities to develop products that elevate food quality and taste and promote market adoption.
Industry Solutions
We help you connect with customers through memorable flavours and reliable ingredient quality, without the complexities of manufacturing and supply chain management. Hela Spice provides complete product solutions for various foodservice operators; from suppliers, to processors, to stores. Our guarantee is customer insight-driven product development to meet taste, health, and accessibility demands across foodservice and retail channels.
Beyond Flavour
At Hela Spice, we use a combination of food science, sensory appeal, and nutritional value to deliver fresh ideas that promise excellence. We strive to serve a balance of taste, quality, and nutritional value, allowing you to reimagine time-tested customer favourites. Our deep insight into global consumers also provides a window to various taste preferences across customer demographics and enriches ingredient offerings.
Sustainability
Hela Spice is built on shared value. Since our beginnings over 100 years ago, we have always recognized that product development is only possible through an ecosystem of reliable partnerships. We leverage industry-leading manufacturing and culinary technology and work with partners that reflect and share our commitment to sustainable production and consumption to deliver great ingredients.
CONNECT WITH US
Have a product idea? Tell us all about it and your search for the perfect ingredients. Find it all at Hela Spice. Let’s talk about your next best-seller.