FormuGel - Ice Cream formulation assistant

AI-Powered Formulation Assistant for Gelado Colorido

Research and development are at the heart of Gelado Colorido's ICECARE and ICECARE NATURAL brands. The company has established expertise in developing functional ice creams with scientifically substantiated health claims for specific audiences, including athletes, people aged 50 and over, and individuals with particular health needs.

However, developing a new functional ice cream formulation is a complex, time-consuming and costly process. Each ingredient can influence texture, melting behaviour, flavour, stability, nutritional composition and the retention of bioactive compounds. Identifying the optimal formulation requires extensive laboratory experiments, sensory evaluations and shelf-life testing and its dependent of research.

The formulation assistant addresses this challenge by proposing structured ice cream formulations. The system allows the Gelado Colorido's R&D team to specify things such as a target consumer, desired functional benefits or health claims, ingredient restrictions and cost limits. It then generates two possible formulations, assess their predicted performance, recommend processing parameters and evaluate the feasibility of relevant nutrition and health claims.

Each recommendation is supported by traceable sources (scientific articles or technical sources). Nutritional and health claims are supported by Regulations for the European Union.