Culinary Creations by Carolyn specializes in hot-filled high-acid products and baked goods.  Carolyn developed 60 organic tomato-based products for Muir Glen Organic Tomato Products (80% of company's current product line), including: salsas, pasta sauces, barbecue sauces and ketchups. Muir Glen, founded in 1990, is the nation's largest organic tomato products company.

Other products developed include:

• Dessert sauces
• Risotto mixes (dry)
• Cookie mixes (dry)
• Hot sauces
• Pumpkin pie filling
• Salad dressings and dips
• Tapenades, chutneys & spreads
• Low fat cookies and muffins
• No sugar added cookies and muffins
• Frozen entrees

The Product Development process is carefully tailored to each company's specific needs.

Steps Include:

• Identifying competitive product in marketplace.
• Evaluating competitive product through sensory analysis.
• Developing flavor concepts.
• Sourcing ingredients.
• Development of several bench samples (prototypes) for evaluation.
• Sensory comparison of bench samples to competitive product.
• Revision of bench samples as necessary.
• Sourcing copackers.
• Conversion of product formula into required batch size.

Consulting on package and/or label development, including review of label content (nutritional panel, ingredient statement) is also available.

Consulting on commercializing your own kitchen recipe for commercial production is also available.

Reverse engineering of existing products is also available.