Food Entrepreneurship and Manufacturing Institute (FEMI)

The mission of FEMI is to provide a multitude of services to the food and beverage industry to empower entrepreneurs, and to provide ideation, development, commercialization, and scalable manufacturing resources to companies seeking such equipment, support, and/or guidance. As an institute of Purdue University, we strive to both provide learning experiences in innovation and entrepreneurship for students within the Purdue College of Agriculture, and to contribute to the land-grant research and extension missions of the University. Services of this institute include, but are not limited to, the following: - Ideation - Benchtop Trials - Analytical Testing - Gold Standard Creation - Pilot Plant Processing - Sensory Evaluation - Project Management - Shipping and Receiving - Storage - Set up and Clean up - Student Support - Training Sessions and Short Courses Equipment and processes provided by this institute include, but are not limited to, the following: - Aseptic Processing - Fermentation - Size Reduction - Microthermics - Hot - Fill / Acidified Pasteurization - UHT / HTST - Microwave - Milling - High - Shear Mixing - Retort - Extrusion - Freeze Drying - Spray Drying - Ultra Filtration

Industry

Food and Beverage Manufacturing

Company size

2-10 employees

Headquarters

West Lafayette, Indiana

Type

Educational

Founded

2021

Specialties

Manufacturing, Ideation, Food Processing, Product Development, Commercialization, Food and Beverage Industry, and Scalable Manufacturing