About us
Principal Officer, Abizer Khairullah, has over 35 years in the food and beverage industry in C-suite Leadership, Business Development, Product and Engineering Innovation, Optimizing Operations and Enhancing Product Quality & Food Safety, in food companies including McCormick & Co., Conagra Foods and Jamba Juice. Entrepreneurial mindset applied to commercialize start ups. Strong knowledge of plant based fresh, frozen, aseptic, refrigerated, dehydrated foods, purees and beverages. Product experience includes fruits, vegetables, proteins, fresh produce, spices, packaged foods, beverages etc. Passionate about designing and implementing alternative processing techniques to minimize preservatives and improve processed foods, creating healthier options. Experienced with overseas sourcing programs and their effect on quality and food safety throughout the supply chain.
Currently operating Four Corner Foods LLC offering commercialization solutions for start-ups and large manufacturers. For start-ups - monetizing business, cost effective manufacturing, product formulation, process development, creating and enhancing quality assurance and food safety programs. For large manufacturers - cross functional fast track commercialization, R&D, process engineering, efficient manufacturing, cost reduction and enhancing food safety and quality assurance programs. Clients include top produce, snack foods and spice companies, CPG and other – Dole, Frito Lay, McCormick, SunOpta, Hershey’s, Premier Nutrition.
Education: M.S. Food Engineering from UC Davis.
Patents: 4 granted.
Services
Product Development
Recipe Development
Concept and Prototype Development
Process Development and Optimization
Pilot Scale Trails
Manufacturing
Build in-house Manufacturing
Work with Contact Manufactures
Sensory Analysis and Training
Shelf Life analysis
IP Development
QA and Food Safety porgrams
Engineering - Design Fabrication
What we Bring
We work with a team of professionals with varied experiences in product development, process engineering, quality assurance & food safety and academia. Our combined experience allows us to offer practical, economical, and excellent solutions.
What we Can Do
We can quickly offer new product guidance, formulation, process engineering, scale up and commercialization, micro reduction, QA audits and Food Safety program development. Our combined experience allows us to offer practical, economical and excellent solutions.
Who we Do it For
We typically fill a need where companies do not have in-house expertise or bandwidth to work on a new product idea or to commercialize a product. We complement skill sets that are unavailable when the need arises in an organization. For start-ups and small entrepreneurs we advise and help scale up a new idea with production in house or with co-pack operations.
What We Know
The experts bring experiences with fruits, vegetables, spices, nutraceuticals, proteins, meats etc. in fresh, refrigerated, aseptic, frozen, and dehydrated forms and with solid foods, purees and juices. Industry experience varies from manufacturing ingredients through finished products in retail stores and QSRs.