A Hands-On Partner for Food Commercialization
At Catapult, we embed experienced specialists into your team, exactly where you need them, so you can launch products without adding headcount or slowing down.
Our team of consultants bring deep technical expertise, operational know-how, and senior-level execution to every phase of commercialization. Whether you're managing scale-up, onboarding a co-man, or optimizing production, we plug in, lead with experience, and get results.
Design Your Product To Sell
Turn insights into winning concepts.
Our team of marketing and innovation professionals brings decades of food & beverage experience. We help you define where your brand fits in the market and what will make your next product stand out. From white space analysis and consumer research to brand positioning and concept development, we make sure you’re building something that’s both needed and viable.
Product Research and Design Services
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Our analysts assess the competitive landscape, growth drivers, and emerging trends to help your team make confident, future-focused product decisions.
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Our research consultants design and execute studies from interviews to surveys to uncover demand signals, test positioning, and validate product-market fit.
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Our strategists partner with your team to define your brand’s positioning and oversee how it translates into packaging, messaging, and claims that resonate.
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Our cross-functional experts lead structured ideation sessions transforming whitespace into product ideas with a commercial and technical lens.
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Our marketing and regulatory team shapes concepts that are legally sound and strategically strong, ready for consumer testing or retail sell-in.
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Our senior innovation advisors work with you to build a focused, executable innovation roadmap aligned to your capabilities, commercial priorities, and growth plan.
Build Your Product to Scale
Set up your product for real-world success.
Our team of experienced formulators, regulatory specialists, and packaging experts helps you navigate the critical handoff from concept to commercialization. We ensure your product is compliant, shelf-ready, and built to scale so you can move fast without costly surprises or delays.
Product Formulation and Development Services
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Our formulators quickly create early product samples, enabling your team to align on direction, gather feedback, or engage retail and investor partners.
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Our product development specialists translate your concept into a viable formula built to meet your flavor, cost, processing, and shelf-life requirements.
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Our regulatory consultants review your label for accuracy, compliance, and risk flagging issues before they reach production or legal.
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We generate FDA-compliant Nutrition Facts Panels based on your formulation and serving size, ready for packaging and marketing review.
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Our regulatory and legal experts review your copy and claims to ensure they’re both compelling and compliant under current FDA guidelines
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We audit your ingredient list and label copy to ensure full compliance with U.S. food regulations, including allergens and disclosure rules.
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Our packaging specialists identify materials and suppliers that align with your product specs, co-man capabilities, and shelf-life goals.
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We guide you through certification requirements, documentation, and timelines helping you secure key badges like USDA Organic and Non-GMO Project Verified.
Bring Your Product to Market
Simplify manufacturing and hit your launch timeline.
This is where Catapult excels. Our senior operations and commercialization leaders have launched hundreds of SKUs across nearly every product category and we know where things go wrong. We lead complex, multi-stakeholder projects from co-man search through first production, stepping in where internal teams are stretched thin or specific expertise is required. Whether it’s troubleshooting a process gap, managing a trial, or negotiating contract terms, we keep timelines intact and execution on point.
Product Manufacturing and Distribution Services
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Our senior project leads run multi-stakeholder projects from end to end keeping co-mans, suppliers, and internal teams aligned, so you don’t have to.
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Our commercial and technical experts support CapEx decision-making with forecasting, ROI modeling, and practical investment recommendations.
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We assess production environments and develop layout plans that improve efficiency, support throughput, and meet safety standards
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Our technical leads prepare vendor-ready specs, gather quotes, and compare options so you get the right equipment at the right price, without delays.
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We help you choose equipment that matches your product requirements and long-term scale plans balancing cost, capability, and future flexibility.
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Our commercialization team identifies and vets co-mans that align with your product, volume, capabilities, and timeline, fast.
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Our process engineers map and refine manufacturing workflows to reduce waste, improve throughput, and set your product up for scalable success.
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We review and negotiate co-man contracts protecting your margins, your IP, and your supply chain relationships.
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Our team leads co-man onboarding from tech transfer to kickoff, ensuring a smooth transition into first production.
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We plan and execute production trials, helping your team stress-test formulas, debug process gaps, and collect critical data before launch
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Our QA and food safety consultants prepare your facility and documentation to pass third-party or customer audits with confidence.
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Our CapEx specialists oversee equipment installations, facility builds, and line expansions—keeping timelines intact and vendors accountable.
Growing Your Business in Profitability
Strengthen operations, optimize margin, and unlock new channels.
Our team of supply chain specialists, cost analysts, and commercial strategists brings a practical lens to growth. As you scale, we help you operate smarter, identifying hidden inefficiencies, reducing costs, and supporting your go-to-market plan with tools that drive results.
Product Scaling and Profitability Services
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Our cost analysts plug into your ops team to dissect COGS and deliver practical, margin-boosting recommendations.
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We lead targeted cost-saving initiatives, investigating high-expense areas and coordinating efforts across suppliers and operations.
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Our formulation and sourcing specialists assess your inputs and recommend smarter ingredient or packaging swaps that meet your specs and save cost.
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We model production needs and create capacity roadmaps plugging in where your internal team lacks the bandwidth or expertise.
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When things go wrong, our QA and processing experts jump in to diagnose the issue, implement fixes, and prevent it from recurring.
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We assess your supply chain from end to end identifying inefficiencies and implementing smarter systems to reduce risk and cost.
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Our commercial team partners with yours to align sales efforts with product readiness, channel strategy, and revenue goals.
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We provide a clear view of where your product fits leveraging market, retail, and consumer data to inform go-to-market planning.
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Our commercial teams help prioritize and build entry strategies for the right sales channels via retail, club, foodservice, or beyond.
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Our strategists create the sales tools your team needs from sell sheets to pitch decks tailored to your buyer conversations.