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This is exactly the gap I built EPICSI to fill.
I'm Manon Galizzi, a food scientist and flavour expert with over 10 years in the UK food and drink industry. I trained inside Synergy Flavours, one of the UK's leading flavour houses, and worked as a flavour specialist at McVitie's.
I work on both the flavour and the product development side, from diagnosing what is wrong with an existing product to guiding you through the full development process for something new. I run up to 200 trials per project and stay with you through your first production run, because taste always changes at scale and most brands find that out too late.
What you leave with is not just a flavour that works. It is a product buyers are confident enough to back.
See How I Work
The flavour challenges that once felt impossible are now solved. "
Salvatore Notaro, Managing Director, Vivo Life
Vivo Life were developing MindGrnd, a functional drink packed with adaptogens and nootropics. The base tasted earthy, muddy, and mushroomy. They had been working with suppliers, but every sample either failed to mask the off-notes or made the product taste artificial. They were stuck.
Using the Flavour Fit Process, we locked in the right flavour direction. MindGrnd launched to 4.9/5-star reviews and became a product people genuinely looked forward to drinking, not just tolerated.
Where Would You Like To Start?
FLAVOUR MOT - FREE
Send me your product and within a few days you'll receive expert tasting notes, a clear diagnosis of what's working and what is not, and the specific next steps to act on. No commitment required.
THE EXPERT HOUR — £250
One 60-minute session where we work through your specific challenge together. You leave with a clear diagnosis, prioritised next steps you can act on straight away, and a full written summary.
PRODUCT & FLAVOUR DEVELOPMENT — from £2,500
The full Flavour Fit Process, start to finish. I run the trials, guide the tastings, source the right suppliers, and stay with you through production. What launches is exactly what we agreed together.
The Food Lab Podcast
Getting real about what makes food & drink products thrive
The Food Lab Podcast is where I share straight-to-the-point insights on flavour, product development, and what it actually takes to build a food or drink product that survives on shelf.
No fluff. Just the stuff worth knowing before you commit to production, approach a buyer, or reformulate something that is not working.
I am also launching a new series of founder interviews, the brutal truth and the amazing wins, coming soon.
Watch On Your Favourite PlatformIf your product is almost ready for the big leagues but the taste is not quite there yet, I would love to have an honest conversation about what is going on and what needs to happen next.
I typically have two to three slots available per week.
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