Doehler Ventures

Innovative food processing technologies

We are constantly screening new technologies to transform fruits, vegetables, cereals, botanicals and plants into food & beverage products If you have an idea to solve challenges like reducing waste streams, preserving fresh products or to achieve superior product characteristics, let’s work on it together

New natural food & beverage ingredients

We are always looking for innovative, natural food & beverage ingredients Of special interest are new natural alternatives to give texture, flavour, colour or a nutritional function to food & beverage products Let us know if you have an innovative product or you need developing support

Health, nutrition & lifestyle products

Extensive support for your idea

Top know-how for your ideas

You want to have an expert opinion on your food & beverage idea?

You want to have an expert opinion on your food & beverage idea? Welcome to the Döhler Idea Lab Describe your idea to us, and we will give you feedback upon potential roadblocks, partners that might be interesting for you to talk to, or ideally we are interested in pursuing your idea together with you

All you need for your success

You have an idea, we deliver the Idea2Market solution! Our complete know-how and global resources are at your disposal to offer tailored solutions that fit exactly to your business needs Together we navigate your idea to success: Product & application know-how Global R&D network with leading expertise in processing & application Regulatory services Tailored advice in food safety, regulatory and technical challanges Enabling technologies & scale-up Full competence in process technology: from scale up to industrial size Worldwide raw material access Reliable sources for high-quality and traceable fruit & vegetable supply Supply chain solutions State-of-the-art production and logistics infrastructure for food & beverage needs Consumer & market intelligence In-house sensory & consumer-science and trend monitoring capacities Financial support Innovative models for financial support through our Seed Program and Döhler Ventures fund Global network Advice and multiplication opportunities through our suppliers, academic network and independent industry experts

Help to solve current challenges

We have a profound track record of innovations in the food & beverage world, but sometimes there are challenges where we need your support! If your proposal contributes to solving one of the topics, you will be fairly compensated

Our current innovation challenges

Beyond sugar: How to reduce sugar and calories through natural sweetening solutions? Natural blue: How to obtain natural blue colour other than through Spirulina? Shelf life extension: How to extend the shelf life of food & beverages with natural ingredients?

Connect your expertise with others

We do not have all the answers, but we can connect you to someone who does We do thousands of introductions every year

Our innovation network includes:

Academia Internationally renowned universities and research institutions in food and beverage science We have a constant interaction through joint research projects, collaboration agreements and funding of Ph D theses