The Fusion Culinary Center Difference

Our people. Our processes. Our facility.
At the heart of our innovation and creativity is the Fusion Culinary Center, a cutting-edge R&D center located within Arden Culinary. The culinary center is designed to support new product development of our own branded products, as well as the development of custom formulations. A team of industry experts work together in our dynamic facility to develop and launch innovative new frozen food products. Our approach is to embrace “culinology”; the science of combining great culinary ideas with the technology to bring them to life.

Large company process. Small company flexibility.
We combine the capabilities of a large company – rigid food safety standards, culinary ideation, trend identification and stringent quality assurance – with a personal, responsive and flexible approach of a small company. That combination allows us to be more than a supplier to our customers: it gives us the ability to be a true partner and develop long-term customer-supplier relationships. Whether we’re working with you to develop a new menu item, or providing a tried-and-true customer favorite, you can count on us to deliver.

The Fusion Culinary Center offers:

• State-of-the-art culinary center
• Fast sample turn-around
• Culinary expertise
• Customer working lounge
• Focus group capabilities
• Preliminary nutritional values
• Ability to scale up on site
• Research & Development Team
• Extensive restaurant and manufacturing experience
• Collaborative and solutions orientated
• Consolidated culinary and technical expertise