Practitioner-led training in dairy proteins, sensory science and food safety, grounded in real experience developing products, supporting manufacturing, and solving technical challenges. Built to strengthen understanding, confidence and practical judgement across your team.
Training built to change outcomes, not just knowledge.
Training only matters if it changes something. Every Academy programme starts from a business question, not a syllabus, tied to the decisions your team is actually making.
- Technical
- Quality
- Operations
- R&D
- Innovation
- Commercial
- Academic
- Early-career
Fewer failed trials
A stronger understanding of the underlying science helps teams design more targeted trials, reduce unnecessary iterations and reach the right solution faster.
Margin you can defend
Commercial teams that understand the product can sell on value rather than discount.
Lower risk on new bets
Build the knowledge before you commit capital to a new category or format.
Knowledge that stays
Expertise that remains in your business long after the session ends.
Taught by a practitioner, not a trainer.
Dr Marianthi Faka has led technical and innovation work in dairy and whey protein ingredients through senior roles at Volac and Arla, spanning product development, manufacturing support, and the quality decisions behind both. The examples in the room are the ones she has worked through herself.
- PhD in Food Biosciences, University of Reading and University of Queensland
- FSSC 22000 Lead Auditor · HACCP
- Doctoral supervision with the Universities of Reading and Aberystwyth
- Peer-reviewed publications in whey-protein functionality, sensory science and dairy processing
Six courses, combined to fit your team.
Every programme is tailored. Combine the areas that matter to your team, at the depth they need.
- Dairy Science & ProcessingDairy Science, Ingredients & Applications
- Innovation & Product DevelopmentInnovation & NPD in Dairy Ingredients: From Opportunity to Commercial Fit
- Sensory & Product AssessmentWhey Protein Assessment: Physical & Sensory Evaluation
- Food SafetyFood Safety for Dairy Manufacturing: From Milk to Ingredients
- Quality, Compliance & Supply ChainQuality Systems for Dairy Ingredients: From Specification to Customer Confidence
- Bespoke Capability ProgrammesBespoke Capability Programmes
Ways to work with the Academy
Foundation programmes for businesses entering dairy or whey
For businesses moving into dairy proteins for the first time: foundational knowledge that de-risks the decision and a natural starting point for deeper work.
- Length
- One to two days
- Group size
- 6–15 people
- Delivery
- In-person or online
University and accreditation partnerships
Structured, accredited-standard teaching for students and professional audiences, designed and delivered to academic standard.
- Length
- A term-long module or series
- Group size
- Up to 40, lecture format
- Delivery
- In-person, on campus
Tailored training for companies
Built around your products, your processes and your team's level, scoped to the gap you need closed rather than to a fixed syllabus.
- Length
- Half a day to several weeks
- Group size
- 6–15, or up to 25 for lectures
- Delivery
- In-person, online, or hybrid
Every programme is shaped around your needs. These are starting points, not fixed formats.
Find the gap you need closed.
The statement lists the training needs dairy and ingredient teams bring to us most often, matched to the support that addresses each one. If your team's gap is in the list, the rest of the document shows how we deliver the training and the credentials behind the teaching. It is designed to stand alone, so it is yours to share with whoever needs to approve the investment.
Training builds the capability. Advisory applies it.
A session on whey protein fundamentals can reveal a product opportunity. A food safety programme can expose a process gap worth solving. When the conversation moves from learning to doing, the same expertise carries straight through into advisory work.
A few things clients ask
Training usually starts with a conversation to understand the audience, where the team is now, learning needs, and business context. From there, the programme can be shaped as a focused session, a structured course, a workshop, or a wider programme.
Tell us what your team needs to be able to do.
Who needs to learn what, and the outcome you're after. The first conversation is free, focused and without obligation: just a clear view of whether and how we can help.