1. What is your product and what is the consumer problem that your produce will solve? In other words‚ why does someone need it? Siggi’s skyr is a thick and tangy‚ protein-rich‚ fermented skimmed milk product originally from Iceland. In the US‚ it is sold and eaten as a strained yogurt but in actuality‚ is a fresh‚ soft‚ acid-set cheese. Prior to the introduction of Greek yogurt and Skyr into the US‚ the yogurt market was saturated with sugar-laden‚ artificially-filled yogurts that no longer really
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http://www.mallenbaker.net/csr/crisis05.html Companies in Crisis - What to do when it all goes wrong Odwalla and the E-coli outbreak What happened? Odwalla (pronounced "odewalla") is the health-conscious juice company which began a couple of decades ago when Greg Steltenpohl‚ Gerry Percy and Bonnie Bassett began squeezing fresh oranges on a $200 hand juicer. The company was growing strongly with annual sales rising 30% per year and approaching $90m. The company had established a strong brand
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DATE: November 4‚ 1996 TO: Stephen Williamson‚ President and Chief Operating FROM: Monica Pearlman 21 Bascom Drive East 101 SUBJECT: Addressing Contamination linked to Odwalla Juice Products ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Odwalla‚ Inc.‚ a health-conscious juice producer‚ must challenge effects that its apple juice product is contaminated and has been linked to the causes of several
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DATE: September 4‚ 2008 TO: Stephen Williamson‚ President and Chief Operating Officer‚ Odwalla‚ Inc. SUBJECT: Addressing Contaminated Juice Products ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Odwalla‚ Inc.‚ a health-conscious juice producer‚ must confront implications that its apple juice product is contaminated and has possibly caused several outbreaks of the E. coli virus. It is a truly unfortunate situation when
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Besancon. Pasteur then received his Master of Science degree in 1845 and his doctorate in sciences in 1847. Some of Pasteur’s greatest contributions include his work on biogenesis and disproval of spontaneous generation‚ research on child bed fever‚ pasteurization‚ and vaccination for rabies. (Ullmann) One of Pasteur’s greatest contributions is his work on biogenesis and the disproval of spontaneous generation. Spontaneous generation was the theory that beetles‚ maggots‚ eels‚ and microbes could arise
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Pasteurization Louis Pasteur discovered the process of pasteurization. In 1854 Pasteur was named dean of the faculty of science which was a program designed to find “means of applying science to the practical problems of the industries of that region.” The focus was on alcoholic beverages and as he threw himself into his work he found that wine‚ alcohol and milk were all souring because of fermentation because there were bacteria and other organisms already present. He was able to discover a
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Creating cures for diseases‚ making better tasting wine and beer‚ and discovering many things‚ this is how Louis Pasteur spent his life. The life of Louis Pasteur had many events in his life. From the discovery of pasteurization to the death of his children‚ even through his struggles‚ Louis Pasteur still became a great man. Louis Pasteur changed the world for the betterment of mankind. Louis Pasteur was a very hard working kid. He was born on December 27‚ 1822‚ in Dole‚ France to his two loving
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Louis Pasteur ‚ he was a French Chemist And microbiologist who is well known for microbial fermentation and pasteurization. He also reduced morality from puerperal fever‚ he created the first vaccine for rabies and anthrax. He is mainly known for treating milk and wine to stop bacterial contamination‚ also known as Pasteurization. Pasteur is known as “the father of microbiology”. Louis Pasteur was one of the most important scientists of our time
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Louis Pasteur discovered many discoveries that advanced bacteriology. He made pasteurization and vaccinations. Pasteurization was made when Emperor Napoleon asked Louis Pasteur to examine diseases in wine. Pasteur showed that by heating wine at a certain temperature‚ the bacteria in the wine would die. Pasteurization was formed. The process was used to kill other bacteria in other liquids‚ like in milk and beer. He discovered vaccinations when he researched the rabies. He could
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(lactose)‚ protein (casein) and lipid (butterfat) which will support the growth of microbes. Thus‚ dairy milk is heated- treat to kill disease causing pathogen through a process of pasteurization. Pasteurization kills most pathogen‚ increases the product’s shelf life and preserve a natural taste of milk. After pasteurization‚ nonpathogenic bacteria such as Bacillus which is gram positive‚ rod shaped bacteria still present in milks and will metabolize protein into ammonia product and raise the milk’s
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