University of the Philippines Los Banos

College of Agriculture and Food Science

Institute of Food Science and Technology

FST 147
Principles of Food Product and Process Development

STUDY GUIDE WEEK 2 (3 Hours)

New Food Products

Objectives

After studying this topic, you should be able to

1) explain the reasons for developing new products
2) describe types of new products
3) discuss the marketing characteristics of new products
4) explain the product life cycle

Task

Let’s begin

“New Products” is the second of the ten major topics in FST 147. There are two

subtopics which are 1) the reasons for developing new products and 2) new food products

and their characteristics. In the first subtopic, you will understand why a food company

must continue to develop new products continuously. Under the second subtopic, you will

learn the types of new products, the marketing characteristics of new products, and the

product life cycle.

Dig deeper
Read the handouts on “Reasons for developing new products” and “New food products

and their characteristics,” specifically types of new products, marketing characteristics of

new products, and product life cycle found in your course pack.

Read more on characteristics on innovation in

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/01/five-characteristics-of-innovations/ 21
March 2020

Read more on new product from fungi in https://thecounter.org/move-over-plant-based-

meat-fungi-steaks-are-here/19 March 2020)

Watch more on product life cycle in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oma7q4sQW54

Watch more on new products in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW8NSp2ev9A;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot24j0VXJ3c

Resources

Aramouni, F., and K. Deschenes. 2014. Methods for Developing New Food Products: An
Instructional Guide. DEStech Publications, Inc. Lancaster, USA 53p. Retrieved
from https://books.google.com.ph/ on August 15, 2020.
Halagarda, M. 2008. New food product development. Polish Journal of Commodity
Science 4(17)32-41. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/ on August 15,
2020.