Cooking energy and cost rating services
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Many consumers are considering the cost of cooking food products at home, as well as which appliances and methods may help them to minimise these costs. Our cooking energy and cost rating service offers a step change in the provision of information to consumers about the impact of food product and cooking appliance selection on their household energy bill.
We expect that a move to better inform consumers of the cost of cooking will be of considerable benefit to the consumers themselves, which will in turn benefit the manufacturers and retailers who provide this information about their cooking appliances and food products.
Energy usage and cost can be measured in conjunction with cooking instruction generation, verification and validation trials. We also offer the energy and cost assessments as a standalone service for products with existing, verified instructions.
For the science behind the service and how it was developed, see our white paper.
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About Greg Hooper
Greg has worked here at Campden BRI since 1990, after studying Applied Science (Physics and Chemistry). As part of his extensive knowledge and experience in thermal processing and microwave cooking, he was instrumental in setting up the microwave heating category rating system used in the UK, and has travelled internationally assisting and advising on the safe development of microwave products and rating systems.
About David Whittaker
David is a thermal and non-thermal processing specialist and has expertise across many food and beverage sectors.
David also delivers many thermal processing training courses and has a real passion for communication in this area, having spoken at several conferences and seminars on the topic, as well as contributing to Campden BRI guidelines.
About Lucinda Sturla
Luci graduated from the Royal Agricultural University with a degree in International Food and Agribusiness management in 2016. Before joining Campden BRI Luci, a trained chef, travelled the UK and abroad catering for private events and functions modifying menus and methods to adapt to clients’ individual tastes, dietary requirements, and nutritional goals.
Luci joined Campden BRI in 2020 and now looks after the Cooking Instruction Services team, generating, modifying, and verifying cooking instructions for all retailers using appliances such as Ovens, Microwaves, Hobs, Grills, Air-fryers, Deep-fat fryers, Steamers, and Toasters. The benefit of Luci’s background allows her to understand the culinary requirements in achieving both safely cooked products whilst ensuring organoleptic quality.
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Where we refer to UKAS Accreditation
The Campden BRI group companies listed below are both accredited in accordance with the recognised International Standard ISO17025:2017 by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). The accreditation demonstrates technical competence for a defined scope of methods, specific to each site, as detailed in the schedules of accreditation bearing the testing laboratory number. The schedules may be revised from time to time and reissued by UKAS. The most recent issue of the schedules are available from the UKAS website www.ukas.com
Campden BRI (Chipping Campden) Limited is a UKAS accredited testing laboratory No. 1079 Campden BRI (Nutfield) is a UKAS accredited testing laboratory No. 1207