Kellogg’s R&D Chief on Plant-Based Proteins and New Ways of Testing Products

The company’s SVP of Global R&D talks about getting plant-based protein to an affordable price point; how the company is moving from focus groups to in-market testing; and why the $13 billion company hires “food designers” rather than food scientists.

By Scott Kirsner · February 22, 2022 · 1 min read

With all of the buzz about plant-based nutrition, Kellogg Company can legitimately look to its roots and assert that “we’ve been doing that forever,” in the words of Nigel Hughes. Nigel Hughes, Senior Vice President of Global R&D, Kellogg’s Hughes is Senior Vice President of…

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