Let’s Talk About Saving Time in Product Development – Again!
So glad to have you here with me on this journey!
I’m Gabriel, a food scientist at PRODEEN, and I’m back to share another launch—and another incredible story about how Prodeen has helped me take my work in product research and development to the next level.
Today’s topic is one that’s deeply familiar to anyone in the food industry. It’s part of our daily grind. A task that eats up valuable hours not only from us in R&D, but also from our friends over in Quality Assurance.
I’m talking about specs.
For us in product development, it often means hunting down suppliers that match our ingredient specifications. For quality teams, it’s about validating whether received batches are within spec based on their Certificates of Analysis (COAs).
Sounds familiar? Then you’ll understand just how much time and back-and-forth this can take.
That’s why Prodeen built a dedicated playbook to automate the Spec vs COA comparison—and believe me, I made full use of it on my latest project (which, by the way, I mentioned earlier but forgot to name—oops!).
Let me fix that.
The product is called Rocky Mountain Popcorn, a maple syrup-flavored popcorn developed for the Canadian market (and maybe others soon—fingers crossed!).
With this playbook, I uploaded my spec targets and the supplier COAs directly into the platform. In minutes, Prodeen AI cross-checked the values, flagged any non-conformities, and even generated a clear, visual report that I could share with QA and procurement.
This tool saved hours—possibly days—of manual review and spreadsheet work. And it wasn’t just about speed: it helped improve alignment between development and quality, reducing the margin for error and boosting confidence in each ingredient we sourced.
The Takeaway
The Spec vs COA Playbook is more than a comparison tool—it’s a collaboration booster that connects R&D and Quality like never before.
If you’re tired of chasing specs, double-checking data manually, or struggling to keep everyone aligned, this is a tool you’ll want in your workflow.
Stick around—there’s more to come from my Prodeen journey!