OF CONFECTIONERY. TO SUPPORTER IS COMBINING SWEET WITH SCIENCE. AND INSIDE HER LAB, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PRECISION IS KEY. CANDY IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN A LOT OF FOOD MATERIALS. JUST BECAUSE OF ALL OF ...

AND MAYBE CANDY. YOU’RE GOING OUT THERE. IMAGINE BEING WILLY WONKA FOR A DAY CREATING SOME NEW FORMULAS AND MIXTURES OF DELICIOUS CANDY AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT’S A REAL JOB. IT’S CALLED A CANDY ...

The University of Wisconsin Department of Food Science wrapped up its two-week Confectionery Technology Course, affectionately known as “Candy School,” Friday, Aug. 2. The course was established in ...

Sprinkk founder and candy scientist Tessa Porter has opened two new candy development facilities in Nebraska. The Omaha R&D lab and Albion manufacturing site aim to lower barriers for new ...

An Omaha entrepreneur’s candy innovation lab was born in a church kitchen and a spare bedroom. Margarita gummies are one of the specialized candies made in Tessa Porter’s lab. The lab is equipped to ...

After years as a food scientist for candy companies Hershey’s and Ferrara, Nebraska-native Tessa Porter returned home to start the state’s only candy supplier: Sprinkk. Porter described her job as ...

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