Food and drink
What we do for food
and drink businesses
Overview
The food and drink industry is constantly undertaking R&D, whether companies are trying to improve the quality of their products, meet dietary requirements or trying to avoid the sugar tax; many of the challenges that they face and how they overcome them qualifies for R&D Tax Relief.
Qualifying activities within the industry extend beyond development of recipes for taste and nutritional content but also to the packaging of the products.
Examples of R&D activity within the Food & Drink sector include:
- Development of new product formulations and manufacturing process specifications.
- Improving nutritional properties whilst maintaining flavour and quality eg low fat, low calories, no trans-fat etc.
- Eliminating allergens, preservatives and artificial dyes.
- Reformulating an existing product with different raw ingredients.
- Modifying an existing products stability, consistency, flavour, texture, form or shelf-life.
- Scaling up production whilst maintaining the same quality as trial recipes.
- Utilising existing or adaptation of new technologies from other industries for novel applications to improve food manufacturing processes or products.
- Developing innovative packaging solutions (see below).
£31k
average claim by SME’s in the construction industry
1%
of all claims in the UK
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We provide training, tailored to your business, that improves your understanding of the scheme to strengthen knowledge or awareness of R&D tax credits.
QUICK AND SIMPLE
Our straightforward, jargon-free process ensure claims are robust against any HMRC scrutiny and improves or sets up internal processes to make future claims more efficient
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Our forward-looking team embraces new ideas to deliver incredible tax savings coupled with expert approachable tax advice.
The Zeal Guide to R&D Tax Relief
Everything you need to know to make a claim for R&D tax credits.
All your needs covered from one-off consultancy projects to a fully managed claim service.
We never promise to increase your claim, but we guarantee we'll maximise it.
Our team is made up of chartered tax advisors and food and drink sector specialists.
All your needs covered from one-off consultancy projects to a fully managed claim service.
We never promise to increase your claim, but we guarantee we'll maximise it.
Our team is made up of chartered tax advisors and food and drink sector specialists.
All your needs covered from one-off consultancy projects to a fully managed claim service.
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