Maui Food Innovation Center
The Maui Food Innovation Center (MFIC) is Hawai’i’s first in-state business incubator which serves to foster and accelerate the growth and education of agribusinesses and food entrepreneurs. As a part of the University of Hawai’i Maui College, MFIC is helping to build a stronger, more economically diverse, and sustainable Maui by supporting the value-added food industry. MFIC assists its community by providing technological expertise, innovative training, industry consultation, a state of the art manufacturing facility, and a Resource Hub for new and established food entrepreneurs endeavoring to bring their products to market locally, regionally, and nationally.
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Maui Food Innovation Center
Food Manufacturing
Food Business Start Up – Concept to Test Market
🥮 Maui Food Innovation Center
Mentoring the development of regional food entrepreneurs, Providing a home for small businesses to grow in a shared-use test kitchen, and Training programs for non-credit and certificate-based programs.
🧪 Food Manufacturing
Students work in a fully certified MFIC R&D kitchen environment to increase understanding of manufacturing efficiencies, good manufacturing practices, standard operating procedures and adherence to best practices in kitchen safety and sanitation procedures.
🛒 Food Business Start Up – Concept to Test Market
Join small business startup guru, Gary Albitz, as he leads you through a series of eight classes designed to launch a successful food business on Maui! These two-hour informal and interactive meetings offer a systematic approach for profitable food business development designed for food manufacturers, restaurateurs, food truck operators, farmers, and chefs interested in creating value-added food products.
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