Design | Food | Innovation
Whether you're refining an early idea, exploring what's next, or developing a promising concept, Casper Food Studio can take your food or beverage product from idea to shelf.
what we do
Casper Food Studio helps food & beverage companies turn insights into ideas, and ideas into real products.
Rooted in Design Thinking, we approach all of our projects with the lens of desirability, feasibility and viability: understanding what consumers actually want, what can realistically be made, and what makes sense for your business.
We bring both innovation strategy and technical expertise to the table and can help you at all stages of the product lifecycle.
How we can collaborate
Casper Food Studio will work closely with you to understand the best approach to help solve your particular challenge. Rooted in Design Thinking, and an understanding of technical feasibility and real constraints, we’ll help develop an engagment tailored to your needs, ranging from innovation & Trend Treks, immersive workshops, innovation sprints, or multi-week/month engagements.
Innovation & Trend Treks
Find what’s next. Need inspiration on your next big platform? Or help in figuring out what an exciting line extension could be that fits your brand? We’ll uncover emerging trends, understand consumer needs, and identify whitespace opportunities to help narrow in on where your brand can go next.
Immersive Workshops
Get the right people in the room. From defining a big opportunity to shaping new product ideas, we’ll bring the right people together for hands-on, consumer-centered workshops that turn insights into action and ideas that could end up on shelf.
Formulation and Commercialization
Make the idea real. Have an idea but need help bringing it to life? From benchtop formulation to technical guidance and commercialization support, we’ll provide the level of support your project needs.
Who’s behind casper?
Caroline Gador
Principal
Caroline Gador is a food & beverage innovation leader with nearly two decades of experience turning consumer insights into food and beverage products people want, and businesses can actually make.
Her career uniquely spans both innovation consulting and in-house CPG leadership. She spent eight years in consulting between Mattson and IDEO, partnering with Fortune 500 companies and emerging brands on innovation strategy, design thinking, and product development. She then spent eight years at Danone North America, where she led Research & Innovation teams and brought new products from early-stage concept through formulation, scale-up, and commercialization.
With a background in both Food Science and Culinary Arts, Caroline brings together consumer-centered thinking and hands-on technical expertise. Her experience spans the full innovation lifecycle and across multiple categories.
SOME OF THE BRANDS I’ve helped Grow
