Integrated Culinary Systems

At DYMA Brands, smiles abound today! Our application work thrives on creativity and fulfillment, particularly when showcasing our efforts live to an appreciative audience. Exploring innovative uses for current products empowers us to push boundaries and experiment with a diverse range of flavor combinations. The ultimate goal is for our clients to adopt our application usage recipes and share them with their own customers - a mutually beneficial scenario! #FoodandBeverageIndustry #CreatingCraveAppeal

Happy Earth Day from ICS! We value our work in the honey industry greatly, what better time to discuss the importance of bee conservation? 🌍 Why Bee Conservation Matters 🌻 Bees play a crucial role in pollination, helping to sustain our ecosystems and food supply. Without them, we would face dramatic declines in biodiversity and agricultural productivity. As Earth Day reminds us of the importance of protecting our planet, supporting bee conservation efforts is a simple yet powerful way to make a positive impact. This Earth Day, let's honor these tiny pollinators by creating bee-friendly environments and advocating for their protection. 🐝💚 💡 Here are some ways to support bee conservation: 🌸 1. Cultivate a Bee-Friendly Garden 🐝 2. Minimize Pesticide Use 🌿 3. Preserve and Restore Habitats 🧪 4. Engage in Citizen Science 🌳 5. Advocate for Bee-Friendly Policies 🔍 6. Explore Alternative Beekeeping Practices By incorporating these practices, you can make a significant impact on bee conservation. Every small action contributes to a healthier environment for bees and, by extension, for all of us. Let's keep the buzz going! 🐝🌼 #SaveTheBees #EarthDayEveryDay #PollinatorProtection

🔥 NEW CASE STUDY DROP 🔥 What happens when a seafood manufacturer challenges us to create something craveable, eye-catching, and ready for the grill? ✨ Shrimp Skewers that sizzle with flavor and sell themselves on sight. From selecting the perfect shrimp size to ensure that just-right grill performance — to styling, photographing, and helping bring the final product to market — this project showcases the full power of culinary innovation and collaboration. 📦 The result? A retail-ready, vibrant summer skewer line that captured buyer interest immediately, leading to a 500,000-unit pre-season order. This is what happens when culinary, R&D, and creative collide. 💥 🧠 Want a behind-the-scenes look at how we brought it to life? Check out the full case study below! #FoodInnovation #SeafoodProductDevelopment #SummerFlavors #RDCulinary #FoodStyling #CaseStudy #GrillSeason #IntegratedCulinarySystems #CulinaryDevelopment

We get asked all the time about the Master Chef exam, here's a short breakdown of the 8 day test. To think our leader, Michael J. Robins, CMC , passed this exam at the age of 26 - and at the time, it was 10 grueling days! This is the backbone that drives our company. 💪 The Certified Master Chef (CMC) exam is the culinary equivalent of climbing Mount Everest… blindfolded… with a soufflé in hand. It’s widely considered the most rigorous culinary exam in the U.S.—and arguably the world. Here's what it's like, broken down into bite-sized portions: 🧠 The Basics: Run by: The American Culinary Federation (ACF). Duration: 8 grueling days. Pass rate: Historically less than 10%. Current number of CMCs in the U.S.: Around 70–80 (yep, it's that elite). 🔥 What’s Actually Tested? Each day tests a different style or skill set. Chefs are judged by certified master chefs, and there's no hiding anything—it’s all live, all timed, and all brutally precise. Here’s a taste of the daily format: Day 1 – Classical Cuisine: Think Escoffier-era techniques, sauces, and plating. They’ll be inspecting your consommé like it’s a national treasure. Day 2 – Healthy Cooking: You’ll cook with strict nutritional requirements while keeping it flavorful. (Yes, it has to taste great without butter. Good luck.) Day 3 – Global Cuisine: From Vietnamese pho to Moroccan tagine, expect to travel the world via your mise en place. Day 4 – Baking & Pastry: Croissants. Laminated doughs. Entremets. Sugar work. One puff too flat and it’s game over. Day 5 – Buffet & Charcuterie: A large-format display showcasing butchery, terrines, pâtés, and cold presentation. Day 6 – Modern Cuisine/Contemporary Cooking: Think molecular techniques, sous vide, and innovation with flawless execution. Day 7 – Mystery Basket: A black box challenge where you’re judged on improvisation, timing, and finesse. Day 8 – Final Exam & Review: You repeat a prior discipline based on your weakest score. One last chance to prove yourself. 🎯 What They’re Looking For: Flawless technique Impeccable flavor Time management Sanitation & organization Consistency and composure under extreme pressure 👨🍳 Why Do It? "Because it’s the pinnacle of culinary achievement. The CMC title isn’t just letters—it’s a lifetime badge of honor, respect, and an open door to some of the most prestigious positions in the food world." #MasterChef #AmericanMasterChefsOrder #AmericanCulinaryFederation

Integrated Culinary Systems is excited to introduce our newest R&D team member, Chintan Javia. Chintan joins us with a background in Foodservice Operations Management and a bachelor's degree from The Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences in Bengaluru, India. As an R&D Assistant, Chintan will be instrumental in bench development and client project support. Please join us in welcoming Chintan to the ICS Product development team. we are super excited to have his contribution!!

Our team gets so excited when we receive client samples - and especially when it’s as delicious as this honey from Nature Nate's Honey Co. ! #NatureNatesHoneyCo #hothoney #culinaryinnovation #responsiblydelicious

One of the best parts of our job is when we get to spend time with food, studying it and developing a deep and analytical understanding of it. To spend so much time with it in a bench setting that you become a subject matter expert in it or its category. We get to do this so that we can offer expertise to our clients on how we can further develop in its platform and offer consultation and guidance to help them achieve their strategic business goals. Whether it’s product development, application work, key customer engagement or even internal training. So for our team we have been having a blast working with our client Red V Foods, the leading distributor and manufacturer of desiccated coconut products in the U.S. The amazing coconut, grown on a Coconut Palm sometimes referred to as “The Tree of Life” due to its 100% utalization and the fact that a single tree can produce up to 180 coconuts in a single harvest, making it a global staple with varieties cultivated in over 80 countries worldwide. Coconuts unlike their name are not nuts at all but are actually a type of fruit known as a “drupe” which is defined as a fruit with a soft inner flesh that surrounds a hard shell, similar to peaches, mangos, cherries and olives. In the culinary world coconut is highly sought after for its richness, texture and complexity in a variety of sweet and savory applications. Add in its great health benefits of vitamins, minerals and healthy fats and you have the perfect ingredient! We showed coconut tortillas and wraps as well as pizza doughs and fermented items. The honey lavander coconut yogurt was stupid good! Our team is better this week due to our in depth study of coconuts and their potential. Give us a call and let us do a deep dive into your products and categories! #coconut #redvfoods #culinarydevelopment #chefmade #responsiblydelicous

Excited to share a glimpse into our passion for food styling and photography! Take a peek behind the scenes of our weekend session capturing the packaging of our latest creation. Stay tuned for more updates on this project! 📸🍴 #FoodStyling #Photography #Creativity #BehindTheScenes #Foodphotography

Watching innovation happen in real time never gets old… Let’s innovate together! #culinaryinnovation #foodandbeverage #crackthecode #craveappeal

Spring is in the air—and on the plate! 🌸🍓 As the seasons shift, so do consumer cravings. This spring, it’s all about vibrant colors, garden-fresh ingredients, and globally-inspired twists on familiar favorites. Think: floral infusions, functional beverages, bright citrus, and craveable crunch. At ICS, we help brands stay ahead of the curve with trend-forward innovation that resonates—and sells. From concept to commercialization, we’re here to bring your next spring-inspired product to life. Ready to turn trends into shelf-ready success? Let’s make it happen. 💡🌱 #SpringTrends #FoodInnovation #CPG #ICSinnovation #TrendToTable