Mattson: Innovation for the Food & Beverage Industry

Since 1977, Mattson has helped the world's leading food and beverage brands identify breakthrough opportunities and transform them into successful products. As an employee-owned food and beverage innovation consultancy, we partner with companies to create, develop, and commercialize products that drive growth.

With innovation teams in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago, we offer end-to-end capabilities spanning consumer and market insights, trend forecasting, concept development, product strategy, formulation, brand strategy, and commercialization.

Our approach combines Real Intelligence (RI), built on decades of food industry expertise, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) through proprietary platforms including MattsonIQ™, Chef Insights™, and ProtoThink™. By bringing together human expertise and AI-powered insights, we help clients uncover emerging opportunities, accelerate innovation, reduce risk, and bring differentiated products to market faster.

Whether developing the next iconic food or beverage brand, reinventing an existing portfolio, or navigating evolving consumer trends, Mattson helps companies innovate with confidence and create products consumers love.