Heinz Researchers Cook Up New Food Items

With Focus on R&D, Heinz Concocts New Food Products for the World at Research Facility

Associated Press, January 14, 2008 — WARRENDALE, Pa. (AP) — At a sleek office building outside Pittsburgh, garlic and vegetable aromas mingle in the air. Chefs handle frying pans behind industrial stoves and lab-coated technicians scoop morsels of food into their mouths.

It's a clinical staging area for what H.J. Heinz Co. hopes will become household favorites — packaged foods and condiments designed to please palates and entice shoppers across the United States and around the globe.