Caraga Food Innovation Center

Caraga Food Innovation Center Transforming CONCEPTS into PRODUCTS,
MAKING Local INNOVATIONS work.

๐–๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ... ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐ญ? ๐Ÿ“žโœจOur center has a brand-new mobile number! To ensure you can always r...
28/04/2026

๐–๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ... ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐ญ? ๐Ÿ“žโœจ

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LOOK | The Caraga Food Innovation Center (FIC) proudly participated in the National Innovation Day Celebration held last...
22/04/2026

LOOK | The Caraga Food Innovation Center (FIC) proudly participated in the National Innovation Day Celebration held last April 21, 2026 at HERO Learning Commons, Caraga State University, showcasing locally developed food product innovations and supporting initiatives that promote creativity, collaboration, and technology-driven solutions.

FIC showcased its food product innovations and actively engaged in activities that promote creativity, collaboration, and technology-driven solutionsโ€”strengthening support for local enterprises and the agri-aqua innovation ecosystem.

Through initiatives like this, FIC continues to drive sustainable development and empower communities by bringing local innovations to life.

21/04/2026

FIC updates | Visit us at the Activity Loft, 3rd floor HERO Learning Commons, Caraga State University for the 2026 National Innovation Day

Free taste? Ano tara?

In celebration of Womenโ€™s Month 2026, the City Economic and Business Development Department (CEBDD) of Butuan City succe...
09/04/2026

In celebration of Womenโ€™s Month 2026, the City Economic and Business Development Department (CEBDD) of Butuan City successfully conducted a three-day capability-building training on March 24โ€“26, 2026, to strengthen and empower local women entrepreneurs.

The activity brought together women-led micro & small enterprises engaged in food processing, market vending, and start-up food businesses, equipping them with essential knowledge and skills to improve product quality, ensure food safety, and enhance market competitiveness.

The training featured expert resource speakers who shared their knowledge in key areas, including Entrepreneurial and Business Management, delivered by Mr. Rex G. Parro; Product Development, delivered by Dr. Marie Bless B. Galang; and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), delivered by Ms. Kristy Valentina D. Fabe.

Through this initiative, participants gained practical insights and tools to strengthen their enterprises and pursue sustainable growth. The activity underscored the importance of empowering women as drivers of economic development in the community.

08/04/2026
The Caraga Food Innovation Center (CFIC) of Caraga State University (CSU) Main proudly highlights its participation in t...
08/04/2026

The Caraga Food Innovation Center (CFIC) of Caraga State University (CSU) Main proudly highlights its participation in the Upcycling and Circular Economy-Based Product Development Training conducted by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Caraga on April 6โ€“8, 2026, at the Food Innovation Center (FIC) SNSU Del Carmen Campus in Del Carmen, Siargao Islands.

SNSU-FIC all campuses, together with the CSU Main-FIC, are part of the Caraga Food Innovation Consortium, an initiative led by DOST Caraga to strengthen food innovation facilities and regional collaboration.

For this activity, Dr. Marie Bless B. Galang and Ms. Kristy Valentina D. Fabe served as resource speakers, specifically discussing the operation and principles of the Vacuum Fryer and Water Retort to equip participants with practical knowledge on these essential processing technologies.

Meanwhile, the session on Upcycling and Circular Economy was delivered by Dr. Mariero H. Gawat, providing a broader perspective on sustainable product development and resource optimization. This collaborative effort reflects a shared commitment to advancing innovative, sustainable, and technology-driven solutions for the agri-food sector in Caraga.

01/04/2026
๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค | Caraga State University, through the Caraga Food Innovation Center, successfully conducted the Inception Meeting ...
01/04/2026

๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค | Caraga State University, through the Caraga Food Innovation Center, successfully conducted the Inception Meeting for the DA-ACEF Project: Upgrading of the Food Innovation Center on April 1, 2026 via Zoom.

The activity was graced by key officials and resource persons, including Dr. Rolyn C. Daguil, University President; Dr. Jeffrey T. Dellosa, D.Eng., PECE, Vice President for Research, Development, Innovation, and Extension; and Mr. Genesis Jared A. Cutamora, MSc., PFT, Center Chief of the Caraga Food Innovation Center, together with representatives from the DA BAR-ACEF.

Also present were faculty members of the College of Agriculture and Agri-Industries (CAA), headed by Dr. Elizabeth P. Parac, College Dean, as well as representatives from administrative offices, including the Budget Office, Accounting Office, and Procurement Office, whose participation ensured alignment in project implementation and compliance requirements.

The meeting served as a platform to present project deliverables, discuss documentary requirements, and strengthen partnerships toward advancing food innovation and agribusiness development in the region.

๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š | ๐…๐€๐’๐“-๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐š๐ ๐šWhere collaboration meets purposeful innovation.The ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐š๐ ๐š ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ...
27/03/2026

๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š | ๐…๐€๐’๐“-๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐š๐ ๐š

Where collaboration meets purposeful innovation.

The ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐š๐ ๐š ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ (๐‚๐…๐ˆ๐‚) of Caraga State University actively participated in the two day capacity development program on food innovation and FAST incubatees strengthening, held on ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” at Watergate Hotel, Butuan City, alongside stakeholders from the ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ, ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐Œ๐’๐Œ๐„๐ฌ, and the academe across the Caraga Region.

At the center of the activity was the ๐…๐€๐’๐“ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ or ๐…๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž, ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž, ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ, an initiative that supports MSMEs in developing and improving food products through the assistance of Food Innovation Centers.

Participants also explored ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ and the ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, followed by a ๐๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ, where MSME FICs and MSME Student groups worked together to address real challenges and generate practical, solution oriented ideas.

Through these engagements, Caraga Food Innovation Center continues to ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ, translating shared ideas into practical solutions that ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง and ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ in the region.

This was made possible through the invaluable support of DOST Caraga and the Caraga Food Innovation Consortium, in collaboration with stakeholders across Caraga, and with our sincere appreciation to the Caraga State University administration for its unwavering commitment and continued support to advancing food innovation.




๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š | ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆAs part of their academic activities, the Philippine Science High ...
26/03/2026

๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š | ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ

As part of their academic activities, the Philippine Science High School Caraga Region Campus visited the Caraga Food Innovation Center at Caraga State University.

The students explored the facilities and gained insight into ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , and ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, enhancing their understanding of how food science is applied in the food industry and research.

The Caraga Food Innovation Center expresses its appreciation to the faculty and students of Philippine Science High School for their visit.

The activity reflects its continued commitment to ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง and ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ in the field of food science, research, and innovation.

๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š | The Operationalization of the Caraga Food Innovation Consortium (CFIC) of Caraga State University โ€“ Main Campus p...
12/02/2026

๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š | The Operationalization of the Caraga Food Innovation Consortium (CFIC) of Caraga State University โ€“ Main Campus project successfully conducted its Internal Inception Meeting for FY 2026, bringing together Caraga FIC personnel, faculty implementers, and administrative support units to align plans and strengthen collaboration for the year ahead. The project is headed by ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‰๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐€. ๐‚๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐š, ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ of the ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐š๐ ๐š ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ.

The meeting served as a platform to review approved activities, clarify implementation roles, and ensure coherence in financial, procurement, and reportorial processes. The Inception Meeting was joined by ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐“๐ž๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐. ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ, RDISO Director, together with ๐ก๐ž๐š๐๐ฌ and ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ from the Budget Office, Accounting Office, and Procurement Office, who shared key reminders and guidance to help ensure smooth and efficient project implementation.

In the afternoon, participants engaged in a workshop focused on finalizing planned activities and presenting component outputsโ€”reinforcing CFICโ€™s commitment to coordinated, transparent, and effective program implementation.

Together, we continue to move forward in advancing food innovation initiatives for the region.

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