ClarkFoodTech helps manufacturers reduce cost, improve quality, and accelerate innovation through expert formulation, packaging optimisation, process efficiency, and technical assurance.
With 30 years of industry experience, ClarkFoodTech provides practical, hands‑on support across formulation, packaging, processing, innovation, supplier quality, and technical risk. We help manufacturers unlock cost savings, improve product robustness, and strengthen internal capability.
Reduce cost through ingredient efficiency, packaging down‑weighting, pallet optimisation, and waste reduction — without compromising quality.
Support for new categories, product extensions and breakthrough projects. Feasibility assessments, CAPEX planning, creative facilitation, and R&D backfill during leave or resource shortages.
Supplier audits, raw material optimisation, root cause analysis, risk assessments, and technical due diligence for mergers and acquisitions.
Jamial Clark is a Senior R&D Manager and Technical Leader with more than 30 years of experience in the food and beverage industry. His journey began in the orchards and factories of Ceres, where a love for science and nature evolved into a lifelong passion for food technology. Over three decades, he has developed robust formulations, solved complex manufacturing challenges, prevented quality failures, and delivered major cost‑saving improvements for leading South African brands.
Known for his calm, diplomatic approach and quick problem‑solving ability, Jamial is deeply committed to mentoring the next generation of technologists. After years in senior corporate roles, he founded ClarkFoodTech (Pty) Ltd to provide practical, hands‑on consulting to manufacturers across South Africa — focusing on formulation optimisation, packaging efficiency, process improvement, and technical assurance.
Long‑ & short‑shelf‑life fruit juices & drinks
Carbonated soft drinks
Alcoholic beverages
Functional & nutritional drinks
Packaging: PET, Tetra Pak, SIG Combi aseptic cartons, cans, glass
Processing: hot fill, aseptic cold fill, batch pasteurisation, preserved beverages
Wheat biscuits
Drum‑dried high‑protein cereals
Extruded kids’ cereals
Maize & sorghum porridges
Mueslis & granolas
Oats & oat‑based cereals
Corn flakes
Popped wheat & rice
Sauces:
Ketchup, Sweet chilli, Steak, Braai & Chutneys
Jams & marmalades
Fish‑paste spreads
Black savoury spreads
Baking Aids:
Custard powders
Jelly powders
Cake & pudding mixes
Flavourants & colourants
Glazed cherries & fruits
Frozen Foods:
Ready‑to‑use pie dough
Pies
Pizzas
Long‑Life Foods:
Grated beetroot salads
Noodle & bean salads
Ready‑to‑eat shelf‑stable meals
Snacks:
Peanuts & tree nuts
Dried fruit
Mince‑dried fruit sweets