Chili peppers and cow dung in the lead at HAS Food Experience

More than 1500 visitors, including many food professionals and renowned food companies, visited the HAS Food Experience on 4 February. They were all curious about the ideas and projects of more than 230 students in the theme Today's Food Challenges. Especially those of the winners of the FoodManShip Awards.

Innovation

The students devised solutions to promote sustainability and health using innovative technologies. They also thought about the future of food and food systems and developed smart solutions for existing and future consumer needs. They did this mostly in collaboration with companies in the sector or made this their own business.

HAS Venlo

Students of the HAS University of Applied Sciences Venlo also had the opportunity to present their innovations. A selection of the many concepts that were shown to the public:

• Skinned: Jord came up with chips made of potato peelings.
• Hollands Hoen: with this concept Caroline makes sustainable quality meat from Dutch breed chickens available to selected restaurants and butcher shops.
• The City Bagel: honest and delicious, healthy bagels from Lidewij. There is a sweet and a savory variety.
• Quiche Jij Maar: the quiche bottom based on vegetables. Product and packaging developed by Iris.
• TOOBS: signing up with others for a batch of special beer, deciding on the taste together, and then ordering a 5-liter home tap barrel with personalized printing. That's TOOBS from Toby.
• B-Kind: beekeeper Sergio markets honey-based products. The first batch of NECTAR honey beer was tasted at the HAS Food Experience 2020!
• Chocolate Garden: with this, Luc creates a social environment where the elderly can garden and meet. With the flowers and plants that grow there, chocolates are made. The proceeds flow back into the foundation. Thus the circle is complete.

FoodManShip Awards

The annual FoodManShip Awards are awarded to students with a project in which craftsmanship, creativity and entrepreneurship to exceptional expression. In addition to the usual four categories, an 'Outside Category' award was presented for the first time this year. In this category there was extra focus on the impact on society.

Winners

While all winners were announced at a business event on February 3, the winner of this new outdoor category had to wait until February 4. It was "Redhotintercrop - agroforestry chilli" by Dirk Beerendonk, Irene Boelen, Carlo Frenquellucci, Faye Hartman and Vincit Nkouka. They conducted research for Verstegen into the feasibility of obtaining chilli from food forests as an alternative to purchasing on the world market.

Outside category Runner-up was 'Poober', an innovative packaging material made from cow manure fiber. The inventor is Janna van den Elzen, who uses it to bring innovation to the AGF shelf.

Outside category runner-up was 'Poober', an innovative packaging material made of cow manure fiber.

For the winners in the other categories and more food inspiration visit the website of the HAS.