Ecotrophelia winners

The UK heat of this Europe-wide competition was organised by Campden BRI in conjunction with the Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST). The competition challenges students interested in a career in the food industry to design an eco-friendly, innovative food or beverage product with commercial potential. This year, a record eleven UK universities were represented in the final.

After listening to the team pitches and tasting the products, 'the dragons' awarded the gold prize to the Medeina team on placement at PepsiCo for their Medeina Bites: cocoa, coconut, raisin and seed bites, rolled in freeze-dried fruit and desiccated coconut enriched with algae protein.

The Medeina team will compete against the gold-winning national teams from across Europe at the Universal Exhibition in Milan in October.