PARTICIPATION IN ECOTROPHELIA

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1 PARTICIPATION IN ECOTROPHELIA Every year since 2011, within the practical training course and the coordination of the Food Business Management and Innovation research unit, groups of undergraduate students with a faculty member, and the collaboration of a Greek food company work on a year basis on the development of an innovative, new food product. With the product in hands each group participates in the European students competition Ecotrophelia implemented in Greece by the Federation of Hellenic Food Industries (SEVT). The competition started in Greece in 2011, and even since every year one of the participating products is awarded by one of the offered awards. More about the competition at: Up to 2017, 21 such Greek products have been developed by the 21 different groups of students, and 7 of them have been awarded with either the second or the third price ( ), the best presentation award (2015) or the best marketing plan honorary award recently ( ). The products, and the awards received these years are as follows: ECOTROPHELIA 2011: Name of the product: Sweet variation Specifications: traditional Greek cake pie named chalvas, enriched with selenium, with low sugar content and sweetening indicator in order to be suitable for diabetics. Collaborating food company: GIOTIS S.A. The product received the 2 nd price The group of students receiving the 2 nd price award for their product sweet variation from he Greek secretary of youth Mr. Y. Livanos, it in the presence of ass. prof,. D. Skalkos (Ecotrophelia 2011)

2 ECOTROPHELIA 2012: 1. Name of the product: stevie bar think thin Specifications: cereal bar with stevia in the form of snack Collaborating food company: GIOTIS S.A. 2. Name of the product: crispy delight Specifications: glouten free snacks with accompanied pasta Collaborating food company: UNISMACK S.A. 3. Name of the product: ENDECA Specifications: soft drink with ingredients providing antioxidant properties Collaborating cosmetic (and food) company: APIVITA S.A. The two groups of students with the products endeka and crispy delight receiving the 3 rd price award from the coordinator of the European competition Mr. R. Rossi (Ecotrophelia 2012) ECOTROPHELIA 2013: 1. Name of the product: Amalthia Kefir Specifications: a fermented milk drink with kefir grains (a yeast/bacterial fermentation starter) using a traditional thin, non-fermented grape juice called petimezi as the natural sweetener ingredient Collaborating food company: OLYMPOS S.A. 2. Name of the product: Fruit n Tapaz Specifications: glouten free crackers with accompanied marmalade with nutritional properties Collaborating food company: UNISMACK S.A. 3. Name of the product: Minoan Glyki

3 Specifications: traditional Greek pudding named moustalevria made of grape must mixed with flour and boiled until thick, with almonds, and walnuts Collaborating cosmetic company: GIOTIS S.A.. 4. Name of the product: O live.co Specifications: staffed with nutritional ingredients olives used as snack Collaborating food company: PELOPAC S.A.. 5. Name of the product: 30bees Specifications: traditional sweat meat made from honey, named pastel with honey from 30 bees. Collaborating cosmetic (and food) food company: APIVITA S.A. The group of students with the product 30bees receiving the 2 nd price award a from the Greek minister of food &agriculture professor A. Tsaftari, in the presence of the president of SEVT Mr. E. Kalousi (Ecotrophelia 2013)

4 ECOTROPHELIA 2014: 1. Name of the product: mastinia Specifications: organic gluten free bread sticks in four different flavors, with omega-3 fatty acids from linseed, containing mastic and mastic water a byproduct of masticha.. Collaborating food company: MEDITTERA S.A 2. Name of the product: aresi Specifications: a nutela style chocolate crème, with stevia, non-lactoze milk in a squeeze type packaging Collaborating food company: PAVLIDIS S.A. (Mondelez Hellas) 3. Name of the product: romvus Specifications: organic, soft drink, as dietary supplement containing fir honey, vanilla, orange juice and concentrated herbal extracts entrapped within beta-cyclodextrins. Collaborating cosmetic (and food) company: APIVITA S.A. The group of students with the product mastinia receiving the 2 nd price award from the Greek vice-minister of development Mr. N. Mytarakis in the presence of the president of SEVT Mr. E. Kalousi (Ecotrophelia 2014)

5 ECOTROPHELIA 2015: 1. Name of the product: tartique Specifications: tart with tangerine and cocoa flavor, without any trace of gluten, lactose or salt offered as an alternative sweet snack for diabetics, due to it s low glycemic index (G.I.) and highfibre. Collaborating food company: MEDITTERA S.A 2. Name of the product: spinberries Specifications: ready to eat ecological cereal snack with biological petimezi, oat, super foods (blueberries and cranberries) and organic herbal extract (equisetum, mint) Collaborating food company: STERGIOU S.A. 3. Name of the product: prickle8 Specifications: prickly pear cool cream with prickly pear juice, prickly pear flour, Greek vanilla fir honey, cinnamon. Prickly pear leave s extract, clove and sorbic acid Collaborating cosmetic (and food) company: APIVITA S.A. The group of students with the product tartique receiving the award of best presentation by The president of SEVT Mr. E. Kalousi (Ecotrophelia 2015) Some of the above food products have been produced in the Greek market by the companies involved whereas one of them, slightly different, is introduced in the U.S.A. market under a different brand name (name of the product tapaz to go by the Meditteraneo company).

6 ECOTROPHELIA 2016: 1. Name of the product: Aegean Puffs Specifications: innovative extruded snack made 100% from local raw materials produced in the islands of the Aegean Collaborating food company: CHIPITA S.A 2. Name of the product: Black waves Specifications: Ecological nutritious crcker for any time that contains the unique Mavragani flour, Kalathaki cheese (P.D.O.) from Lemnos island, and olives from Mytilene Collaborating food company: XRYSAFIS S.A. 3. Name of the product: Six Sticks Specifications: Innovative snack which contains some of the basic ingredients of Mediterranean Diet, such as extra virgin oil, sun-dried tomatoes and basil. Collaborating cosmetic (and food) company: MEDITTERA S.A. The group of students with the product Aegean Puffs receiving the Best marketing plan award by The president of SEVT Mr. E. Kalousi (Ecotrophelia 2016)

7 ECOTROPHELIA 2017: 1. Name of the product: Troissant Specifications: A healthy, inexpensive, high-nutritional and tasty croissant, an alternative sweet with a filling of tahini, cocoa and prebiotics, and rich in protein and fiber, with little sugars and saturated fats Collaborating food company: XRYSAFIS S.A. 2. Name of the product: Honey Bee Goods Specifications: Innovative eco friendly, organic and healthy promoting honey-based product enclosing 4 bee products and two types of Greek herbs Collaborating food company: APIVITA S.A. 3. Name of the product: FiGRoll Specifications: Traditional healthy snack with crispy protein flour dough and orange oil filled with Greek dried fruits. Collaborating cosmetic (and food) company: ELBISCO S.A. The group of students with the product Honey Bee Good receiving the Best marketing plan award by The president of SEVT Mr. E. Kalousi (Ecotrophelia 2017)

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