The Food Product Development Team won first place for the second year in a row!
The competition took place in IFT Expo & Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA June 28 - July 1, 2008 . The product entry is called “Ready-to-Dough.” It is a refrigerated cookie dough that is free of the top eight allergens (such as wheat, tree nuts, eggs, soy, and milk). The team made an oral presentation, followed by Q&A from the judges, a poster presentation the next day, and subsequent product evaluation. The other teams in the competition included Cornell, Ohio State, Illinois, Minnesota, and Virginia Tech, all of which were chosen for the final round from 25 initial entries. Awards were announced the night of June 30, 2008 during the IFTSA Student Mixer.
Team members included students from 4 different departments, graduate and undergraduate: Aileen Tanojo (FSC, presenter), Megan Schwannecke (FSC, presenter), Eric Birmingham (FSC), Ashley Walters (FSC), Nicole Goldman (FSC), Raghav Sundar (PKG), Shantanu Kelkar (BAE, presenter)), and Charles Pountney (Ag, Food, and Resource Economics). Dr. Janice Harte serves as team advisor with help from Dr. Larry Zink (AFRE) who advises on the business aspects.
CONGRATULATIONS for the team and the coaches on another outstanding year!
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