SWISS FOOD TROPHY 2021
The Swiss Food Trophy is an interdisciplinary student award for innovative food products. The trophy drives the promotion of entrepreneurship and competitiveness in the Swiss agro-food industry and educational institutes. Parallel to developing a novel food product, the teams describe and analyze key managerial and decision processes involved in the development, the production and the marketing of the same.
Swiss Food Trophy is...
- Swiss student award for innovative food product
- Open to (mixed) teams of students of all Swiss educational institutes in the agro-food and gastronomy sector
- melting pot of competences and talents
- Promotion of entrepreneurship and competitiveness in Swiss food educational systems
- Training network for product development along the value chain of food production
- Interdisciplinary collaboration of higher education institutions and national federations representing food and drink branch, food industry and retail
- next generation education – cross disciplines and institutions
- product development is organized as a Summerschool independent of scholastic boundaries
- the top 5 products are awarded with 1500.- CHF each
- Swiss casting for Ecotrophelia Europe 2021
Swiss Food Trophy - for Students:
- full-scale learning and training by confrontation with real situations
- project-based learning in direct contact with professionals in the sector
- Insight into market understanding, product requirements, product development, technology, legal aspect to packaging and communication.
- curriculum innovation by making changes to teaching methods
- possibility to mix the team with students from different high schools
- On-hand product development during “Summerschool”
- exposure to Swiss food industry and retail talent scouts
- 5 products will be awarded with 1500 CHF each.
- Negotiate with the industry about commercialization (with support from SFR)
Swiss Food Trophy – Products:
- based on new processes and technologies integrating the environmental dimension
- organic or with low carbon footprint raw materials
- strong USP
- new tasty and nutritional recipes
- reproducible and marketable
- detailed marketing plan and product description
- innovative product packaging and/or distribution-logistics
- conform to relevant Swiss/European regulation applicable
Swiss Food Trophy – for the industry and retail
Why become a sponsor:
- “Real ideas” innovation incubator for the food industry
- Indicator of the consumption trends of the Millennials and Generation Z
- A pool of highly motivated and talented young food developers with a highly entrepreneurial mindset
- A pool of new marketable products
- Presentation and on-site tasting of products which are free/open for sale
- Close contact to competences from other aeras
- Collaborate directly with an entrepreneurial team in the project - offer access to your facilties and experts (please note:all rights stay with the individual teams)
- Identify new potential partners for future research & development projects
Sponsorship costs:
- 100 Mio CHF und mehr: 15'000.-CHF
- 50 bis 99.99 Mio CHF: 10'000.-CHF
- 5 bis 49.99 Mio CHF: 5'000.-CHF
- 0 bis 4.99 Mio CHF: 2’000.-CHF
(Swiss Food Research Members have a 50% discount)
Swiss Food Trophy – for educational institutes:
- Heighten attractiveness by being involved in an innovative Swiss-wide next food generation project
- Possibility to offer a unique, attractive and competitive education – project based learning experience to complement class room teaching
- Provide next generation education – cross disciplines and institutions – build on competences across Switzerland
- providing facilities, materials, time and know-how across disciplines
- Demonstrating innovative, dynamic and openminded philosophy
- Identify new partners for future research & development projects
- Identify new potential project partners from industry
Swiss Food Trophy – Role & Responsibility of Swiss Food Research:
- Organization of Swiss Food Trophy
- Providing the framing conditions - access to partners & facilities
- Provide matchmaking App or web-platform for the formation of teams
- Mediator between student teams and potential application partner to valorize best the developed products and team’s work
Swiss Food Trophy – timing:
- End 2020, information to students and opening contest – start of ideation and team formation assisted by web platform / matchmaking App
- 1st semester 2021 - formation of teams for product development - physical presence & online-conferences
- June / July 2021 Summerschool in adequate facilities for practical product development
- August 2021 Swiss Food Awards - presentation of products and nomination of Swiss team participating in Ecotrophelia Europe
Swiss Food Trophy – historical background:
The Swiss Food Trophy was introduced in 2012 to motivate participants to develop a new food product using novel technologies. Swiss Food Trophy served as the national preliminary to Ecotrophelia, one of Europe’s most renowned Food Innovation Challenge. After 5 years of pause Swiss Food Research decided to revive Swiss Food Trophy with a modern and dynamic multidimensional concept. The interdisciplinary collaboration of education and industry highlights Switzerland’s position as the leading Food Innovation Hub.
Swiss Food Research, pbr, bpo, 02.04.2020