Wasabi Kroket wins MBO Challenge Food waste 2022

On Thursday 21 April 2022, the winner of the MBO Challenge Food Waste was announced. The jury unanimously chose the Wasabi Croquette, made by the students MBO nutrition & skill of the Lentiz LIFE College. The client was Sander van Kampen of Dutch Wasabi. 

Praise from the jury

The jury praised the winner: "The winner of the MBO Challenge Food Waste 2021-2022 spent a lot of time focusing on the assignment, researching various solutions and consulting various experts and the practor. The developed product was tasted by a number of people and this is reflected in the film. The entrepreneur also speaks and makes a statement about which of the solutions he thinks is the most promising.

Reaction client Dutch Wasabi 

Sander van Kampen: "Fantastic what the students have done! Dutch Wasabi is a small company, we don't have the time to experiment. The different options offered by the students were very surprising and instructive for us.  

Through this challenge, we have come into contact with a very interesting network, which was created by the students' search, but the school's own network also contributed to this. As a result, we can now further develop and market the product at an accelerated pace with various parties.

We are very enthusiastic about the cooperation with the school and students and the surprising and innovative result. Every company can be recommended to take part; we have gained a lot from it."

Second place Terra MBO Groningen

1st year students of MBO Terra Groningen Food, life & innovation were awarded the second prize with Lang Leve Melkwei (Long Live Milk Wheat) for their client goat farm de Kruidenwei in Nooitgedacht. 

Third place Curio Food & Future 

Students of Curio Food & Future won third prize with a solution to reduce the amount of beer wasted in the Netherlands: Biertoast, made from expired beer. Client: Hiwine Liquor Store.

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