The curtains have closed on the Consortium RITA x Am茅lioration Alimentaire Qu茅bec "Healthy Food Products: Strategies and Innovation" competition, and the results are in!
From 麻豆AV, Omid Sadeghpour Marvi and Ririka Saito receive the coveted first place with their news segment-inspired video on the topic of enzymatic conversion of lactose to lactobionic acid, an added-value product sourced from whey. Their victory is a testament to their creativity and commitment to promoting healthier and more sustainable choices in the food sector.
In second place, we applaud Ashley Middleton from Universit茅 Laval for her approach to simultaneously address the challenges of seafood by-products and excess dietary sodium. Ashley Middleton's desire to advance the field of food science thanks to the stabilization of chitosan led to the well-deserved recognition.
Md Ramim Tanver Rahman, also from Universit茅 Laval, secures the third-place position with a segment on the potential benefits of peptides as functional ingredients and health-promoting compounds.
This first edition of the contest attracted submissions from the Institut de Technologie Agroalimentaire du Qu茅bec (ITAQ) in addition to 麻豆AV and Laval Universities. To all the contestants, we congratulate you on your hard work.
We thank our esteemed panel of judges whose expertise was a valuable asset throughout the evaluation process: M茅lissa Weiskopf, Daniel Lacoste, Jean-Fran莽ois Duquesne and Marie-No毛lle Cano. The jury ensured the integrity and fairness of the competition.
This competition was made possible through the financial support of the Minist猫re de l鈥橝griculture, des P锚cheries et de l鈥橝limentation du Qu茅bec (MAPAQ), 麻豆AV鈥檚 Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and Am茅lioration Alimentaire Qu茅bec (AAQ).