2016 NZIFST CREST Challenge teams
Teams from around the country worked on developing a variety of products, including dehydrated breakfasts, new and innovative vegetable dishes, protein enriched yogurt, and spicy dried fish.
Congratulations to the 72 secondary students and their teachers who participated in the 2016 TechHub CREST Challenge!
Upper North Island
Winner
School: |
Carmel College – Pop and Co |
Teacher: |
Sandy Goonan |
Students: |
Madison Franks, Michelle McEwan, Shannon Hughes, Theresa Lyons |
Mentor: |
Juliet Clarke (Tasti) |
Sponsor: |
Hawkins Watts |
Project Brief: |
To develop a novel snack for teens that complements Tasti Products’ existing product range. The product must taste great and appeal to teenagers and young adults alike. It must have a unique selling point and reflect current nutritional issues, for example one or more of the following: low sugar, gluten free, added fibre, 3 or more Health Stars. |
Team Poster: |
Pop and Co |
Runners Up
School: | Carmel College – Rocky Road Works |
Teacher: | Sandy Goonan, Annaliese Seedall |
Students: | Alexis Hill, Alyssa Cabingan, Chloe Abbey, Jessica Abbey |
Mentor: | Julie Ilagan, Aaron Salazar (Sherratt Ingredients) |
Sponsor: | Sherratt Ingredients |
Project Brief: | To develop an innovative and nourishing product that that is easy to prepare by adding water to a convenient pack. The product must taste great, have no artificial colours and flavours, and appeal to the defined target market. Possible product ideas include: a savoury meal, a dessert, a meal compliment, a complete ration pack. The product must also meet at least one or more of the following requirements: gluten free, soy free, msg free or vegetarian. |
Team Poster: |
School: |
Carmel College – Hungry Hikers |
Teacher: |
Sandy Goonan |
Students: |
Alex Robinson, Caitlin White, Grace Platt, Minia Cheung |
Mentor: |
Julie Ilagan, Aaron Salazar (Sherratt Ingredients) |
Sponsor: |
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Project Brief: |
Develop an innovative and dehydrated product that has the potential to be produced by Back Country Cuisine. specifically a dehydrated vegetarian meal that is either MSG free, soy free or gluten free. |
Team Poster: |
Hungry Hikers |
School : |
Carmel College – Fudge |
Teacher: |
Sandy Goonan |
Students: |
Annaliese Nelson, Kayla Matthews, Zoe Fraser |
Mentor: |
Carol Bielby, Krystyna Krivanek and Isabel Buerschgens, Sensient Technologies |
Sponsor: |
IMCD |
Project Brief: |
To develop a convenient and innovative vegan product that has the potential to be produced by Angel Food Ltd. The product must complement Angel Food’s existing product range. |
Team Poster: |
Fudge |
School: |
Carmel College – Mr Veggie |
Teacher: |
Sandy Goonan |
Students: |
Angelica Maiquez, Gail Barrion, Samantha Manansala |
Mentor: |
Tanya Reid, Beggs & Co; |
Sponsor: |
vegetables.co.nz |
Project Brief: |
To develop a new and innovative product made from fresh NZ vegetables that gets more young people to be more open about healthy eating. The product must taste great and make a significant contribution to recommended daily intake of vegetables (3+ a day) for the target market. The product must meet two or more of the following requirements:
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Team Poster: |
Mr Veggie |
School: |
Carmel College – Voyage |
Teacher: |
Sandy Goonan |
Students: |
Hannah Joson, Janelle Suralta, Shaina Imbo, Tadiwanashe Mangeya |
Mentor: |
Louise Taylor (IFF) |
Sponsor: |
David Munro |
Project Brief: |
To develop a new dessert product that is unique to the New Zealand market. To develop a convenient and innovative chilled or frozen speciality dessert product, using a blend of two or more flavours provided by the client. The product must have great taste and appeal to the defined target market. |
Team Poster: |
Voyage |
School: |
Epsom Girls – No Added Sugar Cupcakes |
Teacher: |
Kathy Riley |
Students: |
Jessica Gracie, Susie Kwon, Libby Harrison |
Mentor: |
Trang Duong and Fabiola Garcia (Goodman Fielder) |
Sponsor: |
Goodman Fielder |
Project Brief: |
Develop a cupcake which is flavoursome, well structured and well presented. The product must contain natural sugar replacements instead of refined sugar. |
Team Poster: |
No added sugar cupcake |
School: |
Massey High – Sugar Free Ice Cream |
Teacher: |
Jacqueline Crawford, Marshniel Mudaliar |
Students: |
Gardenia Motufoua, Theresa Pama |
Mentor: |
Esraa El Shall & Emily Dekker, Fonterra Brands (Tip Top) |
Sponsor: |
Givaudan |
Project Brief: |
Develop a sugar free ice cream for health conscious individuals. No use of refined, natural sugars, palm oil or eggs. The product can only be vegetarian, contain natural colours and flavours, and meet the legal requirements of ice cream. |
Team Poster: |
Sugar free ice cream |
School: |
Massey High – Fat free, Dairy-based Frozen Dessert |
Teacher: |
Marshniel Mudaliar |
Students: |
Hannah Wilson, Kiera Smith, Ruby Jenkins |
Mentor: |
Esraa El Shall & Emily Dekker, Fonterra Brands (Tip Top) |
Sponsor: |
Givaudan |
Project Brief: |
To develop a fat free, dairy-based frozen dessert suitable for females aged 25-55. The product texture, flavour and body should be that of a full cream product. |
Team Poster: |
Fat free dairy-based frozen dessert |
School: |
Rosmini – Peppermint Mocha Ice Cream |
Teacher: |
Sue van der Spuy |
Students: |
Keefe-Jordan Durney, Jude Rolin, Jordan Baxter |
Mentor: |
Steffen Friedrich (Much Moore Ice cream) |
Sponsor: |
Eurofins |
Project Brief: |
To design, develop and produce a new ice cream flavour that has the potential to be produced by the mentors’ employer. The ice cream must have an acceptable balance of flavour and texture. |
Team Poster: |
JKJ Peppermint mocha ice cream |
School: |
St Kentigern – Hydro Melon |
Teacher: |
Susanna Pattison |
Students: |
Max Ballard, Ryan McEwen, Sophie Rees |
Mentor: |
Neala Ye (Frucor) |
Sponsor: |
Invita |
Project Brief: |
Develop a natural sports beverage that will provide healthy and natural hydration without a taste compromise. The beverage must appeal to teenagers between the age of 15-18. It must contain reduced sugar, natural colours and flavours, and electrolytes. It can be water, juice or tea-based and must have a shelf life of at least 6 months. It must fill a gap in the market and be innovative and popular |
Team Poster: |
Hydro melon |
School: |
St Kentigern – Cocoberry |
Teacher: |
Susanna Pattison |
Students: |
Aimee Hollis, Harrison Young |
Mentor: |
Neala Ye (Frucor) |
Sponsor: |
Hawkins Watts |
Project Brief: |
Develop a beverage for teenagers that is healthier for teeth than the popular sugary drinks currently on the market. |
Team Poster: |
Cocoberry |
School: |
TKM O Ngatapuwae – Kahui Tangata / Crunch Bunch |
Teacher: |
Blanche D’Cunha, Danny Maera |
Students: |
Te Awa Stirling, Anahera Te Maari, Marara Glamuzina, Trent Te Ruki |
Mentor: |
Kimberly Chew (Hubbards) |
Sponsor: |
Hubbards |
Project Brief: |
Create a “complete breakfast”:a nutritious, balanced and appealing cereal for younger children. |
Team Poster: |
Crunch bunch |
School: |
Westlake Boys – Blooming Flower |
Teacher: |
Ritu Sehji, Chris Clark |
Students: |
KJ Spargo, Eamonn Jack |
Mentor: |
Leah Davey (IXOM) |
Sponsor: |
Sensient Technologies |
Project Brief: |
Design a product (dessert) that not only tastes good, but is also high in protein and low in calories. Research nutrients, health, existing or similar products and demand for a product such as this. |
Team Poster: |
Blooming flower |
Lower North Island
Joint winners
School: |
Wellington High – Dark Roast Coffee Sauce |
Teacher: |
Marietjie van Schalkwyk |
Students: |
Button Brown, Honey Brown |
Mentor: |
Sophie Shaw (GROENZ) |
Sponsor: |
Sally Hasell |
Project Brief: |
Develop a flavoured sauce dressing or condiment for an Asian market, in line with GROENZ market range and must not include any additives. |
Team Poster: |
Dark roast coffee sauce |
School: |
Woodford House – Nutritious Frozen Snack |
Teacher: |
Margie Ellis |
Students: |
Caitlin Maiorana, Catie Nettlingham, Tajpreet Padda |
Mentor: |
Ling Li Teo & Sandra Chambers, GreenMount Foods |
Sponsor: |
Plant & Food Research |
Project Brief: |
Develop a nutritious, frozen hand held snack product with a vegetable based filling for people between ages of 15-25 years. |
Team Poster: |
House bean wrapped |
Runners Up
School: |
Inglewood – Gluten Free Cheese Savouries |
Teacher: |
Michael Wood, Penny Dixon |
Students: |
Ayla Hutchinson, Helen Knight, Jessie Barron, Renee Hanrahan |
Mentor: |
Helen Riley (Fonterra Eltham) |
Sponsor: |
DIANZ |
Project Brief: |
To develop and end up with a product fit for people with gluten intolerance that is tasty and they feel they are not missing out on what everybody else is enjoying at a party/function |
Team Poster: |
Gluten free cheese savouries |
School: |
Napier Girls High – ProdJUICR’s |
Teacher: |
Suzy Newman, Sarah Shand |
Students: |
Brooke Bickerstaff, Hollie Girvan, Kayley O’Gorman |
Mentor: |
Jo Madden and Natalie Martin, Simply Squeezed |
Sponsor: |
ADM |
Project Brief: |
To develop a healthy smoothie using at least one vegetable. Only containing fruit and vegetables and their juices, and with less than 10g sugar/100ml of smoothie. |
Team Poster: |
ProdJUICRs |
School: |
Palmerston North Girls High – Yo Go |
Teacher: |
Heather Meikle, Amanda Peacock |
Students: |
Kyla Fung, Monique Lau, Sana Patel |
Mentor: |
Orianne Thionnet and Gabrielle Cooper (FRDC) |
Sponsor: |
DIANZ |
Project Brief: |
Design a protein enriched yogurt breakfast drink, that provides sufficient nutrients to teenagers to start their day. |
Team Poster: |
Yo Go |
School: |
Samuel Marsden – Dry Ingredient Savoury Pancake Mix |
Teacher: |
Gabrielle Gunn, Susan Binns |
Students: |
Anjali Gentejohann, Florence Barbalich, Cici Davie, Lauren Benseman |
Mentor: |
Clare Chandler, John van den Beuken and Simon Holst (MPI) |
Sponsor: |
Pacific Flavours and Ingredients |
Project Brief: |
Create a savoury pancake mix of dry ingredients, to which people would simply have to add milk (soy milk if they’re vegan or lactose intolerant) and then cook the pancakes. The pancake mix will be gluten free, vegan, high in protein, low in fat, and come in different savoury flavours (using spices). |
Team Poster: |
Protein Pancakes |
School: |
Wellington High – Mellifera |
Teacher: |
Marietjie van Schalkwyk, Natalie Randall |
Students: |
Elizabeth Keats, Finn Taylor |
Mentor: |
Sophie Shaw (GROENZ) |
Sponsor: |
GS Hall |
Project Brief: |
Develop a flavoured sauce dressing or condiment for an Asian market, in line with GROENZ market range. The product must have a “clean” label – no additives or ‘e’ numbers on the label. |
Team Poster: |
Kiwifruit and Feijoa Sauce |
Waikato and Dunedin
Winners
School: |
Logan Park High School – Local Sparks |
Teacher: |
Heather Brown |
Students: |
Annie Kennedy-Atchison, Emily Wu Logan Park local sparks |
Mentor: |
TA Mungure |
Client: |
Southern Clams |
Project Brief: |
A palatable product consisting of strips of dehydrated fish with a spicy coating, packaged for safe long term shelf life. Investigate the viability of creating a dried seafood product, based on white fish fillets, coated in a spice mix with a long term shelf life, requiring no further processing before consumption. |
Team Poster: | Logan Park local sparks |
Runners Up
School: |
Hauraki Plains – Cold Pressed Fruit |
Teacher: |
Ann Leuthart, Rob Webster |
Students: |
Joshua Gill, Aimee Brocklehurst |
Mentor: |
Don Railton (Fresh Technologies) |
Sponsor: |
Plant & Food Research |
Project Brief: |
Develop a cold pressed fruit and/or vegetable juice that appeals to teenagers and which is convenient for an after school snack. There will be no added sugar, preservatives or juice from concentrates. |
Team Poster: | Fresh Sweetness |
School: |
Te Awamutu – Mozzarella |
Teacher: |
Will Cawkwell |
Students: |
Mierrin Gibbons-Goodhew, Nikita Hearfield |
Mentor: |
Christina Ferrick (Open Country Dairy) |
Sponsor: |
Open Country Dairy |
Project Brief: |
Develop a FMCG cheese product designed for lactose intolerant people |
Team Poster: | Mozzarella |
School: |
Te Awamutu – Cheese Weasles |
Teacher: |
Will Cawkwell, Maree Letford |
Students: |
Akuhata Harawira, Jessica Johnson-Saunders, Kaitlyn Gibson |
Mentor: |
Christina Ferrick (Open Country Dairy) |
Sponsor: |
Anne Scott |
Project Brief: |
Design a product for Open Country dairy |
Team Poster: | Cheese Weasels |
School: |
Tuakau – Get Roasted |
Teacher: |
Christina Stilwell |
Students: |
Shannon Hull, Ryan Davies, Teagan Hansen, Toko Porau-Atkinson |
Mentor: |
John Cox (AS Wilcox) |
Sponsor: |
IMCD |
Project Brief: |
Create a vegetarian burger, or pizza, with a sauce |
Team Poster: | Get-roasted |