Students of Food Eng. Dept. received the first prize in the R&D Project Competition

Our students from Department of Food Engineering, Reyyan Aygün and Yağmur Çolak, won the first prize with their functional fermented product containing natural probiotics developed using whey in the Ak Gıda R&D Project Competition about functional fermented products, which was held for the second time in the category of Health & Wellness this year.

They aimed to offer taste and provide benefit to the consumer together with the  addition target of evaluating food waste by converting whey into fermented beverage in their products. They made an innovative packaging design for the product they developed within the scope of the project, also they created a brand name for their products using the advertising strategy and shot a commercial with their slogan.