Self-heating plant-based food box wins innovation award

By: Trademagazin editor Date: 2025. 02. 20. 15:50

Students from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia and Wageningen University in the Netherlands have won the top prize in the 2024 ProVeg Food Innovation Challenge, with a self-heating, plant-based Hanwoo beef rice box.

This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2025/2-3

The AUD 3,000 prize (approximately USD 1,900) was created for Korean food company CJ Foods, which wanted a plant-based substitute for its rare and expensive Hanwoo beef. The food box contains textured pea protein “beef”, rice and vegetables. //