DIJON FAIR: Winners of the inaugural competition “What will we eat tomorrow?”

Foodtech Dijon-Bourgogne-Franche-Comte presented three awards this Thursday, October 31.

On Thursday October 31, 2024, at the Dijon International and Gastronomic Fair, the final of the 2nd edition of the inaugural competition “What will we eat tomorrow?” “. Organized by Foodtech® Dijon Bourgogne-Franche-Comte and supported by Vitagora, in partnership with Terres Univia, the interprofessional association for vegetable oils and proteins, this event awarded three companies an innovative start that will change the food of today.

More than 50 start-ups from all over France submitted their applications, offering innovative solutions to meet today’s food challenges: reducing environmental impact, integrating other proteins, and taking into account consumer expectations of nutrition and health.

Among them, 11 were chosen to present their innovations before a jury made up of competition participants and agri-food professionals, including AER, Bpifrance, Dijon Bourgogne Invest, Dijon métropole, Terres Univia, Scinnov and Vitagoras.

The 11 start-up companies also had the opportunity to present their products and get tastings from visitors to the Dijon International and Gastronomic Fair, in the first two days of the opening: 31 October and 1 November. This special moment allowed them to be in direct contact with users and collect feedback in real time.

The winners of the “What are we eating tomorrow?” “is:

#1 Potibon (Verdun): The first alternative to fat-free butter and margarine made with 80% French vegetables, with a liquid and creamy texture

#2 Maison Maltese (Niedermodern): barley coffee & malt, alternatives to coffee, naturally decaffeinated, healthy and 100% Alsatian.

#3 – Terres Univia Special Award: Les Frimeuses (Paris): spread for a healthy, delicious, fresh and environmentally responsible aperitif, made with lacto-ferment legumes

The three winners were announced at the end of the day and they won: a cash prize of €1,000 for the first one, access to professional resources for their commercial development provided by Vitagora. Finally, the special award presented by Terres Univia, given to the start-up most relevant to the promotion of legume and oilseeds in the territories, supports the selected start-up for strategic use through ToasterLAB, Vitagora accelerator program.

About Vitagora:
A professional agri-food association, named the Competitiveness Group of the Burgundy-Franche-Comte and Ile-de-France regions, Vitagora brings together more than 670 players in the agri-food industry – large companies, SMEs, start-ups, research , high level. education and training in France and around the world. For 15 years, Vitagora has effectively played its role as a catalyst within this network: by supporting its members and engaging in dialogue, Vitagora a ‘ contribute to the emergence of innovative projects and the achievement of growth goals and business performance and building innovation ecosystems.

About Foodtech® Dijon Bourgogne-Franche-Comte
FoodTech® Dijon Bourgogne-Franche-Comte is one of the regions behind the FoodTech® France network. This ecosystem brings together 150 startups, 370 companies of all sizes, 36 support structures, 33 research and higher education structures as well as around ten investment structures. With the support of the professional association Vitagora, FoodTech® Dijon Bourgogne-Franche-Comté brings together regional players in the agrarian, agricultural, digital, and regional and metropolitan attractiveness sectors around the missions of representation and animation of its regional ecosystem.

About Terres Univia
Terres Univia is the interprofessional association for vegetable oils and proteins. It brings together the main professional associations and federations in the production, marketing, processing and use of oilseeds and protein-rich plants. Its missions: knowledge of production and markets, promotion of the sector and its products, management of quality systems, support for R&D activities, organization of professional practices and dissemination of its knowledge to professionals.

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