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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Food product development at UW-Madison is a team venture where students volunteer to put in the hard work sans any credits to create an original and exciting product. New food products are developed by going through the development steps, generation of ideas, formula and process optimization and consumer testing.

IFTSA, Almond Innovations and NASA organize product development competitions which UW students always participate in. UW-Food Science teams have won many product development competitions in the past and is continuing the winning streak with this year's team winning the Almond Innovations and IFTSA finals.

This year the Almond Innovations competition has been canceled so the team is focusing their time and energy on the IFTSA. Chaired by Laura Shumow, the product development team is off to a great start and extremely excited to show off their final products.

"The 13 member product development team chaired by Rachel Ann Prososki won the Almond Innovations contest organized by the Almond Board of California as well as the product development competitions organized by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Student Association. More about the products and the experiences of the team at New Orleans can be read at the product development blog at http://uwmadisonfpd.blogspot.com/ "

COLLEGE BOWL

This competition was started by IFTSA in 1985. College bowl is very much like Jeopardy and tests the knowledge in the areas of food science and technology, food law, and general food trivia. Teams from the six IFT Student Chapters compete in area competitions prior to the IFT Annual Meeting. The winning teams then compete in a final competition at the Annual Meeting. The national champion earns a $1000 award.

The UW-Madison teams have consistently won the Midwest area championship in the past 4 years.In year 2003, UW-Madison students won the national championship for the first time. This year, Ohio State University won the Midwest area competition by defeating the defending area champion (UW-Madison) in the final round.

DAIRY JUDGING

What does becoming a member of the dairy products evaluation team entail? 

Using flavor, appearance and texture perceptions, you will learn the art of judging six different dairy products: milk, butter, Cheddar cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese, and ice cream.  Then test your newly developed skills at regional and national competitions.  The prize for taking first place in any product at the national level is $100.

Dairy Judging teams from UW-Madison regularly win midwest and national level competitions