‘Rock Star’ Status for Students in Major Baking Competition

The American Society of Baking (ASB) is offering scholarships and the power of the industry’s biggest spotlight to college students across the country who will compete in the final round of the annual ASB Product Development Competition on February 27 and 28, 2017 in Chicago.

Student teams from Iowa State University, Cornell University, The Ohio State University and the University of Florida have been selected as finalists.

ASB’s Product Development Competition is open to college student teams nationwide. Entries must consist of a proposal for a new bakery food product. This year’s competition is focused on bakery products made with sprouted grains or sprouted grain based flour. Judges will be evaluating the potential success of product entries in today’s market and technical problem solving skills used in product development.

Finalists will compete for $20,000 in scholarships.

• 1st prize: $2,000 scholarship for each team member
• 2nd prize: $1,500 scholarship for each team member
• 3rd prize: $1,000 scholarship for each team member
• 4th prize: $500 scholarship for each team member

For more information on ASB Product Development Competition, visit www.asbe.org/pdc-main/.