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MICE announce Product Innovation Award finalists for 2020/21 While the Melbourne International Coffee Expo was postponed until 2022, the Product Innovation Awards are proceeding in order to recognise outstanding innovations. Adam McCleery writes. The Melbourne International Coffee Expo is recognising outstanding innovations from 2020 and 2021.
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hile MICE may not have been able to take place over the past two years due to disruptions from COVID-19, the innovations have not stopped. “We know that companies from across the coffee industry have been working hard behind the scenes to both keep their businesses afloat
during various periods of restrictions, as well as continuing to ensure they are at the forefront of technology and innovation,” said MICE show director Lauren Winterbottom. “It’s really important to us that this hard work is recognised.” The Product Innovation Awards are designed as an avenue for exhibitors
The Product Innovation Awards showcase the best new products in the coffee industry. 30 Food&Beverage Industry News | December 2021 | www.foodmag.com.au
to demonstrate the newest product innovations available to the market. The finalists for the 2020/21 awards were recently announced for each of the three categories.
Ancillary electrical equipment In the category of Ancillary Electrical Equipment, Simonelli Group/DaVinci, a company that develops high-performance, innovative, and sustainable machines has been nominated for the Helix flow coffee temperature system. Helix is the result of a threeyear collaboration. It’s designed to enable baristas to make and develop their own beverage syrups instore, increasing creativity and creating new beverage limited time offers (LTO) to the store without having to use an additional syrup. The helix machine also delivers a sustainability message for the customer by reducing the plastic
consumption of the store The Barista Group Co, a specialist in coffee machinery, was nominated for the Markibar IZAGA coffee grinder, which comes with an isolated grinding chamber for smarter ventilation higher performance. The IZAGA is purpose built for speed and consistency with two operating modes that deliver instant doses, allowing baristas more time to continue the workflow elsewhere. Meanwhile, Barista Technology Australia was nominated for its flow coffee telemetry system, which creates a more accurate process for consistent quality, increased value, and sustainable propositions. The product has real time gauges and an analytics dashboard with simple integration, real-time capture and wi-fi capabilities.
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