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First essay of Kamani Frozen Dessert Challenge rewards industry’s best
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Wednesday, 18 September, 2019, 12 : 00 PM [IST]
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Our Bureau, Bengaluru
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AAK Kamani, India’s leading of manufacturer of specialty oil and fats, concluded the first edition of its Kamani Frozen Dessert Challenge (KFC) in Mumbai. The challenge received a good response from the top frozen dessert (FD) manufacturers in the city.
They created innovative and healthy frozen desserts using Koolex, a premium specialty FD fat prepared by the company’s. The short-listed products were judged by the jury on the parameters of uniqueness, appearance, nutritional value, structural stability and others.
The evaluation took place at AAK Kamani’s customer innovation centre, where new products and recipes are tried and tested for quality and innovation purposes. The winners were announced at Ramada Convention Centre, Powai.
The health category was won by Prince Cremary, whose product was called Frozen Dessert Kulfiez. KC Engineering Corp was the first runner-up, and the Chef’s Choice Award was won by King’s Dairy.
Under the innovation category, Prabhu Ice Cream walked away with the winner award with its Belgian Chocolate Frozen Dessert. R C Ice Cream was the first runner-up, and the Chef’s Choice Award went to Unique Frozen Foods Corp.
Through the challenge, AAK Kamani provided an opportunity to the participants to create and promote healthy products. This follows the principle of co-development, which is one of the country’s core philosophies, where they work together with their customers and provide assistance to achieve their business objectives.
Commenting on the success of the event, Arun Varma, vice-president, sales and marketing, AAK Kamani, said, “We have always been a believer of healthy living and a building a fitter generation. Mumbai is one of our key areas that have shown a lot of acceptance in opting for our Koolex solution.”
“We, at AAK Kamani, strongly believe in being a co-development partner with our customers to boost their products and provide our expertise. It gave us great pleasure to host the first edition of the KFC event in Mumbai, and we look forward to such events further,” he added.
The panel of judges for the awards night comprised members from the FD sector. Among them was Ashok V Gupte, proprietor, SAS Consultants; J V Parekh from Parekh Technical Consultancy, and Milind Salvi, technical director, The Icestay Projects.
“Kamani Frozen Dessert Challenge was a first-of-its-kind platform to provide frozen dessert manufacturers with such exposure. The facility available at the Kamani Customer Innovation Centre is impressive and will help the FD category to grow with new experiments,” said Gupte.
“Ice cream is a growing business, and the demand for innovative and healthy FD too is increasing. The facility developed by AAK Kamani is up to international standards, and I am grateful to be a part of the jury panel this year,” said Parekh.
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