The Almond Board of California (ABC) announced the kickoff of its national Tastemaker Trials student competition, which invites U.S. college and university students to create delicious almond-based snack products that excite the tastebuds of younger generations and set a new standard for "intentional indulgence" in snacks.
ABC's Tastemaker Trials are an opportunity for the people who will be the future of the food and beverage industry to delve into the behind-the-scenes factors that go into developing a new product and to gain experience transforming trends into product concepts. Students will be asked to develop a new almond-based snack while considering technical, nutrition, processing and marketing information and demands. This year's Tastemaker Trials are the next evolution of ABC's first-ever student competition last year, which was held in collaboration with Drexel University.