The IFST Young Scientist Competition is an annual competition offering undergraduate students the opportunity to present their current/recently completed food-related project (e.g. food science, food technology, human nutrition as well as other areas that help understand food) in front of an audience and to a panel of food professionals.
This year, the Northern Ireland branch competition took place on Thursday 1 June at Ulster University, Belfast campus.
The judging panel, Karla Bradley, NPD controller at Finnebrogue, David McCleery (AFBI) and Michael Walker (Orchid ID) announced Sharon West (Cafre) in the first place, with three runners-up, thanks to the high quality of the research and presentations. Congratulations Sharon!