Competions

Ecotrophelia UK

2025

Entries are open for the 2025 competition View more information about how to enter

2024

The UK final was held at Nestlé Product Technology Centre in York. The winners were BoozyBalls from the University of Surrey. View more information about the day, including all the finalists and their products

2023

Ecotrophelia UK was kindly hosted by Sainsbury's at their offices in Holborn, Central London. Team PlanEat from the University of Nottingham took home the gold prize! View more information about the day, including all the finalists and their products

2022

For the 10th anniversary of the completion, we were back together at the Tesco Heart Building, Team Green Feathers secured the gold prize in the UK competition. View more information about the day, including all the finalists and their products

2021

The winners of 2021 UK competition also presented under Pandemic restrictions, Team Econauts secured the Gold prize in the UK competition and went on to win a Special Marketing Mention in the European Final.  View more information about the day, including all the finalists and their products

2020

In the midst of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Ecotrophelia competition still went ahead. Despite the clear difficulties Team Re-Desert from University of Nottingham claimed the Gold prize annd went on to represent the UK in the European finals. View more information about the day, including all the finalists and their products

2019

The winners were Venergy from Reading University. The team went on to compete in the European Finals. View more information

2018

The winners were Pom Puffs from University of Nottingham. The team went on to compete at the European Finals at SIAL in Paris. View more information about the day

2017

The winners were Yasai from the Unviersity of Reading. The team went on to achive Silver at the European Finals at Food Matters Live in London. View more information

Click here for a video about the Reading team's journey from product conception all the way to the European finals in Paris.

2016

The winners were the Från Början from Nottingham Trent University. The team went on to achive Bronze at the European finals at SIAL in Paris.  View more information

2015

The winners were Medeina Bites from PepsiCo. They went on to compete in the European finals at the Milan Expo. View more information

2014

The winners were Beri Bar Team from Harper Adams University. They went on to compete in the European finals at SIAL trade fair in Paris. View more information

2013

The winners were Hearty Meal from Harper Adams University. They went on to compete in the European finals in Cologne. View more information