Creating Food Concepts
This minor focuses on creating sustainable and innovative food concepts. It combines knowledge of food cultures, product design, consumer research, food science, and food quality with social and economic science. You will study topics like Plant-based Food, Shortened Supply Chains, Food Waste, and Healthy Lifestyles, and consider ways to feed 9 billion people by 2050.
It is a practical minor where you work in small project groups. You and your group will use Design Thinking and the Business Model Canvas to create a food product or concept for a sponsor in the Netherlands. This sponsor could be a food start-up, a health organisation, a social entrepreneur, or local government. You will develop the product specifications, label, and packaging design. You will also make a plan for scaling up the product, ensuring food safety and quality, assessing financial feasibility, and creating a marketing communication plan for market introduction.
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Creating Food Concepts minor
Study periods
The minor runs twice a year:
- Fall semester (September – January)
- Spring semester (February - June)
Application
- If you are a student from a partner university, please contact the International Office of your home university
- HvA/AUAS students can find more information on how to apply on minoren.mijnhva.nl(opens in new window)
- Students from other Dutch universities can enrol via kiesopmaat.nl(opens in new window)
Application deadline fall semester
- The International Office has to send us your official nomination by 1 April
- The application deadline for the programme is 15 April
Application deadline spring semester
- The International Office has to send us your official nomination by 1 October
- The application deadline for the programme is 15 October