UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
Dessert
ECOTROPHELIA UNITED KINGDOM 2015 - BRONZE
Duffles
UNITED KINGDOM - 2015 An eco-friendly, healthy alternative to chocolate truffles – can be consumed both cold and warm.
The Duffle truffle box is a unique, eco-friendly, healthy alternative to chocolate truffles with the offering of cold and warm consumption. The presentation box contains 25 Duffles available in 6 different flavours. 15 Duffles are based on carob and are ‘ready-to-eat’ at ambient temperature, containing a variety of different flavours including soft centres made with real fruit. The remaining 10 Duffles are cocoa based sweets, when warmed up resemble tasty chocolate brownies. Duffles are mainly constituted of non-uniform, sugar spotted dates, chopped almonds and coconut. Although these materials are generally rejected by industry retailers due to their appearance; Duffles offer no compromise in luxury and taste. The product also comes with the added nutritional benefits of fibre, essential fatty acids and vitamin E. The sustainability factors surrounding cocoa are becoming increasingly significant due to future forecasted demand to exceed available supply. Traditional chocolate truffles are based on 55% cocoa solid, while our carob based Duffles contain no cocoa powder and the hot version is made from only 8.66% cocoa powder. Additional environmental considerations include the use of bio-degradable plastics formulated from sugar cane and recyclable paper board, we will use these packaging materials to create an upmarket style presentation box.
