Results BVB

CONTEST REPORT

Contest place and date is the showroom site of the international exhibition, Vending Technologies of the 21st Century VendExpo; March 24, 2011.

The contest is aimed to promote up-to-date vending technologies, to set a positive image of vending drinks, to shape ethic norms and responsibility of operators for quality of drinks. Pursuant to the Contest Terms and Conditions, the following companies were qualified to participate:

  1. OOO Professionalnye & Torgovye Avtomaty;
  2. OOO Almafood;
  3. OOO Siba-Vending Group;
  4. OOO BaltPromOlymp (Vavilon Vending Group)
  5. OOO Orimi Trade

Contest Categories and Nominations

The contest was held in three categories, with three nominations in each category.

No contestants were qualified to participate in HoReCa professional vending machines – Refined Ambience Beverages category at the preliminary stage.

 

Categories

Floor vending machines Big City Beverages Table Top vending machines Beverages for Business Intercourse   HoReCa professional vending machines Refined Ambience Beverages  

Nominations

Natural coffee
- espresso
- cappuccino
Hot chocolate  
Natural coffee
- espresso
- cappuccino
Hot chocolate  
Natural coffee
- espresso
- cappuccino
Hot chocolate

To assess beverage quality, a panel was formed from experts of the Central Industry Taste Panel of The Rusteacoffee Association (the Central Taste Panel).

Panel members:

No First, second and last name   Title, company
1 Oksana Vyacheslavovna Fomina Head of Quality Control Service, OOO SDS FOODS – the Chairman 
2  Valery Urievich Zavarzin   Procurement and Logistics Director, ZAO Moscow Coffee House
3   Anna Nikolaevna Vasilievna   Quality Engineer, Quality Control Department, OOO TD Grand
4 Olga Borisovna Logvinchuk Specialist, Quality Control Department, ZAO Tea Company No 1
5 Olga Nikolaevna Devado Head, Quality Control and Technology Department, OOO Straus

Expert opinion was based on results of the organoleptic expert examination. The experts were assessing main quality parameters: design, taste and flavour of cooked beverages.

Based on personal tasting sheets, the contest results were formed with the winners selected (APPENDIX No 1, Report of the Central Industry Taste Panel of The Rusteacoffee Association dated March 24, 2011):

1.      Category: Big City Beverages – Floor vending machines

Nomination: Natural coffee – espresso (nomination code: NBG – NKE)

Winner

OOO BaltPromOlymp (Vavilon Vending Group)

Vending machine: Jofemar (Spain) G 250

Ingredient: BEYERS KOFFIE (Belgium). “City Coffe” natural roast coffee  

2.      Category: Big City Beverages – Floor vending machines

Nomination: Natural coffee – cappuccino (nomination code: NBG – NKK)

Winner

OOO Professionalnye & Torgovye Avtomaty

Vending machine: Saeco (Italy), Cristallo 400  

Ingredient: Special Coffe (Italy), "Arabica D'OR blend" natural roast coffee. "PRONTOFOODS" (Italy). "Ristora" soluble granular milk powder

3.      Category: Big City Beverages – Floor vending machines

Nomination: Hot chocolate (nomination code: NBG – GSH)

 Winner

OOO BaltPromOlymp (Vavilon Vending Group)

Vending machine: Jofemar (Spain) G 250

Ingredient: "Satro" (Germany) , 

"Classic CHOÑ 15" instant chocolate  

4.      Category: Beverages for Business Intercourse – Table Top vending machines

Nomination: Natural coffee – espresso (nomination code: NDO – NKE)

Winner

OOO Almafood

Vending machine: N&W Global Vending S.p.a. (Italy), Necta Colibri ES 3

Ingredient: OOO Almafood (Russia)

Espresso natural roast coffee.

5.      . Category: Beverages for Business Intercourse – Table Top vending machines

Nomination: Natural coffee – cappuccino (nomination code: NDO – NKK)

Winner

OOO SIBA-Vending

Vending machine: N&W Global Vending S.p.a. (Italy), Necta Colibri ES 3

Ingredient: Covim (Italy), "Prestige" natural roast coffee. "PRONTOFOODS" (Italy), "Ristora" soluble granular milk powder

6.      Category: Beverages for Business Intercourse – Table Top vending machines

Nomination: Hot chocolate (nomination code: NDO – GSH)

Winner

OOO Almafood

Vending machine: N&W Global Vending S.p.a. (Italy), Necta Colibri ES 3

Ingredient: OOO Almafood, Russia, "Choco 01 RICH DARK" instant chocolate

 

The contest winners were granted the right to place the Best Vending Beverage Distinction Mark on vending machines or ingredients that participated in the contest. The Best Vending Beverage Distinction Mark remains valid within one year.