Kiwifruit waste kicked into gear
A group of Otumoetai College students have taken out the regional Young Enterprise Scheme award with their edible kiwifruit gel, made from kiwifruit which would otherwise have gone to landfill.
The students developed the product KiwiKick from scratch and have carried out everything needed for it to be able to be sold to the public sector.
KiwiKick chief finance officer Daniel Dumee says it felt really good to win.
“We were actually just waiting for the other team to be announced because they’d put up a good fight against us during the pitch at the regionals, but we ended up pulling through and we were really happy.”
he six students who are all in Year 13 at Otumoetai College wanted to turn unwanted kiwifruit into something that could be used.
“Our start-up business KiwiKick is a kiwifruit gel, which is similar to what you might find in a yogurt squeezey packet.
“It uses 100 per cent recycled kiwifruit that can’t typically be sold because it’s either deformed or has blemishes.
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