The coffee and tea start-up UniCaps has won the 2019 Brandenburg Innovation Award for the Food Industry. The jury was impressed by the idea of filling organic teas into compostable organic capsules for Nespresso®* and Nescafé®*-Dolce Gusto®* machines.
„We are delighted to receive this award. When we founded UniCaps almost three years ago, we wanted to revolutionise the tea market with compostable organic capsules revolutionise the market. Receiving the Innovation Award shows that we are on the right track. We already have further innovations in the pipeline and will continue to consistently pursue the path of rolling up the market with ecologically compatible quality beverages. The time of ecological carelessness is over. That's what we stand for with our innovative products.“
Dirk N. Tillmann, Managing Director of UniCaps
The Innovation Prize for the Food Industry is awarded annually by the Brandenburg Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. With this award, the state of Brandenburg recognises innovations by regional companies that promote the quality of the state's location and economic performance.
[infotext icon]About UniCaps
UniCaps GmbH was founded in 2016 by Dirk N. Tillmann. The start-up employs around 20 people. With the My-CoffeeCup and My-TeaCup brands, UniCaps offers organic coffee and organic teas in certified compostable organic capsules on. The capsules are available in bricks-and-mortar stores such as REWE, dm, Kaufland and regionally at Edeka, Tegut, Globus and Metro. The capsules can be purchased online at my-cups.de and Amazon[/infotext].
Source: UniCaps
