Healthy baking with coconut sugar – online contest with Farm Made Foods Coconut Sugar and the Ovenderful Mom Baking Community group on Facebook (OMBC) and www.currylines.com 

Farm Made Foods and Currylines are happy to announce this exciting contest that will take place from Sat Oct 3rd to Sat Oct 17th, 2020, on the reputed platform offered by the Ovenderful Mom Bakers Community Facebook group founded by Simran Oberoi Multani which encourages baking using only non refined, healthy ingredients.

The purpose of this contest is to raise awareness among bakers about the benefits and availability of this form of sugar, since health conscious people are on a constant look out for such valuable ingredients.

Coconut sugar – 

This is obtained by dehydrating the sap of the coconut blossom. It is a healthier and unrefined alternative to cane sugar, with a lower glycemic index and it also contains minerals and vital amino acids.

The coconut sugar at Farm Made Foods, is produced in a protected and controlled environment using ice box technology and they are the first farm in the world to adopt this method.

This technique keeps the product fresh even without the addition of any anti fermenting agents that are normally used while collecting sap.

This natural coconut sap is dehydrated to obtain pure coconut blossom sugar with No chemicals and No preservatives.

Some preliminary details –

This contest is open only to residents of cities where the product is available. Currently Flipkart is the channel via which deliveries are fulfilled. Please search for Farm Made Foods in the search tab. 

They are also available in retail stores in Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Kochi and Hyderabad. Besides, the company directly delivers them to its customers in Bangalore (only) – just send a message or whatsapp to the number 90198 52277.

A maximum of 35 participants will be accepted, on a first come basis.

Participants will have to buy the Farm Made Foods coconut sugar and use it in their contest entry.

The sugar is available in units of 250 gm and priced at Rs 150/- per 250 gm … plus transport.

Farm Made Foods will offer a discount of 50 % subject to a maximum discount of Rs.150 (ie a discount of Rs 75 per 250 gm) which means that the discounted order per contestant is limited to 1/2 kg.

The participants may buy the product online or in stores at full MRP. The discount amount will be refunded either by Paytm or Gpay but only AFTER the contest entries have been submitted. The refund does not include any delivery fees charged.  

Bangalore residents have the added advantage of free delivery for orders of minimum 1 kg.

Registrations will close on Sat, Sep 12th, 2020 or when 35 people have confirmed, whichever is earlier.

Please do not cancel after registering because you will be depriving someone else of the opportunity.

Contest Details, Rules and Prizes –.

1 – All contestants should be residents of the cities in the list and should also be members of the Facebook group Ovenderful Mom Bakers Community Non members are welcome to join the group if they wish to participate and confirmations will only be accepted on the group.

2 – Participants must submit a ‘healthy baking’ recipe of any kind, using Farm Made Foods coconut sugar (keeping in mind the existing OMBC group rules). Recipe must contain only Farm Made Coconut sugar.

3 – The entries have to be posted on the OMBC group – in the relevant album only 

Admins will then transfer the entry to a parallel album in Farm Made Foods, which will be the final link to be sent to the judges. This is because Facebook gives permission only to admins, to post on page albums.

4 – Please submit only ONE pic per recipe and no collage. This picture should also include the original packaging with the Farm Made label clearly visible.

Blog links are permitted in the caption, so further explanation/pictures can be showcased via your blog if needed.

5 – Each contestant can submit a maximum of 2 entries. However please clearly indicate Serial Number on each recipe, even if submitting only 1 entry, eg Entry 1, Entry 2 – next to the recipe name.

6 –  Please Like/follow the Facebook page Farm Made Foods,  and Instagram of FarmMade @_farmmade

7 – Please Like the Facebook page Currylines. Also follow  twitter @tweetcurrylines and Instagram @currylines

(those who do not have Twitter or Instagram accounts, may merely Like the above 2 pages)

8 –  All entries should have the 5 hashtags #coconutsugarcontest  #OMBC #farmmadefoods #coconutsugar #currylines (please copy paste and do not retype, to avoid typos)

9 – The contest will run from Sat, Oct 3rd, 2020 to Sat, Oct 17th, 2020. Your entries should come in within that period. No entries will be accepted after midnight of Oct 17th, 2020, IST.

10 – The winners will be announced on or before Sunday, Nov 8th, 2020

11 – The decisions of the judges will be final and binding. The panel of judges will consist of eminent people connected to the food industry. Entries that do not comply with any of the requirements mentioned above, will not qualify for being judged and no intimation will be sent to non qualifying participants.

The entries will be judged on the basis of the following general guidelines –

a) The way the recipe is shared – Explanation and clarity, point wise representation and whether the final dish can be easily visualized.

b) Innovativeness of the final product

c) How innovative/unusual has been the usage of sugar and what percentage has been used.

d) While photographic skills will not be judged, the presentation however should be clear.

e) How user friendly the recipe is – whether easy to reproduce by those who read.

Please Note – The authorities at Farm Made Foods and Currylines, will have the right to publish/use all submitted recipes/content on their website and other media. Due  acknowledgements to contributors will be given, including their blog link where ever possible.

Prizes – from Farm Made Foods –

1. There will be 5 prizes in total, all of equal value.
2. Each prize will have a value of Rs  3000/- and will be home delivered to the winners.
3. This will consist of 5 kilos of Farm Made Foods Coconut Sugar, as an added bonus, if the winners are from Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Mangalore, Mysore, Mumbai or Pune, they will also receive 1 dozen Free Range Eggs and 1 pack of hand made sweets from Farm Made Foods as well. 
4. There could be a delay in delivery of prizes due to the limitation in transportation and courier services due to Covid19 restrictions. 

Judges –

The judges are reputed names from the industry. Names will be announced in due course.

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