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SNSU's Survival Innovbars and CocoWhey Refresh is heading to Davao Agri-Trade Expo (DATE) 2026! See you soon.
08/09/2026

SNSU's Survival Innovbars and CocoWhey Refresh is heading to Davao Agri-Trade Expo (DATE) 2026! See you soon.

Congratulations SNSU FIC Team and production team. โ™ฅ๏ธ
08/09/2026

Congratulations SNSU FIC Team and production team. โ™ฅ๏ธ

02/09/2026

RSTW 2026

01/09/2026

๐…๐Ž๐Ž๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐๐๐Ž๐•๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐‚๐„๐๐“๐„๐‘๐’: ๐๐Ž๐–๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† ๐‚๐€๐‘๐€๐†๐€โ€™๐’ ๐‰๐Ž๐”๐‘๐๐„๐˜ ๐…๐‘๐Ž๐Œ ๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„๐€๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐ˆ๐Œ๐๐€๐‚๐“

From innovative food products to advanced processing technologies, the Food Innovation Centers (FICs) across Caraga are helping transform research, local resources, and community ingenuity into opportunities for a more resilient and competitive food sector.

Led by the Department of Science and Technology โ€“ Caraga (DOST Caraga) through the Caraga Food Innovation Consortium (CFIC), the regionโ€™s FICs work together to strengthen food innovation, support MSMEs, enhance product development, and bring promising technologies closer to the market.

๐™๐™ค๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง, ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š.
๐™๐™ค๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง, ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง.
๐™๐™ค๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง, ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™œ๐™–โ€™๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š.

This is the Caraga Food Innovation Consortiumโ€”where science meets food, innovation meets opportunity, and collaboration creates lasting impact.

Video Credit: ๐ƒ๐Ž๐’๐“ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐š๐ ๐š

01/09/2026

๐’๐”๐๐๐Ž๐‘๐“ ๐’๐๐’๐”โ€™๐’ ๐Ž๐…๐…๐ˆ๐‚๐ˆ๐€๐‹ ๐„๐๐“๐‘๐˜ ๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐’๐‚๐ˆ๐‹๐„๐๐’ ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐‚๐”๐Œ๐„๐๐“๐€๐‘๐˜ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐๐„๐“๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐!

Surigao del Norte State University (SNSU) proudly joins the SciLens Film Documentary Competition with its official entry, โ€œ๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—จ๐—ง ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—™๐—ง ๐—•๐—˜๐—›๐—œ๐—ก๐——: ๐—” ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—•๐˜†-๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€.โ€

More than just a documentary, this film tells a story of innovation, sustainability, and opportunityโ€”showing how coconut by-products, often regarded as waste, can be transformed through science, technology, and innovation into valuable resources that create new possibilities for communities, MSMEs, and the local economy.

Now, we need YOUR SUPPORT!

HELP SNSU WIN THE PEOPLEโ€™S CHOICE AWARD!

From September 1โ€“7, 2026, the official documentary entries will be posted on the DOST Caraga page.

๐Ÿ“Œ HOW TO SUPPORT SNSU:
1๏ธโƒฃ Watch the SNSU documentary, โ€œWHAT THE COCONUT LEFT BEHIND.โ€
2๏ธโƒฃ React to the official post.
3๏ธโƒฃ Share the official post with your friends, family, colleagues, and networks.
4๏ธโƒฃ Encourage others to watch, react, and share!

Every view, reaction, and share helps amplify SNSUโ€™s story and our message that science, technology, and innovation can turn challenges into opportunities.

๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™š๐™›๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™š๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™, ๐™ก๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š.

Let us come together as one SNSU community and show our support for our universityโ€™s entry in the SciLens Film Documentary Competition!

๐–๐€๐“๐‚๐‡. ๐‘๐„๐€๐‚๐“. ๐’๐‡๐€๐‘๐„. ๐’๐”๐๐๐Ž๐‘๐“ ๐’๐๐’๐”!

๐Ÿ“… Voting Period: September 1โ€“7, 2026
๐Ÿ“ DOST Caraga page












Let us support our entry for SCILENS: "What the Coconut Left Behind: A documentary on Turning Coconut By-products into O...
01/09/2026

Let us support our entry for SCILENS: "What the Coconut Left Behind: A documentary on Turning Coconut By-products into Opportunities"

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31/08/2026

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30/08/2026

SNSU Food Innovation Center Team During RSTW 2026 ๐Ÿ’•

[๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š]๐’๐๐’๐” ๐…๐Ž๐Ž๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐๐๐Ž๐•๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐‚๐„๐๐“๐„๐‘ ๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐๐„๐’ ๐€๐“ ๐‘๐’๐“๐– ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”: ๐…๐‘๐Ž๐Œ ๐‘๐„๐’๐„๐€๐‘๐‚๐‡ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐๐๐Ž๐•๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐“๐Ž ๐‘๐„๐‚๐Ž๐†๐๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐The SNSU Food Innovati...
29/08/2026

[๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š]

๐’๐๐’๐” ๐…๐Ž๐Ž๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐๐๐Ž๐•๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐‚๐„๐๐“๐„๐‘ ๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐๐„๐’ ๐€๐“ ๐‘๐’๐“๐– ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”: ๐…๐‘๐Ž๐Œ ๐‘๐„๐’๐„๐€๐‘๐‚๐‡ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐๐๐Ž๐•๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐“๐Ž ๐‘๐„๐‚๐Ž๐†๐๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐

The SNSU Food Innovation Center (FIC) proudly celebrates a remarkable showing at the Regional Science and Technology Week (RSTW) 2026, highlighting the Universityโ€™s growing excellence in food innovation, product development, technology commercialization, and MSME support.

From innovative food technologies developed by SNSU researchers and students to products of SNSU-assisted MSMEs, the Universityโ€™s food innovation ecosystem continues to demonstrate how research, technology, and entrepreneurship can create meaningful impact.

๐Œ๐Ž๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐๐๐Ž๐•๐€๐“๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐ƒ๐”๐‚๐“ ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ
๐‚๐ก๐จ๐œ๐จ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค
๐™ˆ๐™จ. ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐˜ผ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง ๐™‚. ๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™ช๐™š๐™ง๐™ค๐™–
๐˜ฟ๐™ง. ๐˜พ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ง ๐˜พ. ๐™‡๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ
๐™ˆ๐™ง. ๐™๐™š๐™—๐™ž๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ช ๐™‹. ๐™‰๐™œ๐™ช๐™๐™ค
SNSUโ€“Mainit Campus

The ChocoWhey Drink earned the Most Innovative Product Award, recognizing its innovative approach to transforming coconut whey into a value-added beverage. The achievement reflects SNSU FICโ€™s commitment to developing sustainable, research-based food technologies with strong potential for commercialization.

๐ˆ๐๐๐Ž๐•๐„๐€๐“๐’ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” โ€“ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐…๐„๐’๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐‚๐€๐“๐„๐†๐Ž๐‘๐˜ ๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐’๐“๐’

SNSU made another strong showing in the InnovEats 2026 Professional Category, with three innovative food technologies advancing as finalists:

๐‚๐ก๐จ๐œ๐จ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค โ€” SNSU Mainit Campus
๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฉ โ€” SNSU Malimono Campus
๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š ๐”๐ฆ๐š๐ฆ๐ข โ€” SNSU Del Carmen Campus

The three finalists showcase the capacity of SNSU campuses to develop innovative, market-oriented food products anchored on local resources, research, and technology.

๐Ÿ‘๐‘๐ƒ ๐๐‹๐€๐‚๐„ โ€“ ๐ˆ๐๐๐Ž๐•๐„๐€๐“๐’ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | ๐’๐“๐”๐ƒ๐„๐๐“ ๐‚๐€๐“๐„๐†๐Ž๐‘๐˜
๐‚๐จ๐œ๐จ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก
๐™ˆ๐™จ. ๐˜พ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š ๐™‘๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฏ๐™ช๐™š๐™ก๐™ค
๐™ˆ๐™จ. ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™ช๐™š๐™จ
๐™ˆ๐™จ. ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ž๐™จ
SNSUโ€“Mainit Campus

The student innovators behind CocoWhey Soda secured 3rd Place in the InnovEats 2026 Student Category, demonstrating the creativity, ingenuity, and entrepreneurial potential of SNSUโ€™s young innovators.

๐“๐€๐‘๐€๐’๐„๐๐’๐„ ๐“๐€๐’๐“๐„๐–๐€๐‘ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” โ€“ ๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐’๐“๐’

Adding another milestone to SNSUโ€™s RSTW 2026 journey, three SNSU-assisted MSMEs emerged as finalists in the TARASense TasteWar, showcasing the impact of SNSUโ€™s technical assistance and food innovation support beyond the University.

๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐š โ€” Kuys Johnโ€™s
๐‡๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ข ๐‰๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ž โ€” Erlan Foods
๐‘๐“๐„ ๐€๐๐จ๐›๐จ๐ง๐  ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ โ€” Sean Kris Food Products

Their advancement as finalists highlights the important role of the SNSU Food Innovation Center in helping MSMEs enhance their products through research, product development, sensory evaluation, packaging and labeling, and other technology-based interventions.

These achievements collectively demonstrate the growing reach of SNSUโ€™s food innovation ecosystemโ€”from research laboratories and student innovation spaces to MSME production and commercialization.

From Mainit to Malimono and Del Carmen, and from SNSU researchers and students to local MSMEs, innovation is creating a shared pathway toward sustainable food systems, stronger enterprises, and community impact.

The SNSU Food Innovation Center extends its sincere gratitude to the SNSU Administration, led by University President ๐˜ฟ๐™ง. ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™– ๐˜ผ. ๐™‹๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค, Vice Presidents - ๐˜ฟ๐™ง. ๐™๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™…๐™ช๐™ฃ ๐˜ผ. ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ค (VPRIE), ๐˜ฟ๐™ง. ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ค ๐™Ž. ๐˜ผ๐™™๐™ก๐™–๐™ค๐™ฃ (VPAD), and ๐˜ฟ๐™ง. ๐™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™– ๐™€. ๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ (VPAA), RIE Directors, Campus Directors, and Deans, for the unwavering support, trust, and commitment to advancing research, innovation, technology transfer, and commercialization across the University.

Your continued support empowers our researchers, faculty, staff, students, and partner MSMEs to transform ideas into innovative products and bring research closer to the market and the communities we serve.

These recognitions are more than awardsโ€”they are a reflection of an institution that believes in innovation, invests in its people, supports its partners, and creates opportunities for research to make a real-world difference.

Congratulations to all our researchers, student innovators, MSME partners, mentors, technical experts, and the entire SNSU community!

๐™๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™˜๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ. ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™š. ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ.

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