# Self-Warming Food Processors The Moulinex Soup & Co Creates Hot and Ready-To-Eat Meals By Sarah Moore | Published 2012-03-29 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/moulinex-soup-co References: [designboom](http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/20096/sebastian-bergne-automatic-soup-machine-for-moulinex.html) & [nl.moulinex.be](http://www.nl.moulinex.be/products/Blenders/Soup_and_Co.aspx) Created by Enlgish designer Sebastian Bergne, The Moulinex Soup & Co purees, blends and heats homemade soup with minimal effort. Based out of France, Moulinex has collaborated with Bergne on several other small kitchen appliances that make traditionally tedious and time-consuming meals come together in a snap. The [automated soup maker](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/posha-kitchen-robot) takes all the guess work out of making a bowl of puree and requires only that the user add the ingredients and select whether they want the consistency of their meal to be "coarse" or "fine." The Moulinex Soup & Co can make up to six servings of soup at a time and keep it warm for up to 40 minutes. The appliance also functions as a [blender](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pure-power-blender) and can mix up sauces, smoothies, [crushed ice desserts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cuisinart-solo-scoops-ice-cream-maker) and creams. Photo Credits: [designboom](http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/20096/sebastian-bergne-automatic-soup-machine-for-moulinex.html), [nl.moulinex.be](http://www.nl.moulinex.be/products/Blenders/Soup_and_Co.aspx) ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.0/10 - Popularity: 18% | Activity: 33% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 10% men, 90% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Food](https://www.trendhunter.com/food) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Automated Meal Preparation:** The self-warming food processors, like the Moulinex Soup & Co, offer a convenient and efficient way to prepare hot and ready-to-eat meals with minimal effort. - **Streamlined Kitchen Appliances:** The collaboration between Moulinex and Sebastian Bergne showcases a trend of designing small kitchen appliances that simplify traditionally tedious and time-consuming cooking tasks. - **Multi-functional Appliances:** The Moulinex Soup & Co serves as both a soup maker and a blender, reflecting the trend of multi-functional appliances that can handle various food preparation tasks. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Kitchen Appliances:** The self-warming food processors fall within the kitchen appliances industry, offering disruptive innovation opportunities for companies to develop advanced cooking devices. - **Food Technology:** The trend of automated meal preparation presents disruptive innovation opportunities for the food technology industry to develop smart appliances that streamline the cooking process. - **Home Appliances:** The collaboration between Moulinex and Sebastian Bergne highlights disruptive innovation opportunities within the home appliances industry, particularly in designing compact and versatile kitchen devices. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Heated Self-Cleaning Blenders](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/automatic-blender.md) - [Connected Meal Preparation Appliances](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/smart-food-processor.md) - [Smart Processing Blenders](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kitchenhub.md) - [Automated Cooking Systems](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nosh-robot-cooker.md) - [All-in-One Smart Multi-Cookers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/smart-multicookers.md) - [Convenient Frozen Soup Cubes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/soupologie-souper-cubes.md) - [All-in-One Meal Appliances](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chefrobot.md) - [Sustainable Smart Cookers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sevvy-smart-cooker.md) - [Efficient Multicooker Appliances](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/our-place-dream-cooker.md)