This evening, the 13th annual World Beverage Innovation Awards took place at BrauBeviale in Germany. The judging panel had considered 360 entries from 40 countries in 26 categories.
“The pace of innovation in the global beverage industry continues to impress and is reflected in the stunning range of entries in this year’s awards,” said FoodBev Media’s Bill Bruce. “The World Beverage Innovation Awards present an annual snapshot of the industry’s response to the rapid changes in consumer-led trends and include entries from many of the world’s leading players as well as from a wide variety of exciting start-ups. The awards are a great celebration and highlight company successes in the areas of finished products, marketing, manufacturing, ingredients and importantly, commitment to CSR.”
All entries feature in a special Awards Showcase magazine, which will be distributed with issue 131 of Beverage Innovation magazine and also available digitally. If you would like to subscribe to Beverage Innovation or receive a copy of the showcase magazine please email [email protected].
A full list of finalists and winners in each category follows below.
Best sparkling beverage
Winner
Zeo – Zeo
Finalists
Frobishers Classics – Frobishers Juices Sparkling Berrywhite – Berrywhite Dry Sparkling – Dry Sparkling Bionina – Carlsberg Importers
Best juice or juice drink
The fruit lab Yoghurt & Oats – Fruity King
Caliente – Caliente Beverages Int’l Uncle Matt’s Organic Orange Turmeric with Probiotics – Uncle Matt’s Organic Mucho Gazpacho – Bodega Barcelona
Best functional drink
Beauty Vitamin – Vitness
Sana Hemp Juice – Hemp Juice Sales Tao Drinks – Carlsberg Importers Steam Jack: Energy Drink of Airship Pirates – VooDoo Elixirs Tranquini Positively Relaxed – Tranquini
Highly commended
Tåpped Organic Birch Water – Nature On Tap
Best sports or fitness drink
Vibe by Life – Delta
Finalists Kinohimitsu Victory Healthy Energy Drink/Mocktail – Kino Biotech Meiji Savas Milk – Meiji Co
Best dairy drink
Quaker High Fiber Oats Drink – PepsiCo
Almond Bliss – Berlin Packaging Meiji White Moment – Meiji Co Gü Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate – Crediton Dairy/Gü Puds
Best coffee
Carbonated Coffee – Spokto Beverage Co Finalists
Illy Y5 Milk Espresso Coffee – Illy North America Powerful Yogurt Greek Yogurt Protein Drink – Powerful Yogurt
Best tea
Teapuccino – Argo Tea Finalists
Bloom Supercharge Matcha – Bloom Teas Glory Mornin’ Super Tea – Tre Styles The Pure Infusion – Carlsberg Importers Tg Green Teas – Ideas 2 Launch
Best children’s drink
Honest Kids – Honest Tea
Mascot – Danone Waters Bionina – Carlsberg Importers Kinohimitsu EyeBright – Kino Biotech
Best packaged water
HFactor – HyEdge
RainForest Water #KissPlasticGoodbye – RainForest Water Golda – Origins Aqua Waiakea Hawaiian Volcanic Water – Waiakean Hawaiian Volcanic Water
Best premium or adult drink
Caliente – Caliente Beverages Int’l
Finalist
Luscombe Sparkling Range – Luscombe Drinks Bottlegreen Elderflower Tonic – Bottlegreen Drinks Company Treevitalise Birch Water and Infusions – Astera Natural Nix&Kix – Nix&Kix
Best alcohol innovation
Anty Gin – The Cambridge Distillery and Nordic Food Lab Finalists
The Bottle with a Mission – Heineken Experience Lovo – Lovo 9:3: a new packaging for pasteurized beer – P.E.T. Engineering
Best new beverage concept
Nix&Kix – Nix&Kix
Tao Fruity Natural Energizer – Carlsberg Importers Coldpressed Energy – Garden of Flavour Nutrifiz Wheatgrass – Nutrifiz Tåpped Organic Birch Water – Nature On Tap Sana Hemp Juice – Sana Hemp Juice Sales
Iste Björksmak Ice Tea – IKEA Food Services and Symrise
Best brand extension/reformulation
Mountain Dew Game Fuel Launch – PepsiCo Finalists
Life Tsa Ice Tea sugar-free range – Delta Rockstar SuperSours – PepsiCo Clear Sensation – CBL Drinks
Best new brand or business
RainForest Water #KissPlasticGoodbye – RainForest Water
Sana Hemp Juice – Hemp Juice Sales Karma Cola – Karma Cola UK Caliente – Caliente Beverages Int’l
Best brand marketing campaign or activation
Pepsi Max ‘Genius’ Campaign – PepsiCo
Tibet Zhuoma Spring – Tibet Highland Natural Water RainForest Water #KissPlasticGoodbye – RainForest Water Tao Shuttle Activation – Carlsberg Importers
Best beverage ingredient
Chilli-flavoured jellies (juicy balls) with plant sourced protein – Zentis Polska
Smootheelicious – Newberry International Produce Bran Formulation Plus Vitamin K2 – Zentis Polska
FeelGood Kefir – Chr. Hansen
Best environmental sustainability initiative
Very light PET bottles for refrigerated applications – KHS Group
Paper Water Bottle – Paper Water Bottle BioCup – White Coffee Corporation Coffee-Eco System – 918 Coffee Co Recycling softening pellets for re-use – Ardagh Group
Packetto Solutions – OCME
Best corporate social responsibility report or initiative
ChariTea – Lemonaid Beverages
Refriango Gives Life to the Future – Refriango Tibet Zhuoma Spring – Tibet Highland Natural Water Waiakea Hawaiian Volcanic Water – Waiakea Hawaiian Volcanic Water Lemonaid – Lemonaid Beverages
Best technology innovation
Self-cleaning mold technology – Husky Injection Molding Systems
Tetra Pak E3 – Tetra Pak Quantifeel System – Smart Skin Technologies Johnnie Walker Smart Bottle – ThinFilm
Gatorade Hydration Tracking Bottle – PepsiCo Gatorade
Best manufacturing or processing innovation
Tetra Pak E3 – Tetra Pak
AseptiWave – Aseptia Roll N Blow – Serac Shared Services De-chlorination Medium Pressure UV Technology – Hanovia
3D Trasar Technology for CIP – Eco Lab
Best bottle in PET/PE
Fruttimo Aquila – Karlovarské minerální vody
Mascot – Danone Waters Origin and Genesis – P.E.T. Engineering
Best bottle in glass
Star of Bombay – Ardagh Finalists
Bud Light Lime Twist Bottle – Anheuser-Busch Grolsch Premium Pilsner – SAB Miller
Best carton or pouch
Tetra Rex Bio-based – Tetra Pak
Concept Superfresh by Arla – Arla Foods HFactor Hydrogen Rich Water – HyEdge
Best can or alubottle
Groovy New Heineken – Heineken
Cornelius Strawster Can – Sulimar Invento Pet Can – Invento
Best closure
SipSmart Cap – SipSmart Cap
Flex38mm 3start – SmartSeal ‘Star-Log’ Alu Cap for Alu Bottles – Closurelogic
Best packaging design or label
Gatorade Hydration Tracking Bottle – Gatorade/PepsiCo
Fruttimo Aquila – Karlovarské minerální vody Zearis Chacha – LLC Zearis Mascot – Danone Waters Tåpped Organic Birch Water – Nature on Tap
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