Last night the annual World Dairy Innovation Awards took place at the Koepelkerk in Amsterdam as part of the ninth Global Dairy Congress.
The judging panel considered almost 220 entries from 30 countries in 18 categories.
“We saw a fantastic range of products this year as innovation continues to ignite consumers’ growing interest in dairy,” said FoodBev Media’s Bill Bruce. “We also saw an increased number of entrants from Asia and Africa representing the healthy dairy market now present in these regions.
“The awards are a great way to keep up to date with the industry’s best innovation across the globe from key players and some of the world’s most exciting start ups. It’s a great celebration and highlights 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 62 of Dairy Innovation magazine and available as a digital edition. If you would like to subscribe to Dairy 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 ice cream or frozen yogurt
Winner Kyl21 – Molekyleis
Finalists Remeo Gelato range – Remeo Gelato Ltd Xamaleon – iceXperience Neon Penguin – Neon Penguin Ltd
Best yogurt
Winner Meiji Amino Collagen Yogurt – Meiji Co Ltd
Finalists Vegetable Yoghurt – Yummia Pty Ltd Yoatz/Feel Your Oats/Strawberry Chia, Oats+ Yogurt – Yoatz
Best new cheese Winner Feta bites – Kourellas SA
Finalists Castello Burger Blue Slices – Arla Foods USA Good Culture cottage cheese – blueberry açaí chia – Good Culture Cheese Crumbles – Dejong Cheese
Best butter or dairy spread
Winner ChimiButter – Samba Flavor
Finalists Maple Syrup Butter – Epicurean Butter Dutch Farms Greek Yogurt Butter – Dutch Farms Inc
Best dairy dessert
Winner Mangolina – Nanyang Polytechnic
Finalists JC’s Pie Pops – We the Pie People LLC Dairy Desserts Artisinal range – Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt Ltd Zolotoy standard ice-cream with soufflé and chocolate filling – Unilever
Best dairy drink
Winner Yazoo yogurt smoothie – FrieslandCampina UK
Finalists True Dairy Flavors – True Dairy Flavors Glutiberry – Nanyang Polytechnic Powerful Yogurt protein drink – Powerful Yogurt Tine Biola smoothie – Tine SA
Best functional dairy product
Winner Arla Protein – Arla Foods amba
Finalists Gia’s Cheesorizo – Wellmont Farms Sportlife With Mobilee: The First Functional Dairy Milk For Athletes’ Joint Health – Central Lechera Asturiana
Best children’s dairy product
Winner Chobani Tots Greek Yogurt Pouches – Chobani Inc
Finalists Happy Monkey Milkshakes – Happy Monkey Drinks Freeze-Dried Yogurt for Kids – Watershed Foods
Best brand extension
Winner Kerrygold Hollandaise Butter – Ornua Deutschland GmbH
Finalists Taverna grill cheese snack cubes with green pesto – Nordex Food A/S Kerrygold Irish Cream Liqueur – Ornua Co-operative Limited Tine Biola Smoothie – Tine SA
Best new brand or business
Winner China’s first visually traceable milk – Selected Meadow – Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy
Finalists Gia’s Cheesorizo – Wellmont Farms LLC Neon Penguin – Neon Penguin Ltd
Best dairy ingredient
Winner Delyte for reduced fat ice cream and desserts – Ulrick & Short
Finalists New dairy additive – Crispy roasted buckwheat – Vilkyškių pieninė, AB Nutrilac solution for Greek-style smoothies – Arla Foods Ingredients Vitasterol S-80 WDP – Functional ingredient to reduce cholesterol – Vitae Naturals
Best dairy packaging innovation
Winner Murray Goulburn flip top cream cap – Pact Group
Finalists Packaging innovation vending machine – Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt Ltd SnapQuick – Alquería and Ecolean PopOut SpoonLidz – EcoTensil Inc
Best packaging design Winner Kemps Cow Bottle – Root Beer Float – Kemps
Finalists Remeo Gelato range – PETG jars Noosa finest yoghurt – Noosa finest yoghurt Danzeisen Dairy Packaging Design – Danzeisen Dairy
Best environmental sustainability initiative
Winner DairyPod – Wood Energy Solutions
Finalists Fair Cape Dairies Environmental Sustainability Project – Fair Cape Dairies Nutrilac solution for Acid Whey dip – Arla Foods Ingredients
Best Corporate Social Responsibility Report or Initiative
Winner Fair Cape Cares Initiative – Operation Smile Project – Fair Cape Dairies
Finalists Pact Donates Crates To Food Rescue Organisation OzHarvest – Pact Group Wyke Farms 100% Green – Wyke Farms Reward Voluteers 6.0 – Cabot Creamery Cooperative China Breast Milk Nutrition Improvement and Infant Nutrition Support – Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group.
Best brand marketing campaign or activation
Winner Wyke Farms FreeCheeseFriday social media initiative and Autumn media campaign – Wyke Farms
Finalists Our Cheeses – My Notebook – Les Producteurs de lait du Québec Müller Rice with Tasty B – Müller Dairy UK Mother Dairy ‘Taste that lifts you’ Campaign – Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd. Dairy Gives you Go – Milk South Africa
Best dairy product which is “free from”
Winner Dannon Oikos Triple Zero – Dannon
Finalists Sweet Rebellion chocolate – Taywell Ice Creams Yoatz – Yoatz
Best dairy manufacturing or processing innovation
Winner Roll’N’Blow: Bottle Thermoforming machine – Serac
Finalists Genetic Optimizer – Junction Solutions Nutrilac solution for Acid Whey dip – Arla Foods Ingredients I’m green polyethylene – I’m green Polyethylene
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