The finalists in all 18 categories of the World Dairy Innovation Awards 2016, sponsored by Tetra Pak, have been announced. Now in its tenth successful year, the awards are designed to celebrate excellence and innovation across every category of the global dairy industry.
Overall winners from each of the categories will be announced at the awards ceremony, to be held on 28 June during the Global Dairy Congress.
Below is a list of this year’s finalists in full.
Best ice cream or frozen yogurt
Koupe Yasso Spring Sheep Milk Co New Zealand Nanyang Polytechnic
Best yogurt
The Longevity Diet Foods China Mengniu Dairy Company TH Food Chain Joint Stock company Noosa Yoghurt Trimona Foods Bright Dairy
Best new cheese
Gay Lea Foods Cooperative – Nothing But Cheese Gay Lea Foods Cooperative – Nordica Pinar Go Cheese Totem Food
Best butter or dairy spread
Pinar Dairy Co Valio ButterVikings
Best dairy dessert
Pots & Co Noosa Yoghurt Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines Jambo Production
Best dairy drink
Mengniu Group Berglandmilch Reflex Nutrition Ltd Morinaga Milk Industry Co Fairlife LLC Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines Maverick Brands
Best functional dairy product
Queue Marketing Figo Brands Inc | forte Gelato Morinaga Milk Industry Co Fruzinga – Dairy Innovations Lactalis Puleva Foxy’s Thoughtful Ice Cream Maverick Brands
Best children’s dairy product
Arla UK Valio Danone Nanyang Polytechnic Pepsi-Cola Philippines
Best environmental sustainability initiative
Arla Foods Afimilk Wood Energy Solutions
Best brand extension
Ornua Cooperative Gay Lea Foods Cooperative Nordex Food Maverick Brands
Best new brand or business
Top Line Milk Mengniu Group Arla Foods Fairlife
Best dairy ingredient
New Francisco (Yunfu City) Biotechnology Corporation Fonterra Arla food ingredients Nutrilac
Best dairy packaging innovation
Continuum Greatview Packaging Plastic Technologies Mengniu Group Nordex Food Klöckner Pentaplast Group Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines Fauji Foods
Best dairy packaging design
Mengniu Group Dragon Rouge Grupo Imasd Amcor Europe MS Iceland Dairies Spring Sheep Milk Co New Zealand
Best corporate social responsibility report or initiative
Fairebel MS Iceland Dairies Fair Cape Dairies
Best brand marketing campaign or activation
Jimmy’s Iced Coffee Arla Foods Chobani Gay Lea Foods Cooperative Queue Marketing Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines
Best dairy product that is “free-from”
Only By Nature New Francisco (Yunfu City) biotechnology Corporation Tine
Best dairy manufacturing or processing innovation
Suez Advanced Solutions Gay Lea Foods Cooperative Oculer Fairlife
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