Innocent’s director of new ventures, Douglas Lamont, collected the Best new juice product award for its NFC apple juice, which scored points for its well balanced taste which brings out the smell and flavour of eating a fresh apple. Minutes later he was back on stage to receive the Best packaging for a juice product award for the carafe style pack which Innocent use across their NFC juice range, beating off competition from shortlisted nominations APPE and Herman Pfanner Getraenke.
The Best innovation in juice award went to UK start-up company Cocofina for its new Coconut Water Tea and Passion Fruit drink, which is an all natural product containing only 26 calories per 50cl serving.
Klaus Heitlinger, Managing Director of the German Fruit Juice Association, VdF, collected the prize in the Best sustainability initiative category for its eco-efficiency analysis study of apple juice production, which has provided a complete picture of the sustainability performance of the whole German apple juice industry, and enables individual producers to benchmark themselves against the rest of the market.
The final prize of the night was given in a new category designed to reward an overarching contribution to the success and health of the global juice industry – the Outstanding achievement in the juice industry category, sponsored by APPE. This Award went to Coca-Cola’s Grove-to-Glass global juice procurement team, which since its creation in 2008, has sought to strengthen relationships and co-operation in the supply chain, often by encouraging new areas of juice production in developing countries. The Award was collected by Venera Raffa of Grove-to-Glass, on behalf of Ademerval Garcia, who has led the team since its inception.
The awards were presented at the Foodnews World Juice Banquet – held at the Casino de Madrid in the heart of the city – as part of the Foodnews World Juice conference.
The awards are designed to recognise and reward achievements which have added value to the whole juice industry, and are judged by an independent panel drawn from the industry. Other shortlisted nominations included Tesco and Gerber, Sainsbury’s, Mixed Ape and Coca-Cola Hellenic.
Source: World Juice Awards
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