The winners of the World Dairy Innovation Awards 2016, in association with FoodBev Media, have been announced as part of a gala dinner at the Global Dairy Congress in London.
The judging panel considered 211 entries from 37 countries, with winners and finalists in a total of 18 categories.
“The pace of change and real innovation demonstrated in the wide variety of entries in the tenth annual World Dairy Innovation Awards is evidence that the international food and beverage industry continues to deliver for the consumer,” said FoodBev Media director Bill Bruce. “From exciting new flavours and ingredients to clever convenience packaging and measurable advances in environmental responsibility, the awards highlight the best of the best from both established companies and a growing number of start-ups. If you want to spot the coming trends in dairy, the World Dairy Innovation Awards provide all the clues you need.”
Below is a list of this year’s winners in full, along with all the finalists in no particular order.
Best ice cream or frozen yogurt
Koupe – Koupe
Yasso – Dessert Disrupters Nanyang Polytechnic – Healthlicious Spring Sheep Milk Co New Zealand – Sheep Milk Gelato
Best yogurt
The Longevity Diet Foods – YoguDiet
Noosa Yoghurt – Blackberry Serrano Trimona Foods – Trimona Bulgarian Yogurt Bright Dairy – 2 Fruits & 3 Vegetables China Mengniu Dairy Company – Guanyiru Red+ TH Food Chain Joint Stock Company – TH True Yogurt Natural Alove Vera
Best new cheese
Gay Lea Foods Cooperative – Nothing But Cheese
Gay Lea Foods Cooperative – Nordica Pinar Dairy Co – Go Cheese Totem Food – Frozen Mascarpone
Best butter or dairy spread
Pinar Dairy Co – Breakfast Cream with Pistachio Purée
Valio – Valio Better ButterVikings – Galder Butter
Best dairy dessert
Pots & Co – Vanilla & Chocolate Pot
Noosa Yoghurt – Mexican chocolate Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines – Nutriklim Sips Jambo Production LLC – dërinice
Best dairy drink
Mengniu Group – Hi Milk
Berglandmilch – Schardinger Smoojo Reflex Nutrition Ltd – Protein Coffee Maverick Brands – Coco Libre Coconut Water Fairlife LLC – Fairlife ultra-filtered milk Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines – Nutriklim Sips Morinaga Milk Industry Co – PREMIL with probiotic BB536
Best functional dairy product
Queue Marketing – Live Real Farms Energy Drink
Morinaga Milk Industry Co – Aloeste Yogurt Lactalis Puleva – PULEVA Omega–3 Maverick Brands – Coco Libre Coconut Water Figo Brands Inc/Forte Gelato – Forte Better in Every Way Gelato Fruzinga Dairy Innovations – High Fibre Probiotic Drinkable Yogurt Foxy’s Thoughtful Ice Cream – Premium Ice Cream with Probiotics & Less Sugar
Best children’s dairy product
Arla UK – Arla Big Milk
Valio – Valio Play Danone – Danonino Nanyang Polytechnic – Ig-Xotic Pepsi-Cola Philippines – Nutriklim Sips
Best environmental sustainability initiative
Arla Foods – Commitment to animal welfare and responsible antibiotic use
Afimilk – Realtime milk classification service Wood Energy Solutions – DairyPod Cogen
Best brand extension
Ornua Cooperative – Kerrygold Dubliner
Gay Lea Foods Cooperative – Nordica Smooth Nordex Food – Taverna portion packs Maverick Brands – Coco Libre Coconut Water
Best new brand or business
Top Line Milk – Low and Slow Milk
Mengniu Group – Mengniu Hi Milk Arla Foods – B.O.B Best of Both Fairlife – Ultra Filtered Milk
Best dairy ingredient
New Francisco (Yunfu City) Biotechnology Corporation – King-Prebiotics
Fonterra – SureProtein WPC550 by NZMP Arla Foods Ingredients – Nutrilac
Best dairy packaging innovation
Daisy Brand and Continuum – Daisy Squeeze Sour Cream
Greatview Packaging – QR codes on aseptic packaging Plastic Technologies – Fairlife packaging Mengniu Group – Mengniu Hi Milk Nordex Food – Portion packs Klöckner Pentaplast Group – ClikPET snapable PET packaging Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines – Nutriklim Sips Fauji Foods – House of Nurpur in Ecolean Air
Best dairy packaging design
Mengniu Group – Mengniu Hi Milk
Dragon Rouge – Danone Light & Free Grupo Imasd – GO’ – Attitude is everything Amcor Europe – Kerry Foods Yollies Yogurt Lolly MS Iceland Dairies – Milk Provides Strength Spring Sheep Milk Co New Zealand – Sheep Milk Gelato
Best corporate social responsibility report or initiative
Fairebel – A fair milk for a fair price
MS Iceland Dairies – Milk provides strength Fair Cape Dairies – Fair Cape Cares Trust
Best brand marketing campaign or activation
Jimmy’s Iced Coffee – ‘Keep Your Chin Up’ rap
Arla Foods – A life without joy is no life at all Chobani – #NoBadStuff campaign Gay Lea Foods Cooperative – Nordica Smooth Cottage Cheese campaign Queue Marketing – Live Real Farms product launch Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines – Nutriklim Sips Care-A-Van
Best dairy product that is “free-from”
Only By Nature – Only By Nature frozen yogurt
New Francisco (Yunfu City) biotechnology Corporation – King-Prebiotics GOS100 Tine – Litago
Best dairy manufacturing or processing innovation
Suez Advanced Solutions – AQL500 Ice Pigging Machine for Product Recovery
Gay Lea Foods Cooperative – Nothing But Cheese Oculer – Rapid, high-throughput assay technology Fairlife – Fairlife Plant in Coopersville, MI, USA
All entries in every category of the World Dairy Innovation Awards 2016 are featured in the showcase magazine, which can be downloaded here.
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