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The full presentation of winners and finalists from the World Dairy Innovation Awards 2019, as presented at the 13th Global Dairy Congress in Lisbon, Portugal.
Best allergy-friendly dairy or dairy alternative product
WINNER Heilongjiang Yeeper Dairy Group - Bekari Growing-up Formula Sheep Milk Powder FINALIST ALDI - Friendly Farms Almond Milk Coffee Creamers FINALIST ALDI - Friendly Farms Almond Nog
Best brand extension or reformulation
WINNER Icelandic Provisions - Krímí Skyr
FINALIST ALDI -Specially Selected Gourmet Cream Cheese Rolls FINALIST Inner Mongolia Yili - Satine Jersey Pure Milk FINALIST Oakhurst - Whole Coffee
Best butter/dairy spread
WINNER Agropur - Natrel Whipped Cottage Cheese Dip
FINALIST Darling Pickle Dips - Cream Cheese Spreads FINALIST Lewis Road Creamery - Grass-Fed Traditionally Churned Butter (Lightly Salted)
Best cheese
WINNER Grandvewe Cheeses - Gin Herbalist
FINALIST Brownes Dairy - Vintage Cheese FINALIST Meiji - Tokachi Smart Cheese with Dashi FINALIST The Creamery - Signature Cheese Curds
Best children's dairy
WINNER Junlebao Dairy - LePlatinum K2 Growing-up Milk Formula
FINALIST Brownes Dairy - The Wiggles Yoghurt Pouches FINALIST Inner Mongolia Yili - Cute Star Natural DHA Pure Milk
Best dairy alternative
WINNER Happy Cheeze GmbH - Happy White: The Camembert Alternative
FINALIST Ardagh - Minor Figures Oatmilk Latte Nitro FINALIST Qwrkee Foods – Plant-Based Pea Milk
Best dairy dessert
WINNER Nightfood - Nightfood Ice Cream
FINALIST ALDI - Specially Selected Italian Ice Cream Cups FINALIST Nanyang Polytechnic - Mixed Berry Pudding Yogurt Drink FINALIST National Dairy Development Board India - Dahi-Based Fusion
Best dairy drink
WINNER Hartshorn Distillery - Sheep Whey Vodka FINALIST Biotiful Dairy - Cacao Kefir FINALIST Darigold - FIT FINALIST Lewis Road Creamery - Chocolate Milk FINALIST Oakhurst - Wild Blueberry Milk
Best dairy ingredient
WINNER Chr. Hansen - Sweety Y-1 Culture
FINALIST Arla Foods Ingredients - Infant Formula Ingredient Lacprodan and MFGM-10 FINALIST FrieslandCampina Ingredients - Nutri Whey Isolate Clear FINALIST Sensient Technologies - Non-Dairy Protein Masking
Best dairy snack
WINNER siggi’s - Simple Sides
FINALIST Biotiful Diary - Kefir Quark Black Cherry Compote FINALIST Sargento Foods - Sunrise Balanced Breaks FINALIST Yaar Bar – Cloudberry Yaar Bar
Best dairy parlour innovation
WINNER Yoghurt Barn - Yoghurt Parlour FINALIST Danone Argentina S.A. - La Serenisima Original
Best dairy protein product
WINNER Bam Life - Bam Organic FINALIST Belle Chevre - New High-Protein Cream Cheese FINALIST FrieslandCampina Ingredients - Nutri Whey Isolate Clear
Best functional dairy WINNER Grandvewe Cheeses - Fresh Curd with Probiotics FINALIST Dairy Farmers of America - Live Real Farms Whole Milk Smoothies FINALIST Junlebao Dairy - LePlatinum K2 Growing-up Milk Formula FINALIST Meiji - Probio Yogurt PA-3
Best ice cream/frozen yogurt
WINNER Nightfood - Nightfood Ice Cream FINALIST Meiji - Essel Sweets Ice Cream Dessert FINALIST Steve's Ice Cream - Steve's Ice Cream
Best infant nutrition
WINNER Löwenzahn Organics - Infant Formula FINALIST Feihe Dairy Co - AstroBaby FINALIST Heilongjiang Yeeper Dairy - Huifu Growing-up Formula Milk Powder
Best machinery/equipment innovation
WINNER Cheese Grotto - the wine cellar for cheese FINALIST Feihe Dairy Co - AstroBaby Precise Batching System
Best manufacturing/processing innovation
WINNER Junlebao Dairy - VITARESH INF009S Technology FINALIST Dairy Farmers of America - GoPro Camera Installation at Scale FINALIST Feihe Dairy Co - Instant Dissolve AstroBaby Formula FINALIST Junlebao Dairy - Banner Zhiqin Toddler Formula “Zero-distance" Integrated Technology
Best marketing campaign or initiative
WINNER Les Producteurs de lait du Québec - Solide Liquide 2018 FINALIST Brownes Dairy - The Gift of Giving Christmas Campaign FINALIST Dairy Farmers of America - Mud Season Milk FINALIST Yili Group - Leading the Future of Chinese Dairy Industry Marketing Campaign
Best new brand/business
WINNER Yaar Bars – Yaar Bars
FINALIST Dairy Farmers of America - Craig’s Creamery FINALIST Nightfood - Nightfood Ice Cream
Best packaging design
WINNER Elopak - Aseptic Pure-Pak Sense Carton with Natural Brown Board FINALIST Brownes Dairy - Top Down Yoghurt FINALIST Happycentro + GROM - Brand ID Review & Packaging Design System
Best sustainability/CSR initiative
WINNER Valio - 100% Plant-based Cartons FINALIST Graham Packaging Europe – Adjacent Black Bottle Kerry - Project Leche (WFP)
Best yogurt
WINNER Icelandic Provisions - Krímí Skyr FINALIST Meiji - Simple Plain Yogurt FINALIST Danone North America - Two Good Greek Lowfat Yogurt FINALIST Brownes Dairy - Coconut Natural Yoghurt FINALIST Danone Argentina S.A. - La Serenisima Original