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The World Dairy Innovation Awards celebrates the relentless pursuit of new ideas, processes and products that push the boundaries of the global dairy industry. In an industry that constantly evolves to meet the demands of a dynamic market, and an increasingly discerning consumer base, these awards highlight the cutting-edge advancements and initiatives shaping the future of dairy, and FoodBev is thrilled to announce the shortlist for 2025!
To each company and team represented in this year's shortlist: your dedication to excellence deserves the highest commendation. The journey from concept to commercialisation in the dairy sector requires not only technical expertise but also unwavering commitment to quality, safety and consumer satisfaction.
From novel product formulations that cater to evolving dietary preferences to sustainable farming practices that reduce environmental impact, the innovations showcased in this shortlist are vital to maintaining dairy's position as a cornerstone of global nutrition.
Mark your calendars for Wednesday 18 June, 5pm CEST, where winners will be revealed live at the Global Dairy Congress, Amsterdam.
With over 40 participating brands across 11 countries, these awards are the largest yet, showcasing the innovation and ingenuity across the global dairy industry.
Celebrate these advancements, inspire further progress and explore the incredible innovations on this year's shortlist.
What innovations excite you most on this year's shortlist? Share your insights and join the conversation using #WDIA25
World Dairy Innovation Awards 2025 Shortlist
Best products of 2025
Best Artisan Product
Inner Mongolia Yijiahao Cheese Co - Zhenlao Light Cream
Mengniu Hi-tech Dairy Products - Mengniu GuanYiRu One-shot Immunity Yogurt Bottle
Best Butter/Spread
Meiji Co - Meiji Creamy Spread Tube
Best Cheese
Inner Mongolia Yijiahao Cheese Co - Yili MiaoZhi Crispy Cheese
Arla Foods - Castello Mild Blue
China Feihe - Supernova Cheese Mango Yogurt Flavour
China Feihe - Love Veggie Cheese
China Feihe - High-Fibre Dark Chocolate Cheese
Meiji Co - Meiji Hokkaido Tokachi Fresh Mozzerella Basil Cheese
Meiji Co - Meiji Vegetable Cheese Slices Pumpkin and Carrot Blend
Meiji Co - Meiji Vegetable Cheese Slices Tomato Blend
Best Children's Dairy Product
Arla Foods - Arla Big Milk Multipack
Bright Dairy And Food Co - Jianneng Yogurt for Children
BTNature - BTNature Premium Growpro Nutrient-Dense Milk Powder 800g
China Feihe - GeniusMax Children's Growth Milk Powder
China Feihe - Goodshadoo Fruit and Vegetable Nutrient-fortified children's formula milk powder
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) - Mengniu Shiny Meadow A2 β-Casein Fresh Milk
Junlebao Dairy Group - Mengbao Gaogao Children's Formula Milk
Milkground - Milkground Premium Cheese Lollipop
Vinamilk - Optimum
Vinamilk - Vinamilk ADM Nutritious Milk
Yashili Dairy (Maanshan) - Mengniu HuiCongMing Native DHA Student Milk Formula
Yashili Dairy (Maanshan) - Mengniu RuiBuEn EnZhi Milk Formula
Best Dairy Alternative
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy（Group - Mengniu Daily Fiber Oat Milk Biomimetic Eco-Friendly PET Bottle
Mindfuel Flow - Mindfuel Flow Perform focus and clarity
Planet Dairy - Audu hybrid shredded range
Vinamilk - Plant Milk High Protein Vinamilk
Vinamilk - Vinamilk Plant-based Yogurt
Best Dessert
Arla Foods - Baileys Extra Thick Chocolate Cream
Arla Foods - Baileys Extra Thick Espresso Cream
Arla Foods - Baileys Squirty Cream
Milkground - Milkground Cheese Triangles (Refreshing Apple Flavor)
Vinamilk - Vinamilk Green Farm Drinking Yogurt
Vinamilk - Vinamilk Green Farm High Protein Yogurt
Yili Joyday - Joyday Vanilla Berry Sandwich
Best Dairy Drink
CP-Meiji Co - Meiji Probiotic Drink
Dairy Farmers of America - TruMoo Zero Chocolate Milk
FrieslandCampina - Yazoo Inspirations
Hunt And Brew - Hunt And Brew UK Launch
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) - Mengniu Chewy Fruit Floral Fruity Milkshake Yogurt
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) - Mengniu Chewy Fruit Milk Beverage - Pineapple and Apple Flavour
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) - Mengniu YoyiC Probiotic Lemon Tea
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group - Chewing Lemon Light Milk Juice Drink
Junlebao Dairy Group - Freshjoy lactose-free milk
Maui Food Group - Maui Fresh Full Cream Sheep Milk
Nurri - Nurri 30g Protein Ultra Filtered Milk Shake
Satine - Satine special edition Year of the Dragon co-branded with the Palace Museum
VitaDairy Vietnam Joint Stock Company - Moozi Fresh Milk
Best Dairy Protein Product
Arla Foods Ingredients - High-protein drinking yogurt based on acid whey
China Feihe - Feihe Aiben Yuedong Double Peptide Protein Nutritional Powder
China Feihe - Feihe Aiben Yuedong Protein Nutritional Powder
FrieslandCampina - Chocomel Protein
FrieslandCampina - Optimel Protein
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., Ltd. - Satine Fresh Active Pure Milk
Maui Food Group - Maui Skim Sheep Milk Powder 25kg
Shanghai Maction Health Technology - Mengniu M-Action Protein Drink Pro
The Organic Protein - The Organic Protein Co Madagascan Vanilla Organic Whey Protein Powder
Vinamilk - Meal Replacement for Weight Control - Vinamilk Tu Do
Best Dairy Snack
Cedar's Foods - Cedar’s Foods Tzatziki with Feta Dip
China Feihe - High-Calcium Cheese Puffs Cheese Flavour
FrieslandCampina - Pöttyös Protein
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) - Mengniu Green Mood Green salsa ice cream cone
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) - Mengniu Just Pure Nutty Cranberry Oatmeal Crisp Greedy Yogurt
Mengniu Hi-tech Dairy Products - Mengniu 12mm Large Fruit Chunks Yogurt
Best Ice Cream/Frozen Yogurt
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) - Mengniu Deluxe Organic Milk Ice Cream
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) - Mengniu "Natural Beauty" Lychee Cheese Flavoured Ice Cream Stick
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) - Mengniu Ice + Chocolate frost
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) - Mengniu Pineapple Ice Sorbet
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) - Mengniu Suibian Suibianzhuan Chocolate ice cream
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) - Mengniu Zombie Apple Pineapple Flavour Sorbet
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams - Jeni’s J-Bars: Chocolate Churros and Cream
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams - Jeni’s J-Bars: Dark Chocolate Bombe
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams - Jeni’s J-Bars: Passion Fruit Dreamsicle
Yili Cremo - Cremo Choco Crush Thai Tea Cream Cheese
Yili Cremo - Cremo Fruit Blast Grape
Yili Joyday - Joyday Crunchy Choco Lava
Yili Joyday - Joyday Crunchy Vanilla Cookies
Best Functional Dairy
Arla Foods - Arla Protein Food To Go Chocolate Caramel Shake
BTNature - BTNature OptiCare MoveSure Enriched Nutrition 800g
China Feihe - Feihe Aiben Plant Sterol Esters Milk Powder
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) - Mengniu Future Star Exclusive Care Formula Milk For Children
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) - Mengniu Guanyiru Immunity-Boosting Fermented milk
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) - Mengniu Guanyiru Morning 8 Tons of Vegetable and Fruit Probiotic Flavoured Fermented Milk
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group - Yili Red ginseng revitalised milk powder (Tongrentang Co-Branded Edition)
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group - Jinlingguan Zhenhu Bocui lnfant Formula Milk Powder
Junlebao Dairy Group - Junlebao Zhizhen Qihu Infant and Young Children Formula
Maui Food Group - Maui Whole Sheep Milk Powder
Meiji Co - Meiji W Skincare Yogurt
Vinamilk - Meal Replacement for Weight Control - Vinamilk Tu Do
Vinamilk - Vinamilk Green Farm High Protein
VitaDairy Vietnam Joint Stock Company - Calosure America
Best Yogurt
Arla Foods - Arla Skyr Whipped Yogurt Coconut & White Chocolate
FrieslandCampina - High Protein Greek Yoghurt & Powerbowl
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) - Mengniu Deluxe Deluxe Gelato
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) - Mengniu Guanyiru Morning 8 Tons of Vegetable and Fruit Probiotic Flavored Fermented Milk
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) - Mengniu Justpure Vitamin D Flavoured Yogurt
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group - Ambpomial Yellow Peach Oatmeal Bursting Beads Yogurt
Mengniu Hi-tech Dairy Products - Mengniu GuanYiRu One-shot Immunity Yogurt Bottle
Vinamilk - Vinamilk Green Farm Drinking Yogurt
Vinamilk - Vinamilk Green Farm High Protein Yogurt
Yili Group - Changqing 100% natural yogurt, 400g
Yili Group - Changqing Greek Yogurt
Best innovations of 2025
Best Dairy Alternative Innovation
Mindfuelbev Ltd - Mindfuel Flow® RESTORE stress & mood
Planet Dairy - Audu by PlanetDairy – just like real dairy. With 40% lower CO2
VINAMILK - VINAMILK Plant-based Yoghurt
Best Health innovation
China Feihe Limited - FEIHE AIBEN Daily Protein Nutritional Paste
Dairy Farmers of America - Dairy Pure® Milk50™
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy（Group）Co.,Ltd. - MENGNIIU DELUXE Deluxe Gelato
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy（Group）Co.,Ltd. - MENGNIU Fermented Yogurt Ice Cream
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy（Group）Co.,Ltd. - Mengniu Future Star Exclusive Care Formula Milk For Children
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy（Group）Co.,Ltd. - Mengniu Guanyiru Bama128 Fermented milk
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy（Group）Co.,Ltd. - Mengniu Justpure Vitamin D Flavoured Yogurt
Inner Mongolia Yijiahao Cheese Co., Ltd - Eight-Treasure Herbal round cheese
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., Ltd. - AMBPOMIAL Prune Flavored Ambient Probiotic Yogurt
Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd. - Yogurt for memory with B. breve MCC1274, World’s first Bifidobacterium which shows memory maintaining function with single live strain
Vinamilk - Meal Replacement for Weight Control - Vinamilk Tu Do
Vinamilk - OPTIMUM
Yashili Dairy(Maanshan) Trading Limited - Mengniu One Metre Eighty-Eight Children Growth Formula Milk Powder
Yashili Dairy(Maanshan) Trading Limited - Mengniu Yourui An Tang Dun Formula Milk Powder
Best Intolerance-Friendly Innovation
Arla Foods - Arla LactoFREE Yoghurts
China Feihe Limited - Muyuyouyang
China Feihe Limited - Xingfeifan Xiaoyang
Dairy Farmers of America - Dairy Pure® Milk50™
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy（Group）Co.,Ltd. - MENGNIU Shiny Meadow Double Protein Milk
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co.,Ltd, China - Yili’s Patented Multi-Enzymatic Lactose-to-GOS Technology: Boosting Gut Health in Qinghuo Adult Milk Powder
Junlebao Dairy Group Co., Ltd - Tianshikangmin Infant Partially Hydrolyzed Milk Protein Formula Food for Special Medical Purpose
YEEPER(QINGDAO)SHEEP DAIRY CO LTD - Yeeper Boneng young children formula sheep milk powder
Best Manufacturing/Technology innovation
Arla Foods Ingredients - High Yield Cottage Cheese
Collo - Collo Liquid Analyzer
CP-Meiji Co., Ltd. - Meiji Greek Style Yogurt
dsm-firmenich - Maxiren EVO
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy（Group）Co.,Ltd. - MENGNIU Conversion of Lactose in Milk to Tagatose by Enzyme-Chemical Method in a Synthesis Tower
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy（Group）Co.,Ltd. - Mengniu Multi-Texture Ice Cream Blending-Dispersion-Infusion Integrated Technology
Inner Mongolia Yijiahao Cheese Co., Ltd - Yili’s Xiang Yue Whipping Cream
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., Ltd. - AMBPOMIAL Yellow Peach Oatmeal Bursting Beads Yogurt
Junlebao Dairy Group Co., Ltd - Freshjoy lactose free milk
Mengniu Hi-tech Dairy Products - Mengniu 12MM Large Fruit Chunks Yogurt
smaXtec Limited - TruHealth Management – Powered by AI TruAdvice™ & Digital Assistant
SPXFLOW Technology Danmark A/s - APV SEAMLESS UHT VESSEL
Vikan - Ultra Safe Technology Tank Brush
Best businesses of 2025
Best Marketing Campaign
Arla Foods Ingredients - Upcycle your whey to value
China Feihe Limited - China Feihe - Launch of Fresh Extraction Technology of Milk Protein
Dairy Farmers of America - Alta Dena
Dairy Farmers of America - Mayfield Dairy
Dairy Farmers of America - Meadow Gold
Dairy Farmers of America - TruMoo Limited Edition flavors
Dairy Farmers of Canada - Farm & Seek Campaign
Hunt And Brew - Hunt And Brew UK Launch Campaign
Les Producteurs de lait du Québec - Lait - Rien d'autre (Milk - Nothing else)
Les Producteurs de lait du Québec - Milkeye
Müller UK & Ireland - Müller Corner Originals
Best New Brand
China Feihe Limited - FEIHE AIBEN Daily Protein Nutritional Paste
China Feihe Limited - FEIHE ZHIYUNSHEYANG Postnatal & Lactation Nutrition Powder
China Feihe Limited - FEIHE ZHIYUNSHEYANG Prenatal & Maternity Nutrition Powder
PlanetDairy - How all dairy companies will be in the future
Shanghai Maction Health Technology Co., Ltd - Mengniu M-ACTION
SYNAURA Biotechnology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. - Synaura Biotech: A Synthetic Biology Startup that Specializes in Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs)
Best Packaging Design
China Feihe Limited - Love Veggie Cheese
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy（Group）Co.,Ltd. - Mengniu Daily Fiber Oat Milk Biomimetic Eco-Friendly PET Bottle
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy（Group）Co.,Ltd. - Mengniu DELUXE@ TPA250 Edge DreamCap PoB Full Color Digital Printing
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy（Group）Co.,Ltd. - Mengniu Guanyiru Blueberrie Popping Beads Fermented milk
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy（Group）Co.,Ltd. - Mengniu Guanyiru Forest-Protection Fermented milk
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy（Group）Co.,Ltd. - Mengniu Shiny Meadow Seasonal Packaging (Cherry Blossom Bottle / Chinese New Year Bottle / Luminous Bottle)
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., Ltd. - Satine Fresh Active Pure Milk
Mengniu Hi-tech Dairy Products - Mengniu YoyiC Chubby Bottle Probiotic Dairy Beverage
VINAMILK - VINAMILK Plant-based Yoghurt
Yili Group - Shuhua Lactose-free Milk x Ma Long Co-branded Collectible Edition Packaging
Yili ChangQing - Changqing Greek Yogurt
Best CSR/Sustainability Initiative
Arla Foods Ingredients - Upcycle your whey to value
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy（Group）Co.,Ltd. - MENGNIIU DELUXE Organic Milk Ice Cream
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy（Group）Co.,Ltd. - Mengniu DELUXE® A2 beta-Casein Pure Milk
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy（Group）Co.,Ltd. - MENGNIU Green Mood Mung Bean Ice Cream (Eco Mission Edition)
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy（Group）Co.,Ltd. - Mengniu Strawberry Flavoured Ice Cream
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy（Group）Co.,Ltd. - MENGNIU YoyiC Environment - Friendly Packaging
Maui Food Group Limited - Maui Sheep Milk
Yili Group - Satine Carbon-Reduced Organic milk
Yili Group - Yili Eco-friendly Double Reduction Pure Milk
Congratulations to all the shortlisted products, innovations and brands!
Each shortlisted entry will be recognised as either a Winner, Finalist or Commended, on the 18th June 2025.
FoodBev's Global Dairy Congress 2025
Time is running out to secure your place at the Global Dairy Congress 2025, taking place in Amsterdam from 18 to 19 June.
Now in its 18th year, the Global Dairy Congress is recognised as the dairy industry’s leading international forum devoted to marketing and branding, consumers and innovation – providing unparalleled access to the latest strategic insights alongside opportunities to connect with senior professionals from across the global sector.
Hosted at the five-star Hyatt Regency Amsterdam, this year’s Congress will feature two days of insight-packed conference sessions, high-level networking, an exclusive visit to FrieslandCampina’s Innovation Centre and presentation of the World Dairy Innovation Awards 2025.
Under the theme ‘Dairy for All Ages', expert-led conference sessions will explore market and consumer trends, international development, industry leadership, nutrition, functional dairy, age- and health-focused innovation and cell-based prospects.
About FoodBev Awards
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