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FoodBev is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2024 World Food Innovation Awards! From innovative new flavours to industry-defining initiatives, these awards celebrate the very best from the global food industry. We extend a heartfelt thanks to our expert panel of judges, whose knowledge and industry insight have helped to identify the most exemplary companies, individuals and products/solutions from across the globe. The winners of the World Food Innovation Awards will be announced at the International Food & Drink Event (IFE), the UK's premier celebration of industry innovation. Join us on Monday 25 March at 2:45pm, at IFE's Trends & Innovation Platform, where we will unveil this year's award recipients. Featuring over 80 companies, and spanning 23 categories, each entry represents the remarkable ingenuity and forward-thinking vision that characterises the global food industry. Find the full shortlist below:

Best Artisan Product AraBello® Ltd - Raspberry Marble Isle of Skye Sea Salt Co - Sea Salt Crystals & Seaweed Flakes Isle of Skye Sea Salt Co - Smoked Sea Salt Crystals Lone Star Bee Company - Fiery Sweet Mesquite Infused Honey Alvarez Camacho - Chilled Ice Cream Yutaka - Yutaka Hon Wasabi Paste Best Bakery Product Szafi Products - Sliced Toast Bread Szafi Products - Sliced Multigrain Bread dsm-firmenich - Panamore® Xtense Lika Bakery - Vegetable Breads Nanyang Polytechnic - EcoSesame Muffins Moi by Mademoiselle Desserts - Mini Beignets Best Children's/Baby Product Growth Spurt Nutrition - Growth Spurt Hyproca Nutrition Co. - KABRITA YUEHU GOAT MILK GROWING-UP FORMULA ByHeart - ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula Little Dish - Little Dish Fresh Kids' Meals Best Chilled/Frozen Product Aviko - Aviko Hash Brown Bites Nanyang Polytechnic - Tropicosea - Frozen Dessert Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co. - Mengniu Green mood Osmanthus Mung bean cake ice cream Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co. - Mengniu Ice+ X Brave the world Beer Ice cream Moi by Mademoiselle Desserts - Mini Beignets Yasso - Strawberries & Cream Bars Yasso - Creamy Mango Bars Yasso - Cookies ‘n Cream Sandwiches Jahan Foods - Jahan Chicken Shawarma Kebab Meat Best Confectionery Product AraBello® - Raspberry Marble The Watkins Co. - Watkins Rainbow Sprinkles The Stardust Food Company, Issei - Mochi Gummies: Sour Watermelon The Stardust Food Company, Issei - Mochi Gummies: Dark Chocolate Covered Strawberry NeatSweets – Guilt-free candy Best Dairy Product Le Bonta Wellness Co. - Le Bonta Milk Mineral Salt Glucosamine Chondroitin Powder Zarzeccy - Korycin Cheese with truffle Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co. - Mengniu Just Pure Greedy Hazelnut Chocolate Cocoa Balls Yogurt Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co. - Mengniu YO！FINE DIARY Green Yuzu Yogurt Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co. - Mengniu YO！FINE DIARY Avocado Yogurt The Mac Factory - The Mac Factory Mac n Cheese 4th & Heart - 4th & Heart Ghee Sticks Best Functional Product Naturize Hungary - Naturize Sport Junior Plus Le Bonta Wellness Co. - Le Bonta Milk Mineral Salt Glucosamine Chondroitin Powder PG-Naturpharma - NaturElan Natural Red Lip Iron Drink PG-Naturpharma - NATURELAN ACTIVE PEPTIDELUTEINEYE CARE SOFTGELS AOTU TECHNOLOGY LIMITED - Aehig Nature's Garden by Cibo Vita - Nature's Garden Probiotic Strawberry Yoggies Phytaphix - EndoHormone Phix TurtleTree - LF+ for A New Era in Functional Nutrition Best Low or No Product Snacksy Ltd - Snacksy Raw Chocolate Matcha 55g Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co. /Inikin brew-on-demand tea - Inikin brew-on-demand tea The Watkins Co. - Watkins 1868 Organic Grilling Salt-Free Steak Seasoning Wuxi Mingzhou Yikang Biotechnology Co., Ltd - NATURAL DEEP 30C Vinaigrette Okell's Brewery - Okell's ZERO Nature's Garden by Cibo Vita - Nature's Garden Probiotic Strawberry Yoggies Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co. - Mengniu Original and Pineapple Coconut flavor Yogurt Beverage SUPERKEEN - The Original Best Meat/Poultry Product MHP - CHICK&GO Ambry - Free range turkey bacon Qualitops UK - CHICKEN SOURS Meadow Vale Foods - Sizzling Piri Piri Chargrilled Chicken Fillets Best Natural/Organic Product Hyllers Limited - HYLLERS organic wild bilberry powder 100g Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co. - Mengniu "MilkChoc" chocolate milk Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co. - Mengniu JUSTPURE 0 ADDITIVE YOGURT Nature's Garden by Cibo Vita - Nature's Garden Probiotic Strawberry Yoggies Fly By Jing - Chengdu Crunch SUPERKEEN - The Original Best Plant-Based Product RISE Brewing Co. - Barista Oat Milk Dr. Praeger's - Crunchy Southwestern Sweet Potato Burgers Dr. Praeger's - Birthday Littles Perfectseason - Nordic Gourmet falafel NATURLI' FOODS - NATURLI' Spreadable 450g. SOWN® - SOWN® Brown Sugar Organic Oat Creamer Jan Zandbergen - PLNT Lamb strips Yutaka - Yutaka Vegan Tofu Gyoza jack & annie's - Jack Shaved Steak THIS™ - THIS™ Isn’t Chicken Wings MyForest Foods - MyBacon Newtrition company / Feel FIT brand - Feel FIT Coconut Veganela balls with almonds The Plant-It Food Co. - Chick'n Kiev Best Seafood Product Yutaka - Yutaka Sashimi Salmon (Frozen) TRATA - High Protein tuna meals Best Snack Product MHP - CHICK&GO J&J Snack Foods - SUPERPRETZEL Bavarian Soft Pretzel Sticks Soul Fruit - Crunchy Dragon Fruit Chips The Stardust Food Company, Issei - Mochi Gummies: Dark Chocolate Covered Strawberry Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co. - Mengniu Green Mood Green salsa ice cream cone Moi by Mademoiselle Desserts - Mini Beignets Mary & Bella Cheese Bread - Cheese Bread Best Drink Innovation Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co. - Inikin brew-on-demand tea Franke Coffee Systems - Mytico Bespoke Beverages UK - Fitch & Leedes Budweiser Brewing Company - Franziskaner Royal wheat beer brew Linlithgow Distillery - LinGin Cask Aged gin MamasChai - MamasChai Masala Chai REFIX - Alkaline Seawater/Coconut & Pineapple flavor SPI West Port Inc. / JENJI - JENJI Pure Boba Drink Jamnica plus d.o.o. / ProGame - ProGame TCI Co. - TCI Room Temperature Live Probiotic Drink Win Win Water - 100% Biodegradable Best Food Innovation Gina’s Table - Gina’s Table Happles 4th & Heart - 4th & Heart Ghee Sticks The Watkins Co. - Watkins All Natural Original Gourmet Baking Vanilla Mizkan America - Mizkan Ramen Broth Concentrate Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co. - Mengniu Green Mood Osmanthus Mung Bean Cake Ice cream THIS™ - THIS™ Isn’t Chicken Wings Moi by Mademoiselle Desserts - Mini Beignets Best Ingredient Innovation Float Foods - OnlyEg™ Eg Yolk EXBERRY® by GNT - EXBERRY® Shade Brown ADM - Creamy Vegan Culinary Base ADM - ES1 (Bifidobacterium longum CECT7347) postbiotic The Stardust Food Company, Issei - Mochi Gummies: Sour Watermelon Onego Bio - Bioalbumen® SPX Flow Anhydro - BlueLight™ Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co. - Mengniu Rollflex Suibian Gold Dark Chocolate Ice Cream TurtleTree - LF+ by TurtleTree: Ingredient Innovation at its Finest Best Health Innovation Le Bonta Wellness Co. - Le Bonta Milk Mineral Salt Glucosamine Chondroitin Powder PG-Naturpharma - NaturElan LIVER DETOX SOFT CAPSULE IN CAPSULE PG-Naturpharma - NATURELAN ACTIVE PEPTIDELUTEINEYE CARE SOFTGELS Alvarez Camacho - Dulcilight: new line of sweetener ADM - ES1 (Bifidobacterium longum CECT7347) postbiotic Nature's Garden by Cibo Vita - Nature's Garden Probiotic Strawberry Yoggies Phytaphix - EndoHormone Phix PT Lautan Natural Krimerindo - FiberCreme Best Technology Innovation Franke Coffee Systems - MYTICO Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co. - Mengniu Pasteurized milk protein cheese lollipop Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co. - Mengniu processed mozzarella cheese Hailia - Hailia's Novel Seafood Processing Technology: Upcycling Sidestreams Mainstream TCI Co. - double 2 Nutri® TCI Co. - TCI Room Temperature Live Probiotic Preserve Technology Best Marketing Campaign Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co. - Mengniu YO！FINE DIARY Yogurt Series Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co. - Mengniu Green Mood Ice Cream Series Children's Day marketing activities Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co. - Mengniu Rollflex Suibian Gold Series Ice Cream Les Producteurs de lait du Québec - Pastilles de goût Fromages d'ici (Fromages d'ici taste labels) Fry Family Foods - Fry's Plant Based Nuggets Best New/Start-up Business Hailia Chef Cares SUPERKEEN Ambry Best Packaging Design AraBello® - Raspberry Marble Chocolate MM Packaging - GreenPeel Patagonia Provisions - Patagonia Provisions Organic Crackers Graphic Packaging International - Kraft Heinz Cheesies Graphic Packaging International - Oedipus Mannenliefde beer multipack Graphic Packaging International - Ranobo Quality Nuts – PaperSeal Graphic Packaging International - Salzburg Schokolade – Holiday Kugel Packaging Graphic Packaging International - Pressed board tray VSP – ABP Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Co. – TELUNSU - TELUNSU Desert · Organic Earth Friend Limited Edition Alzamora Group - TriCartonTray Best CSR/Sustainability Initiative Koa Switzerland - New value chain: upcycling the cocoa pulp to reduce waste, promote sustainability and improve farmers livelihood Gina’s Table - Gina’s Table Happles Klöckner Pentaplast - kp FlexiFlow® EH 145 R Klöckner Pentaplast - kp FlexiVac® R Nexira - inavea caring by nature Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Co. – TELUNSU - TELUNSU Organic Pure Milk - Eco-wood Packaging Chef Cares - Gastronomy and Giving: Chef Cares' Recipe for Responsible Growth

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