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FoodBev Media is delighted to announce the winners of the prestigious World Food Innovation Awards 2026, celebrating creativity and purpose across the international food and beverage industry. This year’s awards signify a transformative shift in the industry, defined by a profound commitment to health, transparency, and the resolution of complex, systemic global challenges.
A panel of expert judges meticulously evaluated a record-breaking number of entries of more than 100 brands from across 28 countries, representing a truly global snapshot of the industry's future. These awards highlight the extraordinary level of ingenuity currently being poured into the manufacturing processes and supply chain structures to create products that are as resilient as they are delicious.
The winners were unveiled during a live ceremony at IFE 2026, held at ExCeL London as part of Food, Drink & Hospitality Week. As the industry’s premier platform for discovery, IFE provided the perfect backdrop to celebrate the businesses at the absolute forefront of culinary and technological evolution.
Melissa Bradshaw, group editor at FoodBev Media, presented the awards and reflected on the calibre of this year's submissions:
The level of ingenuity we’ve witnessed this year is remarkable. These entries represent vital solutions to systemic challenges across multiple industries, in addition to being genuinely exciting and thoughtful product concepts. These brands are navigating complex global shifts, while keeping consumers' needs and desires firmly at the heart of that change.
With the competition more intense than ever, securing a World Food Innovation Award in 2026 continues to be a recognition of excellence. These achievements reflect an industry that is not only adapting to change but actively driving it through bold, purposeful innovation.
World Food Innovation Awards 2026 results
Best products of 2026
Best artisan product
WINNER Qinwan Premium Dates | Dates Chocolate Caramel Biscuits
FINALIST Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu OMG Milk Ice Cream
FINALIST Whirlylicious | The Whirly Cake/ Candy Floss Cake
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu (Princess, Please Get Rich) Yellow Peach Milk Ice Cream
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Ice+ Spiral Pineapple Lemon Sorbet
COMMENDED Whirlylicious | The Candy Floss Easter Egg by Whirlylicious
Best bakery product
WINNER Szezám | Gluten-Free Pistachio White Chocolate Crookie
FINALIST Forno Impero | Vastedda dell’Impero – Trapani Handmade Sicilian Durum Sourdough Bread
FINALIST Nanyang Polytechnic | LoopBakes Muffins
FINALIST Utsav | Multi-Millet Cookie
COMMENDED Avanti West Coast | Cheese & Tomato Cruffin
COMMENDED Cookies-Quartet | Golden Treasure Palmier Gift Box
COMMENDED Cookies-Quartet | HK Classic Pastry Luxe Collection
COMMENDED Cookies-Quartet | Sakura Cashew Nut Cookies
Best children's/baby product
WINNER Little Dish | Superstars Chicken Nuggets with Hidden Veg
FINALIST Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Guanyiru U-Dengxing Children's Brain-Enhancing Yogurt
FINALIST Majans | Infuzions Poppeas
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Ruibuen ChuAi Niu Niu Young Children Formula Milk Powder
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Yimibaba Children Growth Formula Milk Powder
COMMENDED Shanghai Milkground Food Tech | Milkground JieJieGao Liquid Cheese Calcium
Best chilled/frozen product
WINNER Brioche Pasquier | Red Fruit Meringue
FINALIST Demetres | Über Ube Ice Cream
FINALIST Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Ice+ Spiral Pineapple Lemon Sorbet
FINALIST Shanghai Bingjie Food & Beverage Management | FlowCoco Core (Milk & Chocolate) Ice Lolly
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Mini Cheese Milk Flavored Ice Cream
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu SuiBian Qiao Qiao Man Guan Chocolate Ice Cream
COMMENDED Nanyang Polytechnic | Chendol Delight
Best confectionery product
WINNER Issei | Mochi Gummies – Peach
FINALIST Issei | Mochi Gummies – Sour Cherry
FINALIST Whirlylicious | The Whirly Cake/ Candy Floss Cake
Best convenience/ready meal product
WINNER Bonduelle Americas | Bonduelle Lunch Bowls
FINALIST CPF Thailand | Butcher Soup Sausage
FINALIST CPF Thailand | CP Dashi O-Den
FINALIST Saname | Saname Superbone
FINALIST Wat Kitchen | Wat Kitchen Japanese Katsu Chicken Protein Bites
COMMENDED Krispy Krunchy Chicken | Bone-IN
COMMENDED Little Dish | Superstars Chicken Nuggets with hidden veg
COMMENDED Long Weekend | Long Weekend
COMMENDED Scott & Jon's | Shrimp Alfredo with Penne
COMMENDED Taj Foods | Taj Masala Fries
COMMENDED The Mac Factory | Gourmet Mushroom Mac & Cheese
COMMENDED Viciunai UK and Ireland | Viči High-Protein Surimi Noodles with Shrimp & Garlic
Best dairy product
WINNER Yili Group | Yili MilkZi Durian Milk
FINALIST Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Guanyiru Black Tea with Lemon Probiotic Fermented Milk
FINALIST Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu GuanYiRu GYR Popping Pearls Yogurt Series
FINALIST Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Guanyiru Pumpkin & Cinnamon Probiotic Fermented Milk Drink
FINALIST Nanyang Polytechnic | Magic Açaí Blueberry Swirl
FINALIST Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Yoyic Functional Probiotic Beverage (100 Billion Live Cultures) 2 Variants
FINALIST Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Yoyic Galactooligosaccharide Probiotic Beverage (Health-Functional Food Certification)
COMMENDED Dairy Farmers of America | TruMoo Protein Whole Chocolate Milk
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Fruibe Yogurt drink
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu GuanYiRu GYR Fruits and Vegetables Crown Yogurt Series
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Guanyiru Super Vitality Yogurt Jar
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Mascarpone Whipping Cream
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Modern Farming Raw Milk Mung Bean Flavored Milk Beverage
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial | Ambrosial Yellow Peach Oatmeal Bursting Beads Yogurt
COMMENDED Shanghai Milkground Food Tech | Milkground JieJieGao Liquid Cheese Calcium
Best functional product
WINNER Suitefood | Coccola Gel – The World’s First Functional Sweetener in Gel Format
FINALIST CPF Thailand | Peptide Shot
FINALIST Dong’e Ejiao Health Industry Technology | Boost Your Energy Ejiao Jujube
FINALIST Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Guanyiru Sleep-Enhancing Functional Yogurt
FINALIST Saname | Saname – P360 Pure Unflavoured Multi-Structured Collagen (Tasteless)
FINALIST Stamoulakis Dimitrios and Sia | Extra Virgin Olive Oil with Propolis Condiment
COMMENDED Graasi | Graasi Citrus Mint
COMMENDED Humann | Cardiovascular Health Daily
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu White Kidney Bean Extract Probiotic Skimmed Milk Powder
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Yourui Golden Protein
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Yoyic Galactooligosaccharide Probiotic Beverage
COMMENDED Nobilis Zrt | Immuno+ Apple Crisps with Strawberry
COMMENDED Padam Wellness | Adapta-Gut
Best low or no product
WINNER Nize Better | The 80% Low-Sodium Tom Yum Innovation
FINALIST Betty Buzz | Oak Smoked Lemonade Mocktail
FINALIST Betty Buzz | Sparkling Apple Ginger Sour Cherry Mocktail
FINALIST Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Ice+ Whole Mango Stick
FINALIST Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Meal Companion Double Pomelo Light Milk Flavored Drink
COMMENDED Betty Booze | Vodka Iced Tea + Meyer Lemonade
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Lactose-Free Product Series
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu NOPA Blackberry Blueberry Low-GI Flavored Yogurt
Best meat/poultry product
WINNER Wat Kitchen | Wat Kitchen Thai Sweet Chilli Chicken Protein Bites
FINALIST Ambry | Nitrite Free Turkey Bacon
FINALIST Qualiko | Crispy Fried Chicken Burger
FINALIST Qualitops UK | Qualitops Classic Pork pepperoni
COMMENDED Qualiko | Qualiko Karaage
Best natural/organic product
WINNER Niman Ranch | Niman Ranch Regenerative Organic Certified Grass-Fed Beef
FINALIST Dali Springwoods Agricultural Technology | Springwoods Cherry Tomatoes
FINALIST Fresh Del Monte | Del Monte Gold Pineapple by Air
FINALIST Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Organic Mascarpone Flavored Cream
FINALIST Morish Snacks | Organic Olive Oil Seaweed Snacks
COMMENDED AIB Foods | Indus Cashews Nuts/Nuts
COMMENDED Clearly Canadian | Sparkling Mineral Water
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Clean Label Whipping Cream
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Shiny Meadow Yun Shang Organic A2 Fresh Milk
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Three Calves A2? Fruit & Vegetable Milk
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Three Calves A2? Millet Milk
Best plant-based product
WINNER Impossible Foods | Impossible Steak Bites
FINALIST ADM | Boneless Plant-Based Drumstick
FINALIST Bonduelle Americas | Bonduelle Lunch Bowls
FINALIST Leaft Foods | Leaft Blade
FINALIST Wat Kitchen | Wat Kitchen Thai Green Curry Plant-Based Protein Bites
COMMENDED CPF Thailand | Kitchen Joy – Thai Green Curry Gyoza
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia YiLi Industrial | Corn Juice
COMMENDED Majans | Infuzions Poppeas
COMMENDED Nuohealth | Ginseng and Dendrobium Polypeptide with Multi-Chromium
COMMENDED Woodridge Snacks | Woodridge Snacks Yuzu Zest Tempura Veggie Mix with Sticky Rice Chips
Best seafood product
WINNER Scott & Jon's | Honey Sesame Salmon Rice Bowl
FINALIST Crown Foods | Crown Foods Salt & Pepper Popcorn Squid
FINALIST Nanyang Polytechnic | Aerobites
FINALIST Viciunai UK and Ireland Ltd | Viči Surimi Snow Crab Sticks with Collagen
COMMENDED Safe Catach | Safe Catch Tuna Burger
COMMENDED Scott & Jon's | Garlic Butter Shrimp Rice Bowl
COMMENDED SeaPak | SeaPak Wild Caught Breaded Scallops
Best snack product
WINNER BitesWeLove | Caramel Fudge Protein Bar
FINALIST Chick&Go | Protein chicken Snack Chick&Go – Chilli Lime flavour
FINALIST Demetres | Über Ube Ice Cream
FINALIST Majans | Infuzions Poppeas
FINALIST Shanghai Milkground Food Tech | Milkground Cheese Nuts Crisps
FINALIST Viciunai UK and Ireland | Viči Herring Jerky Beetroot Pink
COMMENDED Blanco Niño | Blanco Niño Meaty Asado White Corn Tortilla Chips
COMMENDED Comestibles Ricos | Super Ricas Snacks
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Deluxe Gelato series
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Yimibaba Nutritional Bar
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Yimibaba Nutritional Milk Tablet
COMMENDED Mitsuba Snacks | Korean Crispies
COMMENDED Shanghai Milkground Food Tech | Milkground Cheese Triangles
COMMENDED Wat Kitchen | Wat Kitchen Korean Hot & Spicy Chicken Protein Bites
Best sports/nutrition product
WINNER PH | KA-EX Go Creatine Booster
FINALIST ADM | Pistachio Plant-Based Protein Shake 75+
FINALIST Chick&Go | Protein Chicken Snack Chick&Go – Mango Lemon Flavour
FINALIST Optimum Nutrition | Optimum Nutrition 40G Protein Shake
FINALIST Suitefood | Coccola Gel – The World’s First Functional Sweetener for Active Performance
COMMENDED Humann | Sport Pre-Workout Powder
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu MNHi188 Calcium, Vitamin D and Vitamin K Oral Solution
COMMENDED Shanghai Maction Health Technology | Mengniu M-Action Acid-Neutralizing Tablet
COMMENDED Shanghai Maction Health Technology | Mengniu M-Action Beetroot Drink Series
COMMENDED Viciunai UK and Ireland | Viči High-Protein Surimi Noodles with Shrimp & Garlic
Best innovations of 2026
Best drink innovation
WINNER East Forged Tea Brews | Cold Brew Nitro Infused Tea
FINALIST Gundry MD | Ultimate H2
FINALIST Nanyang Polytechnic | Rhythm Duo: Optimising Performance through Circadian-Aligned Nutrition
FINALIST PepsiCo | FH x Gran Malo 2025
FINALIST Terra Mare | Morning Restore
FINALIST The Coca-Cola Company | Sprite Chill on Coca-Cola Freestyle
FINALIST Xcillency Limited | Woolah Tea
COMMENDED ActivatedYou | Morning Complete
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia YiLi Industrial | Guliduo Fresh Milk Five Red / Fresh Milk Five Black
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial | Youngfun Chew a Lemon Light Milk Juice Drink
COMMENDED Roundhouse Provisions | Morning Kick
COMMENDED The Coca-Cola Company | Gold Peak Brewed Tea on Coca-Cola Freestyle
Best food innovation
WINNER Cargill | NextCoa
FINALIST Angel Yeast | AngeoPro Yeast F90
FINALIST Casper's Ice Cream | FatBoy Birthday Cake Sandwich Pop
FINALIST Innovi | Süvy
FINALIST NeatSweets | NeatSweets
FINALIST Pom'Potes | Pom'Potes 3+1 Fruits & Veggie Lollipop
COMMENDED Bonduelle Americas | Bonduelle Lunch Bowls
COMMENDED Chick&Go | Protein chicken Snack Chick&Go – Cheese Flavour
COMMENDED Cooplands | Pork & Cider Mini Pie
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Cream Specialized for Yogurt
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Organic Whipping Cream
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Yijiahao Cheese | Yili MiaoZhi Crispy Cheese
COMMENDED Kiri | Kiri Fresh Cheese
COMMENDED Shanghai Milkground Food Tech | Milkground Cheese Nuts Crisps
COMMENDED Utsav | Jowar Chips
COMMENDED Utsav | Multi-Millet Noodles
Best ingredient innovation
WINNER Leaft. Foods | Leaft Rubisco Protein Isolate
FINALIST ActivatedYou | Morning Lift
FINALIST ADM | Tradcon SE
FINALIST CPF Thailand | Taste Peptide
FINALIST MicroSalt | MicroSalt 75
FINALIST MycoTechnology | Honey Truffle Sweet Protein
COMMENDED Angel Yeast | Angearom DFA800
COMMENDED Biovit | Biovit Organic & Natural Vitamins and Minerals for Fortified Foods
COMMENDED Gundry MD | Phyto Collagen Complex
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Lactoferrin
COMMENDED Maia Farms | Forms
COMMENDED Nongshim | Flavolink
COMMENDED NutriFusion | GrandFusion
COMMENDED Power Life | Peak MCT & Collagen
COMMENDED Shanghai Milkground Food Tech | Milkground JieJieGao Liquid Cheese Calcium
COMMENDED Tiryaki Agro | Hasata Kelkit Sugar Bean
COMMENDED Vivici | Vivitein LF
COMMENDED Zero Acre Farms | Organic Fera Fruit Oil
Best health innovation
WINNER Flow Health Science | Klario
FINALIST BTI KI Trening | Mountaindrop Microbion
FINALIST Hangzhou MuMeng Network Technology | Ziyangyan 2X Collagen Peptide Drink
FINALIST Nanyang Polytechic | Rhythm Duo
FINALIST PH | KA-EX Go Creatine Booster
FINALIST Saname | Saname
FINALIST Zero Acre Farms | Organic Fera Fruit Oil
COMMENDED Angel Yeast | Angeoprime KA207
COMMENDED BTI KI Trening | Mountaindrop Flourish
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Green Mood Natural Nourishment Ice Cream Series (Black Sesame / Red Bean & Coix Seed / Ginger Milk)
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu GuanYiRu GYR Fruits and Vegetables Crown Yogurt Series
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu White Kidney Bean Extract Probiotic Skimmed Milk Powder
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Yourui Guli Golden Formula Milk Powder
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu YouRui TeKangLi Selenium-Enriched Camel Milk Powder
COMMENDED MicroSalt | MicroSalt
COMMENDED Natureth | Ferrochel Vegetable Juice Drink
COMMENDED Oceanstar/Losoki | Losoki Magnesium Complex
COMMENDED Padam Wenness | Adapta-Gut
Best technology innovation
WINNER Synaura Biotechnology | Synaura HMO Precision Fermentation Platform
FINALIST Beyond Oil | Beyond Oil
FINALIST Fresh Check | FreshCheck Hygiene Verification System
FINALIST Prevented Ocean Plastic | Prevented Ocean Plastic Food-Safe rPP
FINALIST ProAmpac | ProAmpac’s Moisture Protect MP-1000
FINALIST The Summer Berry Company | An energy solution that enables the year-round supply of British strawberries at a commercial scale
COMMENDED DragonflyAI | Hovis x DragonflyAI Pack Redesign
COMMENDED Eschbach | ShiftConnector
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Creamy! Milk Flavored Ice Cream
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial | Fully Automated Cleaning & Sterilization System for Pill-Dropping Equipment Enables Industrialized Four-Layer Probiotic Microencapsulation
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial | Yili Beichang Goat Milk Powder
COMMENDED JBT Marel | ProDose Pineapple Wax Dosing Machine
COMMENDED MicroSalt | MicroSalt
COMMENDED Ospitality | Ospitality
Best businesses of 2026
Best marketing campaign
WINNER Mutti | Mutti Immersive Dining: Deceptively Simple
FINALIST Ball Corporation | Mahou Fallas Can
FINALIST Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | New Product Launch Official Announcement Campaign: Collaborate with spokesperson Sun Yingsha to build a closed-loop channel marketing with omnichannel channels
FINALIST Les Producteurs de lait du Québec | Le goût du vrai (The Taste of Real)
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial| Ambrosial x Doublemint Co-branded Mint Flavored Yogurt and Yogurt Flavored Mints
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial | YouSuanRu X Chiikawa Collaboration Campaign
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial | Ambrosial Jasmine Green Grape Yoghurt
COMMENDED Les Producteurs de lait du Québec | Le lait, servez-vous-en! (Milk: Pour yourself a glass!)
Best new brand
WINNER Synaura Biotechnology | Synaura HMO Platform
FINALIST I Am Nutri | I Am Nutri
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial | Yili Steppe Yogurt Collection
Best packaging design
WINNER Alzamora | CharcuterTree: Packaging That Becomes an Experience
FINALIST Ball Corporation and Mahou San Miguel | Mahou Fallas Design Can
FINALIST Goodles | Cups
FINALIST Graphic Packaging International | ProducePack Punnet Tray
FINALIST Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Guanyiru Functional Yogurt Series
FINALIST Yili | Youngfun x Duolingo Co-branded Word Box
FINALIST Yili | Satine High-Protein Milk Tub
FINALIST Yili | Satine Jersey Cow Carton
COMMENDED Beef&Go | Beef protein snack Beef&Go – Original Flavour
COMMENDED Graphic Packaging International | Paperboard Sushi Packaging
COMMENDED Graphic Packaging International | PaperSeal Pressed
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy | Mengniu Guanyiru Super Vitality Yogurt Jar
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial | GuliDuo Giant Panda M.LanPanda IP packaging design
COMMENDED Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial | Rose Black Tea
Best CSR/sustainability initiative
WINNER Ferrero UK | Ferrero x Chester Zoo Partnership
FINALIST Moom Tableware | The New Straws
COMMENDED SPXFLOW Technology Danmark | SteamRecycle
Best foodservice initiative
WINNER Saname | Saname P360 Range
FINALIST Qualitops UK | Qualitops Q Pork Pepperoni
Congratulations to all the winners, finalists, and commended entries for their outstanding contributions to the future of food!
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