Food Matters Live reveals award winners
Food Matters Live has announced the winners of its inaugural awards, which celebrate the innovation that continues to shape the future of food and drink.
The winners include food and drink start-ups, challenger brands and high street names – all eager to gain recognition for their success in innovative product development, science and technology, sustainability initiatives, or for packaging design and consumer marketing strategies.
Each received an award at a ceremony hosted by Food Matters Live at London’s ExCeL on 22 November.
Briony Mansell-Lewis, Food Matters Live director, says, “We were incredibly impressed by the standard and quality of entries to our first ever Food Matters Live Awards – there were very strong contenders in each category.
“While it was a tough choice, we’re pleased to recognise the outstanding achievements of the winners, who can only be described as innovative trailblazers of the food and drink industry.”
The winners of the awards are:
Innovative ‘Better for You’ Product of the Year
Avocado Oil Mayonnaise Classic
Hunter & Gather Foods
Innovative Natural and Organic Product of the Year
Pomegranate Molasses & Turmeric Raw Kale Chips
Biolicious
Most Innovative Food to Go Product of the Year
Snackamole
Born Tasty
Best Natural Ingredient for Health and Wellbeing
Spectra
Van Eeghen Functional Ingredients
Best Functional Ingredient for Health and Wellbeing
SlimBiome
OptiBiotix Health Plc
Sustainability Initiative of the Year
Rice Sustainability Initiative
Mars Food UK
Best Food and Drink Process or Technology
evapEOS technology
Ederna
Innovative Packaging Design of the Year
Heat & Eat
Fairfields Farm Produce
Marketing Campaign of the Year
The Great Fruit and Veg Adventure
The Great Fruit and Veg Adventure
New Food and Drink Product of the Year
I Sea Wraps
Seamore
Rosemary Water – sparkling variant
Rosemary Water
