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 – International Food & Drink Event 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 Klario (by 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!