FoodBev is pleased to announce the highly anticipated shortlist for the prestigious World Food Innovation Awards 2025! This year, there has been an extraordinary surge in creativity and ingenuity across the global food and beverage landscape.

As FoodBev's longest-running awards scheme and the premier platform for recognising and celebrating cutting-edge advancements, the World Food Innovation Awards continues to set the benchmark for excellence, and this year's shortlist truly embodies the future of food.

Congratulations to all the companies who have been shortlisted! Their dedication to pushing boundaries and developing game-changing solutions is commendable, and FoodBev eagerly looks forward to celebrating your achievements in person and online at the awards ceremony.

Mark your calendars for 17 March, 2.45pm GMT, where the winners will be unveiled live from the Trends & Innovations Platform at IFE 2025, Excel London.

FoodBev extends its gratitude to the esteemed panel of judges, whose expertise and rigorous evaluation process ensures that only the most truly exceptional innovations are recognised on this global stage.

This year's awards have been the largest yet, with over 100 shortlisted companies entering from across the globe, spanning 24 categories.

World Food Innovation Awards 2025 shortlist

Best products of 2025

Best artisan product

• Cheeses of Wisconsin, LLC - The Big Moo - Harvest Cranberry
• Irish Black Butter Ltd - Irish Black Butter
• Opito Bay Salt Company - Opito Bay Natural Coromandel Sea Salt
• Opito Bay Salt Company - Opito Bay Rare Dry Gin Sea Salt
• SugarBean Candy - Coffee Bean Brûlée Candy - Cardamom Double Shot
• SugarBean Candy - Coffee Bean Brûlée Candy, Single Shot

Best bakery product

• J & J Snack Foods - Brauhaus Pretzel Artisanal Sourdough Twists
• Lika Bakery BV - Vegetable Flatbread
• Slice of Life - Slice of Life Pepperoni Pizza
• Szezám - Chocolate Babka - Gluten, Dairy Free & Refined Sugar Free

Best children's/baby product

• Ella's Kitchen - Oaty Smooshy
• Hyproca Nutrition Co - Kabrita Jingcuiyuebai Goat Milk Growing-Up Formula
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Future Star Exclusive Care Formula Milk For Children
• Kabrita - Goat Milk Infant Formula
• Little Dish - Healthy Kids Limited - Little Dish Meals for Kids
• Little Spoon - YoGos
• Mavella - Mavella Gut Boost
• Nobilis Zrt - Apple Sticks With Cinnamon
• Nobilis Zrt. - Apple Sticks With Strawberries and Rosehip

Best chilled/frozen product

• Aviko - Aviko Camembert Bites
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Deluxe Simple (Four Ingredients) Milk Ice Cream
• JonnyPops - Organic Rainbow Superpower Minis
• The Mac Factory - Mushroom Truffle Infused Olive Oil and Garlic
• Viciunai UK & Ireland - Khinkali with Meat and Habanero pepper
• Viciunai UK & Ireland - VIČI Gyoza with Chicken and Katsu

Best confectionery product

• Candy Clouds - Rainbow Candyfloss Cake
• Gnaw Chocolate - Mocha Melts
• Issei - Mochi Gummies Yuzu
• Kizandy - Kizandy Sours - Watermelon
• SugarBean Candy - Coffee Bean Brûlée Candy - Cardamom Double Shot
• SugarBean Candy - Coffee Bean Brûlée Candy - Single Shot

Best convenience/ready meal product

• Crosta Mollica - Margherita Sourdough Pizza
• Crown Foods - Wat Kitchen - Wat Kitchen Pad Thai Noodles
• Folkland Foods - Folkland Himalayan Salt Organic Farm Fries
• Fruveco- Veggie Nuggets
• Little Dish - Healthy Kids Limited - Little Dish Meals for Kids
• Taylor Farms - Taylor Farms Single-Serve Chopped Salad Bowls (Sweet Kale)
• The Mac Factory Ltd - Pancetta Mushroom & Garlic Mac & Cheese
• Veetee - Mac'n'CheeseHead 3 Oozy Cheese
• Veetee - RamenHead - Tom Yum

Best dairy product

• Arla Protein - Arla Protein Food To Go Chocolate Caramel Flavoured Meal Replacement Shake
• BTNature - Premium Full Cream Instant Milk Powder
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Future Star Exclusive Care Formula Milk For Children
• Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group, Jinshan Branch - Natural Pasture
• Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group (Yili) - Colorful Set-style Yogurt / Bingfen Ninglao（缤纷凝酪）
• Mengniu Hi-Tech Dairy Products (Beijing) - Mengniu GuanYiru Morning8 DunDun Breakfast Yogurt
• Molokia - Yogurt&Sauce
• Yashili Dairy (Maanshan) - Mengniu Ruibuen Enzhi Milk Formula
• Yili Group - Yili LightGrace Red Ginseng Revitalizing Milk Powder (TRT Co-Branded Edition)

Best functional product

• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Future Star Exclusive Care Formula Milk For Children
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Nopa Herbal Raw Materials Substitute Tea
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Three Calves A2β-casein DNA Pure Milk
• Jatcorp - Moroka Formulated Milk Powder with Lactoferrin Immunity Knight
• Nanyang Polytechnic - Glow Elixir Shot: A Beverage Enhancing Beauty from Within
• Nyo3 - Ageless by Nyo3 Ovarian Health Support Antarctic Krill Oil
• Yashili Dairy (Maanshan) - Mengniu Slimline White Kidney Bean Extract Probiotic Skim Milk Formula
• Yashili Dairy (Maanshan) - Mengniu Yourui AnTangDun Sugar Guard Milk Formula
• Zooki - Zooki Super Strength Collagen

Best 'low or no' product

• Betty Buzz - Sparkling Apple Ginger Sour Cherry Mocktail
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Chewy Fruit Milk Beverages (Hawthorn Flavor)
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Deluxe Simple (Four Ingredients) Milk Ice Cream
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Justpure Vitamin D Flavoured Yogurt
• Standard Investment (China) - Mighty Grain Bowl

Best meat/poultry product

• MHP Food UK - Dried Chicken Breast Slices with Soy Sauce
• MHP Food UK - Qualiko Chicken Sharwarma
• Niman Ranch - Niman Ranch Applewood Smoked Pulled Pork
• Niman Ranch - Niman Ranch Iberian Duroc Prosciutto
• St Marcus Fine Foods - Original Biltong

Best natural/organic product

• Angel Yeast- AngeoPro Yeast Protein
• Deutsches Obst-Sorten Konsortium / Xenia Europa - Xenia(R) - Pear your mind
• Earthbound Farm - Earthbound Farm Organic Salad Kits for One (Caesar)
• Folkland Foods - Folkland Cajun Spice Organic Farm Fries
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Deluxe Organic Milk Ice Cream
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Milk Deluxe Desert Organic Pure Milk
• Living Food International - Living Foods Germinated Flaxseed Oil
• Nyo3 - Nyo3 Fish Oil 97% Omega-3
• Opito Bay Salt Company - Opito Bay Black Garlic Sea Salt
• The Organic Protein Co - The Organic Protein Co Madagascan Vanilla Organic Whey Protein Powder

Best plant-based product

• Crown Foods - Wat Kitchen Kung Pao Noodles
• ICL Group - SprouTx Textured Soy Proteins
• Impossible Foods - Impossible Corn Dogs
• Sky Barn - Original Oat Milk
• Sky Barn - Original Oat Milk +Adaptogens
• Steakholder Foods - Salmon Patty
• Steakholder Foods - White Fish Fillet
• Veg Life - Taste of the East Scotchee

Best seafood product

• Nanyang Polytechnic - Eco Nom Nom
• Responsible Foods/ Næra Snacks - Næra Salmon Crunchy Fish Bites
• Viciunai UK & Ireland - VIČI Cold smoked Atlantic Salmon fillet with Truffles
• Viciunai UK & Ireland - VIČI Surimi Scallop Bites

Best snack product

• Beautiful Foods - Chin Chin
• Catalina Crunch - Catalina Crunch Cinnamon Toast Cereal
• Hungry Monkey Snacks - Hungry Monkey Fresh Fruit Snack Bar
• I Am Kooky - Freeze Dried Pineapple
• PopCornaa - Vegan Seaweed, Wasabi and Soy Gourmet Popcorn
• Viciunai UK & Ireland - VIČI Big Stick Seafood Stick
• Woodridge Snacks - Woodridge Snacks' Brussels Sprouts + Sticky Rice Chips
• Zooki - Super Strength Collagen Zooki
• Zooki - Zooki Vitamin D

Best innovations of 2025

Best drink innovation

• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Chewy Fruit Floral Fruity Milkshake Yogurt Series
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu PeekaMoo Cool Lemon Tea Flavor Drink
• Nanyang Polytechnic - Trio Elixirs
• Net Zero Foods - Robot - Organic Honey Cola Kombucha
• PH - Ka-Ex – The World’s Fastest Cortisol-Stress-Reducer
• Refix- Refix Coconut-Pineapple
• Shanghai Maction Health Technology - Mengniu M-Action Electrolyte Concentrate PRO
• Sky Barn - Original Oat Milk
• Sky Barn - Original Oat Milk +Adaptogens
• Win Win Water - Win Win Water - Spring Water

Best food innovation

• Fresh Del Monte - Rubyglow Pineapple
• Gina's Table - Gina’s Table - ‘Merries’
• Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group - Ice Factory Konjac Dongdong Grape Flavored Frozen Electrolyte Drink
• Mengniu Hi-tech Dairy Products (Beijing) - Mengniu GuanYiRu Bama 128 Probiotic Yogurt
• More.Than - More.Than Wholegrain Instant Noodles - Kimchi Flavor
• Shanghai Maction Health Technology Co - Mengniu M-Action Liquid Protein
• Starfield - Starfield Poki Salad Bar
• Stoked Oats - Stoked OatRice
• Veetee - RamenHead Singapore Laksa
• Viciunai UK & Ireland - VIČI Octopus from Surimi with Kalamata Olives and Pepper Drops in Oil

Best ingredient innovation

• Ambipar - Ecological Alcohol - Production of Alcohol from Waste from the Food and Drinks Industries
• Angel Yeast - AngeoPro Yeast Protein
• Coccola - Coccola
• Divaks - Textured Insect Protein
• Gerald McDonald Group - Yuzu Juice NFC
• GNT Group - Exberry Shade Vivid Orange
• ICL Group - SprouTx Textured Soy Proteins
• Incredo - Incredo Sugar G2
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Justpure Vitamin D Flavoured Yogurt
• Natavo Avocado - Natavo Avocado
• Oterra A/S - Arctic Blue
• Shandong Amicogen Biotechnology - Fish Collagen Tripeptide
• Weiming Taiyan Biotechnology (Shaoxing) - WMTY Collagen Tri-Peptide Drink

Best health innovation

• ADM - ES1 Postbiotic (Bifidobacterium longum CECT7347)
• ADM - Lactobacillus gasseri CP2305
• Glastry Farm Ice Cream - Glastry Farm Mango and Passionfruit Sorbet
• Gundry MD - Gundry MD Polyphenol-Rich Olive Oil
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Three Calves A2β-casein Pure Milk
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Three Calves Prebiotics Lactose Free Milk
• Mountaindrop - Mountaindrop Prime: Natural Testosterone Booster
• NYO3 - Nyo3 High Absorption Complex Omega-3
• Suitefood - Formula Coccola
• Yimpression (HK) - Naturally Sourced Probiotics
• Yimpression (HK) - Ovaries Maintenance

Best technology innovation

• DragonflyAI - Birds Eye & Dragonfly AI - Packaging Innovation Through AI
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Cheese - Mengniu Organic Cheese Lollipop
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Cheese - Mengniu Spray Liquid Butter
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Zero-Additives Flavored Yogurt
• Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group - Yili LightEase Zero-Lactose Full Cream Modified Milk Powder
• Sidework - Sidework Intelligent Beverage Dispenser
• SPXFLOW Technology Danmark - APV Seamless UHT Vessel

Best businesses of 2025Best marketing campaign

• Deutsches Obst-Sorten Konsortium / Xenia Europa - Xenia(R) - Pear your mind
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Green Mood Osmanthus Mung Bean Cake Flavored Ice Cream
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Rollflex Suibian Gold Series Ice Cream
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu X KFC Green Mood Creamy Ice Cream
• Les Producteurs de lait du Québec - Milkeye
• Mutti Pomodoro - Make It Mutti: An Immersive Tomato Dining Experience at the Saatchi Gallery
• Yogoody - The Next Level of Yogurt - 'A Taste that Shakes the World'

Best new/start-up business

• Coccola
• Folkland Foods
• Issei
• ProChilli
• Sky Barn
• The Mac Factory

Best packaging design

• Alzamora Group - Christmas display and packs - Chupa Chups
• Graphic Packaging International - Pilgrim’s Food Masters PaperLite Tray
• Graphic Packaging International - Printed Pressed Board VSP Tray for Morrisons’ Own-Label Steak
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Deluxe TPA250Edge DreamCap PoB Full Color Digital Printing
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group - Mengniu Naite Dark Chocolate Milk x Capybara Xiaohuangtun Collaboration Packaging
• Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial (Yili) - Light·Set-style Yogurt / Light·lapper Yogurt / Qing·Ninglao（轻·凝酪）
• Kizandy - Kizandy Sours - Strawberry
• Rebel Bear Honey - Rebel Bear Milk Chocolate Honey
• Veetee - Veetee RamenHead

Best CSR/sustainability initiative

• Ella's Kitchen - Protecting Nature for Future Generations
• Gina's Table - Merries
• Global Village Fruit, d/b/a The Jackfruit Company, Jack & Annie’s - The Jackfruit Company & Jack & Annie's Sustainability
• Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group- Mengniu Milk Deluxe Desert Organic Pure Milk
• Klöckner Pentaplast - Taking sustainability to the next level: KP 100% Tray2Tray in combination with KP FlexiLid EH 145 R, KP Elite and KP Zapora
• Mengniu Hi-tech Dairy Products (Beijing) - Mengniu Shiny Meadow Master Quality Gable Top Fresh Milk
• Tate & Lyle - Tate & Lyle's Sustainable Stevia Programme
• The Bread and Butter Thing - The Bread and Butter Thing x Riviera Reducing Emissions and Waste

Best foodservice initiative

• MHP Food UK - Qualiko Professional Dragon's Feast Steamed Cooked Chicken Breast

Congratulations to all the shortlisted products, businesses and brands!

Each shortlisted entry will be recognised as either a Winner, Finalist or Commended. The final results will be announced on 17 March at 2:45pm GMT at the Trends & Innovations Platform at ExCeL London, and online at FoodBev.com.