Innovation Awards Winners 2025
Every year we look for game changing innovations from world-class tastemakers, and that's exactly what we got at last year's awards. Congratulations to all the nominees on their achievements in an outstanding year.
Past ceremonies
Fi Europe Hall of Fame: 2025 winners
Time Travelling Milkman
Dairy Alternative Innovation Award
Time Travelling Milkman: Oleocream, a one-to-one replacer for dairy cream made entirely from sunflower seeds and water
ADM
Health Innovation Award
ADM: Lactobacillus Gasseri CP2305, a postbiotic that is postulated to modulate stress via the vagus nerve, offering innovation in mental wellness through gut-brain communication.
Tetrapak
Food Manufacturing Innovation Award
Tetrapak: innovative cleaning system used for powder handling equipments.
AKA Foods
Future Foodtech Innovation Award
AKA Foods: Intelligence Platform for Application Development.
ofi
Sustainability Innovation Award
ofi: Driving industry impact through Cocoa Compass
ICL Food Specialties
Plant-based Innovation Award
ICL Food Specialties: ROVITARIS® SprouTx™ - A revolutionary textured soy protein
2026
Celebrating Innovation
Open at no cost to Fi Europe exhibitors, the Innovation Awards honour the individuals, teams, and companies pioneering advancements in the food ingredients sector.
The 2025 Startup Challenge winners
Most Innovative Sustainable Solution
Jury's Choice
Kyomei
Most Innovative Foodtech Solution
Bio Blends
Most Innovative Food or Beverage Ingredient
Koppie
Most Innovative Food or Beverage Ingredient
Smartcore Winner
Standing Ovation
Most Innovative Service or Digital Solution Supporting the F&B Industry
Differential Bio
"I think that is one of the reasons why Informa Markets is organising this: to give startups a lot of exposure by pitching here, there are investors in the room, that could also possibly help them to make the right connections and get the funding for their product development."
Sandra Einerhand,
Head of Einerhand Sciences & Innovation