s and finalists in World Dairy Innovation Awards announced Last night the annual World Dairy Innovation Awards took place at the Koepelkerk in Amsterdam as part of the 9 th Global Dairy Congress. The judging panel considered almost 220 entries from 30 countries in 18 categories. We saw a fantastic range of products this year as innovation continues to ignite consumers growing interest in dairy said FoodBev Media s Bill Bruce. We also saw an increased number of entrants from Asia and Africa representing the healthy dairy market now present in these regions. The awards are a great way to keep up to date with the industry s best innovation across the globe the key players and some of the world s most exciting start ups. It s a great celebration and highlight s company successes in the areas of finished products, marketing, manufacturing, ingredients and importantly, commitment to CSR. All entries feature in a special Awards Showcase magazine, which will be distributed with issue 62 of Dairy Innovation magazine and available as a digital edition. If you would like to subscribe to Dairy Innovation or receive a copy of the showcase magazine please email subscriptions@foodbev.com A full list of finalists and winners in each category follows below Best ice cream or frozen yogurt: Kyl21 Molekyleis Remeo Gelato range - Remeo Gelato Ltd Xamaleon icexperience Neon Penguin - Neon Penguin Ltd
Best yogurt Meiji Amino Collagen Yogurt - Meiji Co Ltd Vegetable Yoghurt - Yummia Pty Ltd Yoatz/Feel Your Oats/Strawberry Chia, Oats+ Yogurt Yoatz Best new cheese Feta bites - Kourellas SA Castello Burger Blue Slices - Arla Foods USA Good Culture cottage cheese - blueberry açaí chia Good Culture Cheese Crumbles - Dejong Cheese Best butter or dairy spread ChimiButter - Samba Flavor Maple Syrup Butter - Epicurean Butter Dutch Farms Greek Yogurt Butter - Dutch Farms Inc Best dairy dessert Mangolina - Nanyang Polytechnic JC s Pie Pops - We the Pie People LLC Dairy Desserts Artisinal range - Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt Ltd Zolotoy standart ice- cream with souffle and chocolate filling Unilever
Best dairy drink YAZOO Yogurt Smoothie - FrieslandCampina UK True Dairy Flavors - True Dairy Flavors Glutiberry - Nanyang Polytechnic Powerful Yogurt Protein Drink - Powerful Yogurt Tine Biola Smoothie - Tine SA Best functional dairy product Arla Protein - Arla Foods amba Gia s Cheesorizo - Wellmont Farms Sportlife With Mobilee: The First Functional Dairy Milk For Athletes' Joint Health - Central Lechera Asturiana Best children s dairy product Chobani Tots Greek Yogurt Pouches - Chobani Inc Happy Monkey Milkshakes - Happy Monkey Drinks Freeze- Dried Yogurt for Kids - Watershed Foods Best brand extension Kerrygold Hollandaise Butter - Ornua Deutschland GmbH s Taverna grill cheese snack cubes with green pesto - Nordex Food A/S Kerrygold Irish Cream Liqueur - Ornua Co- operative Limited Tine Biola Smoothie - Tine SA
Best new brand or business China s first visually traceable milk - Selected meadow - Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy s Gia s Cheesorizo - Wellmont Farms LLC Neon Penguin - Neon Penguin Ltd Best dairy ingredient Delyte for reduced fat ice cream and desserts - Ulrick & Short New dairy additive - Crispy roasted buckwheat - Vilkyškių pieninė, AB Nutrilac solution for Greek- style smoothies - Arla Foods Ingredients Vitasterol S- 80 WDP Functional ingredient to reduce cholesterol - Vitae Naturals Best dairy packaging innovation Murray Goulburn Flip FlipTop Cream Cap - - Pact Group Packaging innovation vending machine - Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt Ltd SnapQuick - Alquería and Ecolean PopOut SpoonLidz - EcoTensil Inc Best packaging design Kemps Cow Bottle - Root Beer Float Kemps s Remeo Gelato range - PETG jars Noosa finest yoghurt - Noosa finest yoghurt Danzeisen Dairy Packaging Design - Danzeisen Dairy Best environmental sustainability initiative
DairyPod - Wood Energy Solutions s Fair Cape Dairies Environmental Sustainability Project - Fair Cape Dairies Nutrilac solution for Acid Whey dip - Arla Foods Ingredients Best Corporate Social Responsibility Report or Initiative Fair Cape Cares Initiative - Operation Smile Project - Fair Cape Dairies s Pact Donates Crates To Food Rescue Organisation OzHarvest - Pact Group Wyke Farms 100% Green - Wyke Farms Reward Voluteers 6.0 - Cabot Creamery Cooperative China Breast Milk Nutrition Improvement and Infant Nutrition Support Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group. Best brand marketing campaign or activation Wyke Farms FreeCheeseFriday social media initiative and Autumn media campaign - Wyke Farms s Our Cheeses - My Notebook - Les Producteurs de lait du Québec Müller Rice with Tasty B - Müller Dairy UK Mother Dairy Taste that lifts you Campaign - Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd. Dairy Gives you Go - Milk South Africa Best dairy product which is free from Dannon Oikos Triple Zero Dannon s
Sweet Rebellion Chocolate - Taywell Ice Creams Yoatz Yoatz Best dairy manufacturing or processing innovation Roll'N'Blow: Bottle Thermoforming machine Serac s Genetic Optimizer - Junction Solutions Nutrilac solution for Acid Whey dip - Arla Foods Ingredients I'm green Polyethylene - I'm green Polyethylene About World Dairy Innovation Awards Now in their 9th year, the World Dairy Innovation Awards is the international dairy industry s leading awards scheme, celebrating innovation and excellence across every product category as well as seeking out the best in packaging, marketing, technology and sustainability. The World Dairy Innovation Awards are organised by UK- based FoodBev Media and sponsored by Tetra Pak, the world s leading food processing and packaging solutions company. About FoodBev Media Established in 2000, FoodBev Media is Europe s leading food and beverage industry publishing and communication business, with a portfolio of international magazines, the website www.foodbev.com and the industry s fastest growing social media network. Since 2003, FoodBev Media has gained a reputation for organising successful international awards schemes in the beverage and dairy industries most notably, the World Beverage Innovation Awards and the World Dairy Innovation Awards. Read, watch, listen and share with FoodBev Media.