This afternoon, the winners and finalists in the 19th World Beverage Innovation Awards were announced during a special virtual ceremony. The judging panel considered 155 entries from 20 countries across 21 categories.
This year’s awards celebrated some of the most ambitious new products of 2020 in the Beverage sector, who did not let the coronavirus pandemic halt their ambition and drive to innovate, from both established brands and start-ups.
FoodBev Media Marketing Manager Matt Rushton took a moment to acknowledge this year’s awards: “The past 18 months have been a challenge for us all. It has been brilliant to see the vast amount of innovative products, services and initiatives taking the beverage industry by storm, despite these challenges. Whilst we have announced our finalists and winners I think it is important to congratulate every entry on being brave, daring and forward-thinking enough to continue innovating and creating exciting new products and concepts for the beverage industry, at this tricky time!”
“Congratulations must of course go to our finalists, highly commended finalists and winners, whom our judging panel deemed worthy of such accolades. This year saw some incredibly close scores and incredibly great entries!”
A full list of winners and finalists in each category follows below.
Winners & Finalists of the 2021 World Beverage Innovation Awards!
Best alcohol drink
Pals Vodka – Central Otago Peach & Passionfruit and Soda
TRIVIUM PACKAGING – Lola
Tiger Gin
ALDI – exclusive Exquisite Collection Cotes de Provence Rose
Best beverage concept
DOKI DOKI – Functional Beverages
REBBL Stacked Coffee
ISH – a mindful drinking company
Bemuse – Sparkling Low Alcohol Mead
OTO CBD – Pump Action Booster
Best beverage ingredient
FUL Foods – Carbon Negative FUL® Superfood
ikaffe partner co ltd – chillme
Soylent – Soy Protein Isolate
Best bottle in glass
Ardagh Group – Absolut Movement
Best can or alubottle
CANPACK – BAVARIA 8.6
Canpack – ZUBR (Kompania Piwowarska) Demonstrates How Packaging Can Serve Corporate Social Responsibility
TRIVIUM PACKAGING – Rainforest
Best CSR or sustainability initiative
Harley Refrigeration – Parker Ammonia Submicronic Filter System
Best dairy drink
Maple Hill – Zero Sugar Organic Milk
Inner Mongolia Yili Group Co., Ltd – Youngfun Milk Bubble
Inner Mongolia Yili Group Co., Ltd. – Yiran Milk Mineral Salt Milk Tea
Hunt and Brew – Extra Creamy and Hunt and Brew Skinny
Best environmentally friendly packaging
Brownes Dairy – Australia’s First Fully Renewable Carton!
PepsiCo Design & Innovation – SodaStream Professional
Aptar Food+Beverage – Rocket
TRIVIUM PACKAGING – Pac Round
Best functional drink
The GUTsy Captain – Kombucha Zero
Clutch Cognition ApS – Clutch Cognition
Qula Co Inc – Qula Kombucha Tabs
OTO CBD – pump-action CBD Booster
Best infusion or botanical drink
DRY – Botanical Bitters & Soda
MAISON VILLEVERT – June Royal Pear & Cardamom
Tezahn – Organic Herbal Cold Infusions
Best Juice or juice drink
MB 3 Ocean – O.Jamu
ALDI-exclusive VitaLife Cold Pressed Juice
ALDI-exclusive Nature’s Nectar Watermelon Lemonade
ALDI-exclusive Simply Nature Organic Juice Blends
Best low-or-no alcohol drink
The Duchess Drinks Studio – Duchess Alcohol-Free Wine Spritzer
Gibson’s Goodology – CBD infused tea: Green Tea and Passion Fruit, Jasmine Tea and Rhubarb, and Shiso Tea and Blueberry
OTO CBD – Cocktail Bitters
DRY – Botanical Bubbly Reserve
Best manufacturing or processing innovation
HYDRACT – water hydraulic process valve
Soylent
Best marketing campaign
CANPACK – Żubr, Kompania Piwowarska Demonstrates How Packaging Can Serve Corporate Social Responsibility
Brownes Dairy – Milko
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., Ltd – Youngfun Milk Bubble
PepsiCo Design & Innovation – Pepsi KSA Music Campaign
CANPACK – personalised cans for TYSKIE beer (Kompania Piwowarska)
Best new brand or business
Pals
ikaffe partner co ltd – Chillme
OTO CBD
The Naked Collective
Best packaging design or label
Kel & Partners – Aqua ViTea
Inner Mongolia Yili Group Co., Ltd – Cute Star Rub Your Tummy dietary fiber yogurt drink
TRIVIUM PACKAGING – Proud Source
PepsiCo Design & Innovation – Pepsi Culture Can LTO – Mexico
Crown Packaging / Coca-Cola CCHBC – AHA
CANPACK – ZUBR (Kompania Piwowarska) Demonstrates How Packaging Can Serve Corporate Social Responsibility
Best plant-based drink
Patch Organics – Pumpkin Seed Milk
NotCo – NotMilk
Koia – Koia Smoothie
Soylent – Complete Protein
Best premium or adult drink
ALAVIE DRINKS – Alavie Fruity notes – the French non-alcoholic distilled aperitif with zero sugar
Saintly Beverage Co Pty Ltd – Saintly Hard Seltzer
BOMANI Vanilla Hard Cold Brew Coffee
Best RTD beverage
Hunt and Brew – Peru Single Origin Cold Brew Mocha
Vessl Inc. – Tea of a Kind
Best sparkling drink
REBBL POP
TRIVIUM PACKAGING – Waiakea
Best technology innovation
Botrista Technology – Botrista DrinkBot
About The World Beverage Innovation Awards
The World Beverage Innovation Awards are a celebration of innovation and excellence across every category of the global beverage industry. These awards are a fantastic way to enhance the promotion of your brand and to ensure it gains global recognition. Being successfully shortlisted provides a hallmark of success that will prevail long after the awards ceremony and can highlight the contribution your company’s products and team are making to the beverage industry.
For more information about our selection of awards programmes, please visit our Awards homepage or email awards@foodbev.com.
About FoodBev Media
Established in 2000, FoodBev Media is the food and beverage industry’s leading media and communication business. With a portfolio of international magazines, the website www.foodbev.com and the industry’s largest social media network, FoodBev Media ensures you are continuously kept up to date with the latest trends and innovations. Since 2003, FoodBev Media has gained a reputation for organising successful international awards schemes in the food, beverage and dairy industries.
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