food Marketing - Technology 6/2023
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Ingredients<br />
Fi Innovation Awards: Recognizing<br />
Outstanding Contributions<br />
Winners of the <strong>2023</strong> Fi Innovation Awards and Startup Innovation Challenge revealed<br />
Innovators scoop top honors in the F&B ingredient industry’s most prestigious awards.<br />
Informa Markets, organiser of the Fi events portfolio, has announced the winners of this year’s Fi Innovation<br />
Awards at a ceremony held at the Panorama Hall, Messe Frankfurt. Finalists waited with bated breath for the<br />
judging panel’s verdict on which nominations were worthy of the top accolades. Earlier in the day, the Startup<br />
Innovation Challenge winners were revealed after a gripping round of live pitches at the Innovation Hub.<br />
The Fi Innovation Awards celebrate the<br />
people, businesses and organizations<br />
breaking new ground and driving<br />
positive change in the F&B industry,<br />
giving them the credit they deserve for<br />
their achievements. They are judged<br />
by a panel of esteemed industry<br />
professionals presided over by Prof.<br />
Colin Dennis, chair of the board of<br />
trustees at IFIS and the British Nutrition<br />
Foundation (BNF).<br />
This year, 20 finalists were shortlisted<br />
across six categories. At the final judging<br />
day before the Fi Europe exhibition<br />
started, each finalist was invited to<br />
present to the panel and the judges<br />
assessed each nomination behind<br />
closed doors to reach their decisions.<br />
Commenting on his experience of this<br />
year’s judging process, Prof. Colin<br />
Dennis, said: “Judging the Fi Innovation<br />
Awards is always a tough task, because<br />
the standard of entries is so high and all<br />
of the finalists are worthy contenders.<br />
What was particularly apparent this<br />
year was how much work the industry<br />
is putting into innovation that supports<br />
healthier, more sustainable eating. At<br />
a time when there is so much talk of<br />
problems and crises in the world, it is<br />
heartening to see companies pushing<br />
scientific boundaries to find solutions.<br />
The <strong>2023</strong> winners and ‘highly<br />
commended’ entrants were as follows:<br />
• Sustainability Innovation Award: ofi<br />
(winner) for its efforts to advance<br />
climate action through its Carbon<br />
Scenario Planner (CSP); KOA<br />
(highly commended) for its efforts<br />
8 <strong>food</strong> <strong>Marketing</strong> & <strong>Technology</strong> • December <strong>2023</strong>
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