Fi Europe, the world's premier food ingredients industry event, has announced the finalists in its 2025 Innovation Awards. From a record 177 submissions—a 22% increase from last year's 145 entries—23 finalists have been selected across nine categories.
The 2025 finalists by category are:
Dairy Alternative Innovation Award
- Ajinomoto Foods Europe
Plant-based cheese: texture is our priority with ACTIVA® DA, both on cold cheese and after heating - LIPIDOS SANTIGA
Kaolip Duo: innovative milk fat alternative for superior confectionery coatings - Time-travelling Milkman
Oleocream™ - Lallemand Bio-Ingredients
Engevita® HiPRO Beyond: maximise the protein content in dairy alternative drinks
Food Manufacturing Innovation Award
- Handary
Hékôn™ microporous membrane - Tetra Pak®
Air jet cleaning system for powder handling equipment - Tetra Pak®
Industrial protein mixer - Hosokawa Alpine
Alpine Microburst AMB — redefining fine grinding
Future Foodtech Innovation Award
- Amano Enzyme
Plants Unlimited™: next-generation enzymatic bioprocessing platform revolutionising plant-based food innovation - AKA Food
Intelligence platform for application development - Tetra Pak®
Whole oat beverages lines
Health Innovation Award
- NIZO Food Research
Gut-brain axis on chip: a novel human assay to assess nutrition-mediated brain health - Nu-Mega Ingredients
Gelphorm, a novel DHA emulsion for UHT drinks - ADM International
Lactobacillus Gasseri CP2305 for mental health
Plant-based Innovation Award
- RELSUS™
RELSUS™ Ultra-precise Filtration™: redefining plant protein quality for global F&B applications - ICL Food Specialties
ROVITARIS® SprouTx™ — a revolutionary textured soy protein - Handary
PhosRice™ – rice bran extracts - Reborn Biotech
Clear pea protein: next-generation plant-based protein for clear beverages and functional foods - Royal Avebe
Faster drying, sweeter success with PerfectaGEL®
Sustainability Innovation Award
- IFF
CHOOZIT® LIFT cultures from IFF: connecting time-honored cheese craft with sustainable innovation - Saipol
Empreinte by Saipol®: low carbon oils for a regenerative shift in food industry sourcing—from field to fork - ADM
Building supply chain resiliency: ADM’s regenerative agriculture collaborations across Europe - ofi
ofi — driving industry impact through Cocoa Compass
The shortlisted entries were evaluated by a panel of eleven industry experts, led by Prof. Colin Dennis, Chair Board of Trustees at IFIS Ltd. All finalists will present in person during the show on 1 December, with winners revealed at the Fi Europe Celebration and Awards ceremony on 2 December, which also celebrates the event's 30th edition. Tickets are available.
