The Food Tech Innovation Awards 2025 recognize the most innovative proposals that offer a disruptive approach to Customer Experience or Management. The award has 6 categories: digitalization award for the food and beverage industry; best sustainability project; healthy food; the best innovation project for the packaging industry; the most innovative food tech startup; and the best automation and robotics solution. The FoodTech Innovation Awards are open to all companies, universities, business schools, researchers, journalists, and start-ups from all over the world. The proposal entry deadline is 04 April 2025. Food Tech Innovation Awards
Foodtech Innovations Awards recognizes the most innovative proposals that offer a disruptive approach to Customer Experience or Management. Innovative business models or technology that can make a change in the food sector.
We believe that the food industry is booming and while online reviews are great, it always helps to have some recognition from a credible, third-party source. Additionally, as food lovers, we wish to recognize those organizations that are shaping the industry and promote them to our 100,000 strong readerships and to the media. Our goal is to provide the very best tips on food to our discerning followers and subscribers too. This way, we intend to bring out the best in the food industry and highlight it for the world to see.
Categories
Innovative solution on digitalization for the food and beverage industry
This category seeks to recognise the work and effort of the company, platform, solution or technological application that is impacting and transforming the food and beverage industry, its sales model, its production, process, contact with the consumer or value proposition through a solution linked to the digital and technological sphere. Applications of technologies such as IoT, cloud, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Twin or biotechnology among others to the food and beverages industry will be considered.
Sustainability project
The aim is to recognise the work and effort of positive impact as an alternative to a problem of environmental impact; and as a fulfilment of the sustainable development goals. SDGS. Such as packaging waste, actions to reduce climate change, more sustainable agricultural practices, science and research applied to understanding and improving environmental impact, circular economy, and better sustainability awareness initiatives.
Healthy food
The aim is to recognise the work and effort of the company, project or platform that promotes an innovative and/or scientific solution that promotes healthy eating. This award contributes to the promotion of innovative projects developed throughout the value chain of the food industry, as well as projects within the framework of Foodtech whose solution has a direct impact on healthy eating.
Automation and robotics solution for the food value chain
This category is focused on the use of automation and robotics to boost the competitiveness of their production processes or their factories. Projects focused on the field of innovation, research and development (R+D+I) between industrial companies, technology centers or robotics manufacturers may also be presented.
Disruptive solutions for the packaging industry
This award aims to reward new challenges in innovation in an industry in total transformation for the food industry.
Innovative startup
This award is aimed at the most innovative startups with the greatest impact on digitalisation, sustainability and health in the Foodtech sector. Whether they are at a very early stage or at a more advanced stage, innovation and disruption in the solution itself will be valued. This category, in turn, will receive applications submitted directly from the FoodTech Startup Forum of Food 4 Future – Expo FoodTech.
Spanish startup with the greatest international projection
This award seeks to recognise the Spanish startup with the greatest international projection. Their foodtech solution is considered to have a fully defined global impact in tackling some of the major challenges facing the food and beverage industry
Key Dates
- Submission Deadline: April 4, 202
- Finalist Notification: From April 14, 2025
- Award Ceremony: May 14, 2025
