The Innovation Awards celebrated the best new products at Natural Beauty & Health Show & the Nordic Organic Food Fair, which were presented by Event Director Melina Viking, and Diversified Communications Managing Director, Carsten Holm.
The awards began by acknowledging Poland as County of the Year. Malgorzata Gosniowska Kola – Deputy Director General of National Support Centre for Agriculture and Sebastian Magier, Head of Foreign Trade Office at the Polish Investment & Trade Agency accepted their certificates.
Voted by visitors across 16 categories – the shortlisted products for the Innovation Awards were judged by industry experts Mikael Nordlund (WellAware), Diana MalcangI (NATRUE), Cressida Langlands (Free From Food Awards) and Pim Bendt (Naturskyddsföreningen).
Vit2Go (Mad Ventura S.L), Rawnice, Qleantab, Forty Herbs Organic Sparkling Tea, Camelina of Sweden, Casheury AB, Stockeld Dreamery, The Friendly Fat Company, Veg of Lund, Wrappy, Nbb Nordic Beauty Bar AB, and Zoya Goes Pretty– all took home awards. ‘Best New Innovation Product’ (sponsored by Butikstrender) went to Nothing F!SHY AB for their Breaded vegan F!SH Filé.
The full results were:
Best New Supplement (Presented by Mikael Nordlund, WellAware)
Winner: DRINK RECOVERY – Vit2go (Mad Ventura S.L.)
Shortlists:
Grass Fed & Organic Organ Mix – Nordic Kings Supplements
SOMEGA Liposomal Vitamin C – Summit NutriHealth Ltd
Best New Nutrition Product
Winner: Blue Spirulina – Rainbow Superfood Powder – Rawnice
Shortlists:
RITUAMI – WeZoop
Freeze-dried Fruit Fusion – Brix – Grown for flavour
Best New Eco Living Product
Winner: Glass & Mirror Cleaner – QLEANTAB
Shortlists:
Copenhagen Sparkling Tea Blue – Copenhagen Sparkling Tea Company
SELENACARE menstrual underwear hipster – SELENACARE
Best New Organic Drink (Presented by Pim Bendt, Naturskyddsforeningen)
Winner: Organic Sparkling Tea - FORTY HERBS Organic Sparkling Tea
Shortlists:
Don’t Worry non-alcoholic craft beer – Svaneke Bryghus
Reishi coffee – Rå Hygge
Best New Organic Whole Food
Winner: Camelina oil with basil and garlic – Camelina of Sweden
Shortlists:
Organic Bone Broth from Duck – Dencon Foods
Organic Date Sugar AMRITA, 150 g – EKO PIRK
Best New Vegan Organic Product
Winner: Casheumozza – Casheury AB
Shortlists:
Vegan Flammkuchen with Onions and Soy Protein Strips – Flammkuchen Profi
ARTISAN QUINOA, CINNAMON & LEMON COOKIES - ONESIMUM
Best New Vegan Product
Winner: Spread – Stockeld Dreamery
Shortlists:
Edgy Veggie AB – Edgy Veggie AB
Gourmet Vegan Mayonnaise, 100% natural - Grapoila
Best New Organic ‘To Go’ Product
Winner: Fat-Snacks - The Friendly Fat Company
Shortlists:
Organic Umami Drops – Reduced ApS
Cinnamon Confectionery Bite- Bælg
Best New Free-From Food Product (Presented by Cressida Langlands, Free From Food Awards)
Winner: DUG Drinks - Veg of Lund AB
Shortlists:
IMMUNITY Complex – Urbanfood
Mozzarella & Pesto Brödfri – For Real Foods Nordic
Best New Free-From Non-Food Product
Winner: Wrappy – Wrappy
Shortlists:
Gear Hugger Multipurpose Lubricant – Gear Hugger
Plant soy candle - Mediterranean grove
Best New Bodycare (Presented by Diana Malcangi, Nutrue)
Winner: WILD FOREST Body Mousse – Nbb Nordic Beauty Bar AB
Shortlists:
Natural Sunscreen SPF30 – Odyskin
Wonder balm – Natatul
Best New Face Care
Winner: Rose Water & Hyaluronic Facial Spray – 50ml – Zoya Goes Pretty
Shortlists:
Solid Hydration Boosting Serum – Balade en Provence – BALADE EN PROVENCE
Super-Food Mask – Inlight Beauty
Best New Cosmetic
Winner: Illustrated cosmetics BIO – Terpenic
Shortlists:
Foxberry – Natural Lip Gloss – Uoga Uoga
Dental Powder – Apeiron
Best New Haircare
Winner: Unicorn sour hair conditioner – Spa Vivent Vertriebs-GmbH
Shortlists:
ETOXIFYING SHAMPOO BAR – 4 Starlings Soapmakers
NATURTINT Shampoo & Conditioner Bar Frequent Use – Phergal Laboratorios
Best New Innovation Product (Presented by Niklas Werner, Butikstrender)
Winner: Breaded vegan F!SH Filé – Nothing F!SHY AB