The awards ceremony will take place in Singapore on September 24, the evening before Vitafoods Asia 2019 gets underway.
They are open to companies across the globe, providing their products or ingredients are available in at least one APAC market.
The 12 award categories include:
- Ingredient of the Year: Sports Nutrition
- Ingredient of the Year: Infant Nutrition
- Ingredient of the Year: Healthy Ageing
- Ingredient of the Year: Weight Management
- Probiotic Product of the Year
- Botanical Product of the Year
- Omega-3 Product of the Year
- Personalised Nutrition Initiative
- Start-up Award
- Nutrition Research Project
- NutraChampion award (entries by nomination only)
- Editors’ Award for Functional Food Innovation
The cost per entry is US$199 for all categories except the NutraChampion award and Editors’ Award for Functional Food Innovation, for which entry is free. Entries will close on June 7.
The big winners
Last year’s event inaugural event attracted more than 100 entries from across the globe.
Check out the full list of winners here, and watch videos with victorious representatives from DuPont, Algalif and Kappa Biosciences.
This year’s awards will feature a panel of esteemed judges with a wealth of experience in APAC’s health and nutrition industry, including Carl Gibson, CEO of Complementary Medicines Australia, Clarence Fong, international marketing consultant for the China Health Care Association; Jeff Crowther, executive director of HPA-China; Michelle Teodoro, food science and nutrition analyst at Mintel, and Iain Brownlee from CSIRO.
The NutraIngredients-Asia Awards will follow the NutraIngredients Awards, which took place last week, and the NutraIngredients-USA Awards in July, which means entrants have the chance to be crowned winners across APAC, Europe and the Americas.
NutraIngredients-Asia editor-in-chief Gary Scattergood said: "Our awards will again shine the spotlight on the companies responsible for innovation and excellence across finished products, ingredients and research.
"We have had recruited a top-class judging panel from across industry and academia to ensure each category is effectively assessed in a fair and impartial manner.
"We are looking forward to crowing the industry's brightest and best in September, where winning an award will be a great promotional springboard for business success at Vitafoods Asia."
To find out more about the awards, visit our website.
To attend the awards ceremony, RSVP here.
To find out about our comprehensive sponsor packages at the event, please email sueann.peh@wrbm.com