So high was the standard, the task of choosing the top three in each category was no easy feat – and with a new category included, the categories are covering an even more diverse range of topics than ever before.
The awards honour the best and brightest in ingredients, companies, finished products, people and initiatives throughout the nutrition and dietary supplements industry.
Becoming a finalist shines the spotlight on every potential winner creating a wealth of opportunities. Winning a prestigious NutraIngredients Award will make companies shine placing them head and shoulders above the rest. All finalists have raised their credibility and put their company, brand and products even more firmly on the map with the potential to draw in new customers and employees to their business.
The winners will be announced at an online ceremony on 4 May but until then, we are delighted to announce our very worthy finalists:
Ingredient of the Year: Beauty from Within
KERANAT – ROBERTET
Ceramosides - SEPPIC
SynBalance ProBeautyShield – SYNBALANCE
Ingredient of the Year: Cognitive Function
Cognizin Citicoline - Kyowa Hakko Europe
affron Pharmactive - Pharmactive Biotech Products
SynBalance KeepCalm - SYNBALANCE SRL
Ingredient of the Year: Healthy Ageing
LactoLycopene - Cambridge Nutraceuticals
Levagen+ (PEA) - GE Nutrients Inc (Gencor)
affron - Pharmactive Biotech Products
ABG10+ - Pharmactive Biotech Products
Ingredient of the Year: Prebiotic
Livaux - Anagenix
Bimuno - Clasado Biosciences
PROMITOR Soluble Fibre - Tate and Lyle
Ingredient of the Year: Sports Nutrition
CurraNZ New Zealand Blackcurrant Extract - Health Currancy
HydroCurc - Pharmako Biotechnologies
NEM - Stratum Nutrition
Ingredient of the Year: Weight Management
LigiGO - AB-BIOTICS
LipoSan - Ultra Primex Iceland
Capsimax - OmniActive Health Technologies
Product of the Year: Botanical
5 HTP+ - Cambridge Nutraceuticals
Fuca Regularidad – Uriach
Balance Support complex – Fountain House - Home to the brand Foondiert
Product of the Year: Immune Support
ColoDan Whole Colostrum - Biodane Pharma
Vitamin C 24-Hour Liposomal Hydrogel Formula
Quevir Life Extension - PharmExtracta
Product of the Year: Omega-3
OcuProtect Retina - Cien por Cien Natural
EasyFishoil - EasyVit
OMEGAVIE DHA 200 C VEGAN POWDER – POLARIS
Product of the Year: Probiotic
AB21 - AB-BIOTICS
GutMagnific - ImmuneBiotech
Floré by Sun Genomics - Sun Genomics
Product of the Year: Sports Nutrition
Pura Collagen Flex+ - Pura Collagen
CurraNZ New Zealand Blackcurrant Extract - Health Currancy
Beet It Sport Nitrate 400 Shot - James White Drinks
Editors Award for Functional Food Innovation
Bio-Kult Brighten - ADM Protexin
Oliveheart: guaranteed High Polyphenols Extra Virgin Olive Oil - in an innovative, sustainable and protective Tetra Prisma Aseptic
ChitoCare beauty Hair, Skin & Nails - Primex Iceland
Innovation in Women’s Health Award
Bio-Kult Pro-Cyan - ADM Protexin
Osfortis ATCC PTA 6475 - BioGaia
Libifem - GE Nutrients Inc (Gencor)
Nutrition Research Project
Developing the science behind NIAGEN - ChromaDex’s Patented Source of Nicotinamide Riboside, for cellular health - ChromaDex
Identifying and Developing a New Natural Immune Ingredient with Clinically Proven Health Benefits -NutriLeads
The cholesterol lowering efficacy of Lactobacillus plantarum ECGC 13110402 in hypercholesterolemic adults: a double-blind, randomized, placebo controlled, pilot human intervention study - ProBiotix Health (subsidary of OptiBiotix Health)
Personalised Nutrition Initiative
vitcheck - total health and wellbeing
NGX BodyFuel - Nutri-Genetix (NGX)
Nutritionally complete personalised meals - abnormal
Start-Up Award
CLINICNCELL - CLINICNCELL
Zestt Wellness - Zestt Wellness
Advanced Biotics
Now the panel of 13 experts from the nutrition industry will have the very difficult job of selecting the winners.
Kavitha Sivasubramaniam, Senior Editor of NutraIngredients and awards judge, said: “This year, many of us judges had a tough time in determining the finalists and were extremely impressed by the submissions we reviewed.
"The standard of the entries we received was incredibly high and all those shortlisted for the NutraIngredients Awards 2022 should be extremely proud of their achievement. Congratulations to everyone who made the cut and we look forward to revealing the winners at our online awards ceremony in May.”
The other judges for the NutraIngredients Awards of 2022 include:
- Jens Bleiel, Independent Food Innovation Consultant for Bleiel Ltd
- Will Chu, Science Editor at NutraIngredients
- Patrick Coppens, Director of Regulatory & Scientific Affairs at Food Supplements Europe
- Sandra Einerhand, PhD, Founder of Einerhand Science & Innovation BV
- Mal Evans, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at KGK Science Inc.
- Joerg Gruenwald, Founder & CEO for analyze & realize GmbH
- Ewa Hudson, Director of Insights at Lumina Intelligence
- Wenche Emblem Larssen, Research Manager for Møreforsking AS
- Miguel Toribio-Mateas, Lecturer at London South Bank University
- Steve Osborn, Food Technology Scout & Commercial Development Director at The Aurora Ceres Partnership
- Lloyd Parker, Head of Nutrition at Everton Football Club