Our award for Ingredient of the Year in the Sports Nutrition category aims to celebrate the best ingredients dedicated to enhancing performance, boosting recovery, or aiding endurance. All ingredients specifically designed for and marketed with sports nutrition applications in mind are eligible for entry into this award. From high-end nutrient combinations aimed at elite athletes through to solutions for on the go consumers looking to get healthy, this award celebrates ingredients designed to meet the specific demands of the sports and active nutrition category.

Our Judges looked at how your ingredient meets specific needs and based their scores on your evidence to demonstrate: 

• A genuine consumer demand or requirement based upon a common issue or risk factor 
• Solid scientific evidence to demonstrate a unique nutritional solution to this need or problem – including peer-reviewed data to back up any performance or health claims made
• Commercial success and engagement from your core target market(s). Give numbers and examples of sales and applications that are available in the market
• What gives your ingredient the ‘X factor’ – something that makes it stand out from the crowd and edge out the competition (including evidence to back up claims)

JUDGING PROCESS: 

• Entries were received and reviewed by the NutraIngredients Awards Judging Panel made up of independent judges from the industry.
• Our 2025 finalists have been confirmed and notified. 
• Our 2025 winners will be announced during an awards' presentation in Barcelona on the Wednesday, 21st May 2025.