Today’s start-ups and spin-outs are the future major players of the industry. In this award, we look to celebrate the best new companies blazing the trail in the nutrition and health market. From university spin-outs and one-man outfits making a big impact to incubators and fast-growing new companies about to make it big, this award rewards new ideas, the potential for change, and commercial success in companies established in the past 5 years.

Our judges based their decision on the following criteria:

• Be a start-up, incubator, spin-out or new company that has been trading less than five years
• Able to demonstrate sound science, research, and/or technological developments that back up your business
• Commercial potential or success: Evidence of commercial interest, success, or potential market applications (if not yet launched)

• Whether the idea, product or initiative has potential to be a ‘game changing’ innovation in the developing personalised nutrition space
• What gives your product 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.