TORONTO — The 10 SIAL Innovation 2023 finalists have been announced. The grand jury selected products that launched after April 2022; provided a new benefit to the consumer, distributor or restaurant owner in terms of pleasure, health/form or practicality/ethics; and added value on the recipe, manufacturing process, packaging and marketing positioning.
The gold, silver and bronze winners will receive free visibility on each SIAL Network exhibition, and will also share three different prizes from Nielsen (value of $20,000) and a space at SIAL Canada Montreal 2024 (gold and silver). Additionally, the Own the Change prize winner will be awarded a $3,750 discount at Mitacs (50 per cent of your contribution) on one internship unit for an R&D project worth $15,000.
The 10 finalists include:
• Cold Pressed Cocktail Mixers – La Presserie (booth #2039)
• Hemp Crunch – Veggy Crush – Milzu! (booth #1919)
• Fibrepot – Green Bowl Foods – Revived Foods (booth #650)
• Frozen Superfood Tea – Millennia Tea Inc. (booth #251/351)
• Functional Drink Ginger + Camomile – Thehealtea Inc. (booth #143)
• Plant-Based Egg Substitutes White, Yolk, Whole – Yumgo by Alternative Kitchen, LOC Industries Inc. (booth #1129)
• Roasted Chickpeas Snack Dark Chocolate – Three Farmers Foods Inc. (booth #536)
• Shaped Aluminum Bottles – Kingston Aluminum Technology Inc. (booth #1744)
• Stir Cauliflower Rice – Casa Verde – Danper Trujillo S.A.C. (booth #326)
• Vacuum-dried Fruit Chips – Greencious – Tucan Holistic (booth #233)
”This year’s theme, ‘Own the Change,’ speaks to the innovation our food system will need to undergo over the next decade to feed the world sustainably. SIAL highlights and celebrates these change makers to inspire others. Innovation doesn’t need to be a quantum leap, but it does need to add value and fill a customer or consumer need. Our 10 finalists for SIAL Innovation 2023 have created something that moves us further ahead on that sustainability journey and offers the Canadian market a new benefit in either pleasure, health, or convenience. They cover the consumer, foodservice, and packaging, whether it be a healthier and more sustainable update to a traditional snack product, a more convenient RTE format, or adding a functional or upcycled ingredient. The future isn’t someplace we go; it’s something we create. May they inspire you as well,” says Jo-Ann McArthur, president and co-founder of Nourish Food Marketing.
