The winners will be announced at an evening event at Marina Bay Sands' Saraca Ballroom on September 10, the day before this year's Vitafoods Asia show gets underway.
NutraIngredients-Asia Editor-in-Chief Gary Scattergood said: "Both myself and my fellow judges were incredibly impressed by the quality of the entries we received. I'd like to thank everyone who entered and also the judging panel, which faced such a difficult task in selecting the shortlist.
"I'd like to congratulate all those companies that have made it on to the shortlist, and the NutraIngredients-Asia team looks forward to seeing you all at the awards event."
The nominations are…
Botanical Product of the Year
ALYVIUM — SOLVITAE MEDICAL, S.L.
CNI Well3 L.E.A.F — CNI Enterprise (M) Sdn. Bhd
HydroCurc — Pharmako Biotechnologies Pty Ltd
Safr'Inside Microtabs — Activ'Inside
Probiotic Product of the Year
B. lactis LAFTI® B94 (Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis LAFTI® B94) — LALLEMAND HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC
Life‑Space Probiotic Powder for Baby — Evolution Health Pty Ltd
Psychobiotic PS128 — Bened Biomedical Group
Vinamilk Probi Probiotic Fermented Drink - Vinamilk — Vietnam Dairy Products J.S.CO
Editor's Award for Functional Food Innovation
Accelon — BASF
BARLEYmax — The Healthy Grain / CSIRO
BerriQi — Anagenix
LipiSperse — Pharmako Biotechnologies Pty Ltd
Reserol Resveratrol Boosting Films — Nutrinovate AB
Ingredient of the Year: Healthy Ageing
ActivAMP — Gencor
Astalíf astaxanthin — Algalif
EVNol SupraBio — ExcelVite Sdn. Bhd.
Sibelius: SAGE — Sibelius Limited
Turmacin — Natural Remedies
Ingredient of the Year: Infant Nutrition
AnmumTM with NuelipidTM — Fonterra
Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. Lactis BB‑12® — Chr. Hansen Singapore Pte Ltd
INFAT — Advanced Lipids
Ingredient of the Year: Sports Nutrition
FITNOX — Aurea Biolabs
KSM‑66 ASHWAGANDHA — Ixoreal Biomed Inc
Lupin Flakes / Super Lupin — The Lupin Co
Zynamite — Nektium Pharma
Ingredient of the Year: Weight Management
AEOSLIM TABLETS — Aeon Formulations
BARLEYmax — The Healthy Grain / CSIRO
HOWARU Shape — DuPont Nutrition & Health
Xanthigen Weight Management Support — PLT Health Solutions
Nutrition Research Project of the Year
Berocca for Brain Health — Swinburne University
Complementary Medicine Education (CMEd) in enhancing pharmacist professionalism and knowledge — Blackmores
Dramatically reduce glucosamine tablet size, while improving quality and stability — TSI Group, Ltd.
Livaux as a prebiotic on gut motility ‑ an in silico efficacy analysis — Anagenix
Start-up Award of the Year
Be Spunki REBOOT — Be Spunki
Imagene Labs
Pharmako Biotechnologies Pty Ltd
Senescence Life Sciences Pte. Ltd.
The NutraChampion award will also be handed out at the event.
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