International FoodTec Award 2027: Winners Announced
21 award winners honored for innovation, sustainability, and efficiency
The DLG (German Agricultural Society), together with its partners, has announced the winners of the 2027 International FoodTec Awards. Twenty-one innovation projects from the international food technology and supplier industries were honored with the prestigious technology award by an international jury of experts. Five innovations received the International FoodTec Award in gold, while sixteen were awarded silver medals. The winning companies from eight European countries impressively underscore the industry's innovative strength and technological capabilities. The award ceremony will take place on February 23, 2027, during Anuga FoodTec in Cologne. Detailed information about the winners and their innovations is available at www.foodtecaward.com.
With the International FoodTec Award, the DLG, together with its partners, recognizes groundbreaking developments in food and beverage technology that stand out for their innovation, sustainability, and efficiency. An international jury of experts - comprising specialists from research and academia as well as industry representatives - has once again selected and honored the most advanced developments from a large number of entries through an intensive and technically rigorous selection process. The award, presented every three years, is given as gold and silver medals.
Gold medals recognize products and services featuring new technological concepts whose application enables a new process or significantly improves existing ones. Silver medals are awarded to existing products that have undergone technical enhancements resulting in a significant improvement in their current function or the existing process.
International FoodTec Award 2027 in Gold
Award winners and their innovations:
- GEA Process Engineering A/S, Søborg, Denmark and Arla Foods Amba Akafa, Svenstrup, Denmark AddCool® - high temperature heat pump integrated in an industrial dairy spray dryer
- GEA Liquid Technologies Germany GmbH, Ahaus, Germany and Oriental Tanks Pte Ltd, Singapore GEA Mobile Aseptic Solution
- Revo Foods GmbH, Vienna, Austria 3D-MassFormer - Extrusion for new food texturization
- Eberhardt GmbH, Lichtenau, Germany Eberhardt TT Bastard 160
- ColloidTek Oy, Tampere, Finland Collo Liquid Process Intelligence - Inline real-time liquid monitoring
International FoodTec Award 2027 in Silver
Award winners and their innovations:
- Pantarein Water, Mechelen, Belgium and Mars Company, Mechelen, Belgium Water treatment installation for Pringles (Mars)
- GEA Mechanical Equipment Italia s.p.a, Parma, Italy The Ariete Homogenizer 2.0
- backbone ai, Bruxelles, Belgium backbone: AI operating system for quality and compliance in food manufacturing
- Endress+Hauser Flowtech AG, Reinach, Switzerland Promag H 0 x DN full bore
- Endress+Hauser SE & Co.KG, Maulburg, Germany Liquiphant Multiparameter QMX63
- Cama Group, Molteneo (LC), Italy CAMA ACL system: Automatic Carton Loading for box blanks and collaborative 3-axis robot
- Bizerba SE & Co. KG, Balingen, Germany LeakSecure – High-Precision Inline CO2-Based Package Integrity Testing
- Günther Maschinenbau GmbH, Eppertshausen, Germany ContinousJect - Continous injection, more output on the same foodprint
- Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co.KG, Biberach a. d. Riß, Germany Forming system FS511
- SKF Group / SKF GmbH, Schweinfurt, Germany SKF Food line ball bearing units – Enabling proactive food safety
- VITO AG, Tuttlingen, Germany VITO VL - Connected In-Fryer Oil Management System for Sustainable and Safe Food Production
- Polysense, Ghent, Belgium Polysense KI – Less waste. More profit
- Food Radar Systems, Gothenburg, Sweden Food Radar – In-Pipe Microwave Detection Platform with AirZip
- PolySto Group BV, Lokeren, Belgium Next Generation CleanRock kerbs
- Elea Technology GmbH, Quakenbrück, Germany PiCon – Inline Analysis for Quality Control of PEF-treatment
- MIVEG GmbH, Röttenbach, Germany MIVEG Skewer System 2040 – Automated Skewer Production
Partners
The International FoodTec Award 2027 is presented by DLG in cooperation with Anuga FoodTec (Koelnmesse) and renowned media partners. These include the trade journal 'Lebensmitteltechnik' (LT Food Medien-Verlag), the magazines 'Getränkeindustrie' and 'Brewing and Beverage Industry International' (W. Sachon Verlag), 'dmz – Deutsche Molkereizeitung' (AVA-Verlag), 'dei – Prozesstechnik für die Lebensmittelindustrie' (Konradin Mediengruppe), 'Fleischwirtschaft and 'Fleischwirtschaft International' as well as 'Lebensmittel-Industrie', 'Verpackungs-Industrie' and 'Food-Innovation' (published by B2B Swiss Medien AG) and 'DLG-Lebensmittel' (published by DLG-Verlag).
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