FDF Awards 2026 shortlist

2 Sisters Food Group - NextGen Low-Carbon Poultry Feed Initiative

apetito | Wiltshire Farm Foods - Recipe Decarbonisation Taskforce

pladis Global - Back to Farm

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AB World Foods - Project SPICE: Support Programme in India for cumin and coriander farmers

The Magnum Ice Cream Company - Design to Distribute - Transforming the Ice cream Cold Chain Logistics Through Smarter Packaging Design

JDE Peet’s - Common Grounds: Strengthening Smallholder Farmer Livelihoods at Scale

JDE Peet’s - The Coffee Canopy Partnership

Leprino Foods - Sustainable dairy supply chain

Nestlé Waters & Premium Beverages Commitment to Water Regeneration

SmartParc SEGRO Derby

The Compleat Food Group, Point 74, and Sustained - A New Recipe for Sustainability

Tilda Basmati Sustainability Programme (TBSP)

Westmill Foods - Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) Project - Pakistan

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Cranswick PLC - Dynamic QR Codes: Enabling Data-Led Food Waste Reduction Across the Value Chain

Felix and Alliance Food Sourcing - Alliance Food Sourcing

Glebe Farm Foods - Upcycled oats: Turning waste into valuable nutrition

Juniper - Perfectly Good: Field to Fork

Kingfisher Foods - Maximising Crab Yield Across Supply Chains  

Open Kitchen MCR - Funding Community Education with Surplus-Led Catering

The Compleat Food Group - Zero Food Waste Programme

The Foxham: Seafood restaurant - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

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Carlsberg Britvic - OTOR8 Packaging

JDE Peet's - Pivot to Refill

KP Snacks - Cracking the Nut of 100% Recyclable Packaging

Mondelēz International – Cadbury Crunchie Multipack sticker

Stateside Foods - Pizza Baseboard removal

The Potts' Partnership - Chaos Packaging meets kitchen couture

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Backbone: The quality operating system for food and feed, from producer to shelf

ECS UK - Modernising OT Support for Food Manufacturing

Gosh Foods Ltd - Manufacturing efficiency improvement using OFS AI data analytics

Routd Technology - AI-Powered Logistics Intelligence for Supply Chains

RSSL - UK’s first Novel Foods Expert Network

Siemens - Siemens Frugal Bottle Assembly Machine 2 (FBAM-2)

SPX FLOW - an ITT Company - SteamRecycle Heat Recovery for UHT

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Avanti West Coast - Avanti West Coast Menu and Product Innovation Strategy

Carlsberg Britvic - Pepsi Zero Sugar – Cream Soda & Strawberries ‘N’ Cream

Flow Health Science - Klario: 1st hypo recovery innovation in 100 years

Ginsters Pastry Toasties

Grenade Soft Core Creme Egg Flavour Protein Bar

HECK! Sausage Rashers Innovation

Pilgrim's Europe - Mini Meals

Princes Group

The Magnum Ice Cream Company - Minecraft Ice Cream Stick

Unilever - Pot Noodle Blocks

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Bio&Me - Fibre+Protein Bars: Bringing Gut Health into Snacking

Happy Tapi Ltd: Prebiotic Sweetner for Healthier Diets

Walkers Snacks Foods Limited - Turning Ambition into Healthier Choices

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Pigrim's Europe

Ramsden International 

TAIKO FOODS LTD

Vita Coco EMEA

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Bio&Me

Black Label Creations

Daymer Ingredients Limited 

Heck! Food Ltd

Pip & Nut

The Gym Kitchen

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Benjamin Brawn, Electrical and Instrumentation Apprentice, Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship - British Sugar

Gary Eley, Finance Business Partner, Team Leader Apprenticeship Standard (Level 3) - British Sugar

Daniel Wright, Process Engineering Apprentice, Process engineering apprenticeship Level 3 - British Sugar

Navinshka Kobbekaduwa, Packaging Technician, Higher Degree Packaging Professional BSc - Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I

Georgiana Secaunu, Engineering Apprentice, Level 3 Mechatronics Engineering - Pilgrim's Europe

Thomas Wealthy, Engineering Apprentice, Level 3 Mechatronics - The Weetabix Food Company

Isabelle Young, Chartered Management Level 6 - Samworth Brothers

Alyssa Butterfield, Degree Apprentice: Ingredients & Formulation Team, Level 6 - The Magnum Ice Cream Company

Abby Metcalf, Degree Apprentice: Ingredients & Formulation Team, Level 6 - The Magnum Ice Cream Company

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Emily Grainger, Demand Planner – CS&L Graduate, BSC, Honours Degree - Mondelēz International

Joshua Grugeon, Product Change Manager Senior Specialist, Civil Engineering Masters - Mondelēz International

Ella Waring, Supply Chain Graduate: Supply Analyst, BA Environment and Business Year in Industry experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry - Mondelēz International

Antonia Boorman, Ethical Trade & Human Rights Manager - Princes Group

Chelsea Draycott, Senior Buyer – Seed Oils, EOL - Princes Group

Joanne Lamberti, UK Operations Colleague Training Lead - Princes Group

Harry Haskew, Control Engineer - British Sugar

Mr Mackenzie Large, Apprentice Multiskilled Engineer, Extended Diploma in 3 Sport & Exercise Sciences (Level 3), Food and Drink Maintenance Engineer – Level 3 - Samworth Brothers

Michaela Mok, Design and Communications Specialist - The Compleat Food Group

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Dr Megan Rossi, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer - Bio&Me

Erina Li, Product Development Technologist - Carlsberg Britvic

Dr Erinn Quinn, Principal Scientist - Holland & Barrett

Dr Abbie Cawood, Director of Science - Holland & Barrett

Gareth Coffin, Senior Engineer II - Mondelēz International, Chocolate R&D, Bournville

Dr Simon Flanagan, Research Fellow - Mondelēz International  

Dr Kar-Mun To, Rheology Specialist - Premier Analytical Services (Premier Foods)

Carole Bingley, Product Development Technical Lead - Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL)

William Ballantyne, Technical Service Director (EMEA) - Tate & Lyle PLC

Sharon Leatham, Masters Business Development & Innovation - White’s Oats

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Felix - The FLEX Programme

Ferrero UK - The Joy of moving programme

KP Snacks - Everyone In: Transforming Communities Through Cricket

NNEdPro Global Institute - Mobile Teaching Kitchen Intiative (MTKi)

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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) - Investing in CCEP's People at Every Career Stage

pladis UK&I - Increasing Representation of Women in Engineering

Dunbia - Management Development Programme

Edible Oils, a subsidiary of Princes Group

Mondelēz International, Talent Acquisition UK&I - Direct Entry Recruitment Process

Mondelēz International, Chocolate R&D - MDLZ R&D 5.0 Initiative

Nestlé UK&I - Inclusion@Work: Nestlé Operations

Proper Cornish - Our People & Culture initiative

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Goodfella’s Pizza (Birds Eye) Knorr, UKI - Knorr Aromat

KP Snacks - KP signature

Malcolm Allan (Macsween Allan Food Group) - Malcolm Allan Rebrand Launch

Mondelēz International - Cadbury Biscoff

Rowan Glen - New Look for Rowan Glen Rich & Creamy Yogurt

Walkers

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Costa Coffee - The Costa Christmas Catch Up

Goodfella’s Pizza (Birds Eye) - There’s Good, then there’s Goodfella’s Goooood

Mondelēz International – All Heroes No Zeroes

PepsiCo - Walkers Everyone has a Flavourite

pladis UK&I - McVitie’s 100 Years of Milk Chocolate Digestives

Princes Group - Pura Cooking Oils: Packaging that Perform

Richmond & Towers - The Notorious P.I.E. - A Slice of Brooklyn Brewery

Weetabix - The Weetabix Discovery

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