The Innovation Spotting Competition
The SIAL Innovation competition is a unique international competition that rewards the best innovations in food and non-food related products, such as packaging and containers.
The competition is open to all exhibitors, and select winners based on the following 4 criteria: packaging, manufacturing process, merchandising and recipe.
Why register?
Conditions of participation:
The product(s) you submit must be food or non-food products serving food sector needs, must have been created or launched, after April 2021 on the market, in their country of origin or in any other country.
DISCOVER SIAL INNOVATION COMPETITION:
Watch the SIAL Innovation 2020 Awards Ceremony!
Congratulations to Unbun Keto Foods for its product Vegan Keto Buns, which won the 2019 SIAL Innovation Gold Grand Prize!
Why this product?
Unbun is truly unique. It is appropriate for consumers who seek products that are paleo, grain-free, starch-free, vegan, keto and gluten-free but it also taste great to consumers accustomed to eating conventional bread.
Unbun Keto Foods
Step 1
Register for the competition through the registration platform and pay the entry fees ($175 CAD).
Step 2
Then, our Jury will select the winners amongst a pre-selection of the best innovations.
Step 3
The 10 winners will be announced to the press two weeks before the show.
Step 4
Our Jury announce the grand-prize winners for the Gold, Silver and Bronze categories during the official ceremony in front of the major actors of the food industry.
Our Partners
SIAL Innovation is coming back for its 13th edition by searching for the most innovative products in North America!
One of the most awaited event of the show every year, SIAL Innovation is the only international competition that reveal the most innovative products in the food industry while offering them global visibility.
During the first day of the show, the three big winners of the prestigious SIAL Innovation contest were unveiled as part of a live virtual ceremony bringing together 120 participants! A total of 38 applications were submitted to take part in this 13th edition of the competition. We would like to thank everyone who participated and congratulate the 10 finalists for their incredible innovations: LOC Industries Inc, Fromagerie l’Ancêtre, Juçai, Art Kombucha, Ideal Aluminium, Café William Spartivento, Top Glaciers Inc, WOW! Factor Desserts and Boreal Food Inc!
Our francophone partner:
3 GRAND PRIZE WINNERS
OF SIAL INNOVATION 2020
ART KOMBUCHA
IDEAL ALUMINIUM
LOC INDUSTRIES INC
Our 2020 Jury
President of the Jury
Dana McCauley
Chief Experience Officer, Canadian Food Innovation Network
President of the Jury
Isabelle Marquis
Food Marketing & Communication Specialist
Jonathan Garnier
Chef at La Guilde Culinaire
Birgit Blain
President Birgit Blain & Associates Inc.
Bruno Ponsard
General Manager at ITEGA
Ian Ferguson
Chief operating officer, Chantler Packages Inc.
Angela Liuzzo
President of Close to the Heart Professional Nutrition Services
Derek Vella
R&D Manager of the Guelph Food Innovation Centre
Gabriel Moreau
Client Business Partner
Marianne Lefebvre
Expert in Global Nutrition
Annie Langlois
Partner, Senior vice-president Massy Forget Langlois Public Relations
Yvanko Cech
Founding President Momentum Foods Inc.
Marg MacDonald
Business Development Consultant at Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Louise Corneau
Nutritionist, Research Professional
Johanne Tanguay
Cluster manager
Audrey Turgeon
Marketing Manager
Brad McMullen
Co-owner and President
John Mastroianni
VP Merchandising
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