InnoBev Awards 2019

Events
InnoBev Awards 2019

15th May 2019

London, United Kingdom

Entry closure 15th May 2019

In its third year, Zenith Global's annual InnoBev Awards are open to entrepreneurs as well as established brands from around the globe. Designed to celebrate and highlight excellence, each category covers innovation, marketing, technology and packaging across all sectors in the beverage industry. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony during the 2019 UK Soft Drinks conference in London. Entry is now closed.

Details

Our guide below should provide you with all the information you need about this year's InnoBev Awards.

Please note, entries must be received by Friday 12 April 2019.

If you have any queries, please contact us on t +44(0)1225 327900 e awards@zenithglobal.com

What are the categories?

Best Aqua Drink Sponsored by WET Group
Best Juice Drink
Best Premium Drink Sponsored by Anton Paar
Best Tea Drink
Best Functional Drink Sponsored by EXBERRY^®
Best Can
Best Carton
Best Glass
Best PET
Best Packaging/Label Design
Best Cap/Closure Sponsored by Bericap
Best Marketing/Social Media Campaign
Best CSR Initiative Sponsored by Tetra Pak
Best Technology Innovation Sponsored by CO2 Sustain
Best New Brand/Brand Extension
Best New Drink Concept Sponsored by PureCircle

Products can be entered in to multiple categories.

Why should I enter?

Gain publicity from leading industry media
Benefit from independent international recognition
Enjoy year-round marketing exposure
Attract validation for present and potential future investors
Showcase your product, service or campaign alongside other exciting innovators
All finalists have the opportunity to showcase their products during our 2019 UK Soft Drinks Conference, London
Network with finalists and winners at the event

How do I enter?

There are two stages to the entry process.

The first stage

Simply click 'enter now'
Fill in your company information on our application form
Fill in your product/campaign name
Select the category/ies you wish you enter in to
Click submit!

The second stage

Once we have received your application and payment, a member of the awards team will be in touch to support you on your submission for the awards.

What is required?

1 short presentation (2 x slides of content) per entry made
At least 1 high-resolution image of your product (or video of your campaign)

*If you are entering either Best Marketing or Social Media Campaign, you qualify for 3 x slides of content.

How much does it cost to enter?

You can enter multiple categories or products at a cost of £195.00 (plus VAT) per entry.

If you enter 3 categories, the 4th is free!

How do I pay?

We accept most major credit and debit cards.

Entries are paid by credit/debit card using the application process on our website.

On receipt of payment, you will be sent a confirmation email. An email with a pdf e-receipt as proof of purchase will follow.

If you are unable to pay by credit/debit card, please contact awards@zenithglobal.com

What happens once I have paid?

Please refer to "How do I enter?" and view 'Stage 2' on this guide.

What is the deadline to enter?

Both payment and awards submission needs to be made by Friday 12 April 2019.

Where are the awards presented?

The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on Wednesday 15 May 2019 during Zenith Global's UK Soft Drinks Conference in London.

While we would be very pleased to see you there, attending is not a condition of entering the awards.

For further details on this year's UK Soft Drinks Conference, please click here.

When will the finalists be announced?

Once all judges have submitted their feedback and scores, all points will be counted and verified.

A press release will be released announcing the finalists. All entrants and finalists will be notified by the end of April 2019.

How do I contact you?

If you have a query about the awards, get in touch!

t +44 (0)1225 327900 e awards@zenithglobal.com

2019 Finalists

Best Aqua Drink Sponsored by WET Group

Britvic – Aqua Libra
Dalston’s Soda – Real Squeezed Rhubarb Soda Light
Glenorie International Ltd – New Zealand Gold Artesian Water
Tudor Drinks – LOVEAU
Ölgerðin Egill Skallagrímsson hf - 105

Best Juice Drink

The Drinks Company – Expressed Juice
The Drinks Company – Mixology Maker
WOW Food & Drinks – WOW Nutrition – Chai Seeds

Best Premium Drink Sponsored by Anton Paar

Ceder’s Drinks Ltd – CEDER’S Distilled non-alcoholic alt-gin
Fentimans – Pink Rhubarb Tonic Water
Fentimans – Valencian Orange Tonic Water
Kolibri Drinks – Kolibri Drinks
The Duchess Company – The Duchess Bubbly
Über Flavour – Über Flavour Craft Rooibos Ice Tea

Best Tea Drink

BOS Brands – BOS Sparkling Unsweetened Ice Tea
Teavana – Sparkling Blood Orange Mango White Tea
Über Flavour – Über Flavour Craft Rooibos Ice Tea

Best Functional Drink Sponsored by EXBERRY^®

Botanic Lab – The Dutch Courage Cannabidiol Botanic Tea Drink
Ölgerðin Egill Skallagrímsson hf - COLLAB
Power Supplements – BOOST Power
Radnor Hills Mineral Water Company Ltd – Radnor+ Energy
Remedy Drinks – Remedy Kombucha
Upbeat Brands Ltd – Upbeat Juicy Protein Water
WOW Food & Drinks Ltd – WOW Focus – Nootropic

Best Can

Almond Impact Ltd – Almond App + FACT Water
CanO Water – CanO Water
EVOcan – EVOcan
Fentimans – Pink Grapefruit Tonic Water
ocean52 – No plastic water by ocean52
Remedy Drinks – Remedy Kombucha

Best Carton

JUST Goods – JUST Water
Nature on Tap Ltd – TAPPED Organic Birch Water
Radnor Hills Mineral Water Company Ltd – Radnor Hills Spring Water 250ml
Water Works – Hydration with Purpose – Healthy and Hydrating Super Fruit Waters

Best Glass

Ceder’s Drinks Company Ltd – CEDER’S Distilled non-alcoholic alt-gin
Glenorie International Ltd – New Zealand Gold-Artesian Water
Ice Age Water Oy – Vellamo Natural Mineral Water
Lofoten Water – Lofoten Arctic Water

Best PET

Ice Age Water Oy – Vellamo Natural Mineral Water
Merhaki Foods and Nutrition Private Ltd - &Me
The Drinks Company – Expressed Juice
Wenlock Springs – rPET

Best Packaging/Label Design

Ceder’s Drinks Company Ltd – CEDER’S Distilled non-alcoholic alt-gin
Kolibri Drinks – Kolibri Drinks
Power Supplements – REBOOT Power
The Duchess Company – The Duchess Bubbly
Upbeat Brands Ltd – Upbeat Juicy Protein Water

Best Cap/Closure Sponsored by Bericap

Incap Europe GmbH – Infusion Cap Incap
Kolibri Drinks – Kolibri Drinks
Talkin’ Things – Talkin’ Cap

Best Marketing/Social Media Campaign

Dislicores – Mil976 Premium Mixers
Narang Group – O’cean one8 cricket edition Promo campaign
Power Supplements – REBOOT Power

Best CSR Initiative Sponsored by Tetra Pak

CanO Water – CanO Water
ocean52 – No plastic water by ocean52

Best Technology Innovation Sponsored by CO2 Sustain

Almond Impact Ltd – Almond App + FACT Water
Arla Food Ingredients – Lacprodan® HYDRO.Clear (for Sparkling protein water)
Mobisy Technologies – Bizom
Talkin’ Things – Talkin’ Cap
WET Group – A.E.S Activated Enhanced System

Best New Brand/Brand Extension

Ceder’s Drinks Company Ltd – CEDER’S Distilled non-alcoholic alt-gin
Dalston’s Soda – Real Squeezed Rhubarb Soda Light
ocean52 – No plastic water by ocean52
The Duchess Company – The Duchess Bubbly
Upbeat Brands Ltd – Upbeat Juicy Protein Water

Best New Drink Concept Sponsored by PureCircle

Arla Foods Ingrediants – ‘Sparkling protein water’ (with Lacprodan® HYDRO.Clear)
Botanic Lab – The Dutch Courage Cannabidiol Botanic Tea Drink
Ceder’s Drinks Ltd – CEDER’S Distilled non-alcoholic alt-gin
Dope Drinks Co – Dope Drinks
Drink 420 – Drink 420: CBD infused sparkling elderflower and lime
Kolibri Drinks – Kolibri Drinks

Notes for editors

An illustration is attached for publication
For further information, please contact

Alice Schofield, Event & Awards Manager, Zenith Global Ltd

7 Kingsmead Square, Bath BA1 2AB, United Kingdom

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Entry Criteria

We are delighted to hear that you are planning to enter the 2019 InnoBev Awards. Here are some guidelines and instructions to help ensure you increase your chances of winning and submit the correct information about your product/campaign/initiative/innovation.

All products entered must have been launched/ created/ rebranded from January 2017 onwards. If you have a product that is not yet in the market, it can still be entered as long as they are in their prototype/packaging stage by the closing date of this awards scheme.

To download the full award guideline document, click here.

For any questions or queries around the awards, please contact awards@zenithglobal.com

Best Aqua Drink sponsored by WET Group

This category is open to any packaged still/sparkling, water/plant-water based drink with added flavour/juice/enhancement. This includes, but is not limited to all flavoured, functional and plant waters.

Judged on

Innovation of concept and product development
Product differentiation
Strength of brand

Best Juice Drink

This category is open to any still or sparkling drink with a juice content of 5-100%.This includes, but is not limited to, fruit/vegetables juices/smoothies. Drinks may contain added sugar or be limited to natural fruit/vegetable sugars.

Judged on

Innovation of concept and product development
Product differentiation
Strength of brand

Best Premium Drink Sponsored by Anton Paar

This category is open to any packaged non-alcoholic beverage aimed at adults (18 years+). This may include, but is not exclusive to, premium and craft drinks, tonics as well as mixers.

Judged on

Innovation of concept and product development
Product differentiation
Brand appeal relevant to target audience

Best Tea Drink

This category is open to any packaged hot or cold tea or tea drink. This includes, but is not limited to, loose or packaged tea leaf solutions, ready-to-drink teas such as cold-brewed teas and iced teas.

Judged on

Innovation of concept and product development
Product differentiation

Best Functional Drink Sponsored by EXBERRY^®

This category is open to any packaged still or sparkling beverage with specified added functional benefit. Examples of functional drinks include energy drinks, relaxation drinks, vitamin drinks, sports and rapid re-hydration drinks, probiotic drinks and hangover cures.

Jugded on

Innovation of concept and product development
Product differentiation
Flavour innovations
Credibility/viability of health claims

Best Can

This category is open to any company with a canned product. Your packaging should improve usability and reduction of waste material, consumer convenience and create differentiation through excellent and original design.

Judged on

Appearance
Innovation of concept
Product/Initiative differentiation
Commercial/market impact

Best Carton

This category is open to any company with a cartoned product. Your packaging should improve usability and reduction of waste material, consumer convenience and create differentiation through excellent and original design.

Judged on

Appearance
Innovation of concept
Product/Initiative differentiation
Commercial/market impact

Best Glass

This category is open to any company with a glass product. Your packaging should improve usability and reduction of waste material, consumer convenience and create differentiation through excellent and original design.

Judged on

Appearance
Innovation of concept
Product/Initiative differentiation
Commercial/market impact

Best PET

This category is open to any company with a PET product. Your packaging should improve consumer convenience, usability and reduction of waste material and create differentiation through excellent and original design.

Judged on

Appearance
Innovation of concept
Product/Initiative differentiation
Commercial/market impact

Best Packaging/Label Design

Anyone with innovative and exciting packaging and label designs for beverages for which they wish to be celebrated. Examples of designs include interactive packaging, artistic or otherwise unique label design, innovative bottle shapes.

Judged on

Innovation of concept
Product/initiative differentiation
Design appearance
On pack communication

Best Marketing or Social Media Campaign

This category is open to any campaign, marketing initiative, social media campaign or outreach or consumer engagement advert.

Judged on

Innovation
Conceptualisation
Execution
Responses

Judged in proportion to budget spent, i.e. low-budget or localised campaigns will not be expected to generate as great responses and the execution is evaluated with the budget limitations in mind.

Best CSR Initiative Sponsored by Tetra Pak

This category is open to any social, community and environmentally-focused corporate responsibility campaigns and initiatives. Entries can be internally or externally oriented or can be local or national/international.

Judged on

Innovation of social, community and environmental sustainability presentation
Evidence of sincerity and commitment to the initiative
Changes made relative to effort/money put into the initiative

Best Technology Innovation Sponsored by CO2 Sustain

Anyone with innovative technology for processing, manufacturing, packaging, distribution and safe dispense or vending. This includes equipment, materials, speeds, efficiency, quality, computing, e-commerce and the Internet of Things as well as sustainability.

Judged on

Degree of improvement from previous technology
Degree of innovation from incremental to ground-breaking new concept
Value of benefit in cost saving, efficiency improvement, breadth of application to wider industry

Best New Brand/Brand Extension

To qualify for this category, your brand or brand extension needs to have launched no earlier than January 2018.

Judged on

Innovation
Functionality
Differentiation
Design/appearance

Best New Drink Concept Sponsored by PureCircle

To qualify for this category, you must relate to any aspect of the packaged water industry.

Judged on

Innovation
Differentiation
Uniqueness of concept
Value proposition
Presentation of concept

Best Cap/Closure Sponsored by Bericap

This category is open to anyone wiht an innovative closure system

Judged on

Value
Functionality
Ease of use
Innovation
Recyclability

The judges

Claire Nuttall

Managing Director of The Brand Incubator

With over 20 years experience working in high calibre, demanding agency world with many successes working with big blue chip brands, businesses and entrepreneurial start ups.

Claire has a highly sought after mix of instinct, skills and down to earth approaches to innovation. Inspiring, fresh and challenging in her thinking, she adds that bit of a difference when you need it most or you have hit a block that seems impossible to break through. Her approach is entrepreneurial, identifying insights that will make a difference is a speciality, diagnosing where barriers or opportunities lie is another, then identifying, prescribing and implementing effective innovation, commercial strategies and creative/marketing solutions which help clients to accelerate growth and profitability of their business.

From identifying the gap and solution for GSK's now £100m brand Sensodyne Pronamel or partnering the creation of a £19m food brand year 1 Claire delivers growth. Claire writes a monthly Talking Shop for the Food & Drink industry magazine The Grocer and feeds trend insights into LS :N bi-monthly from 2014. She regularly speaks at industry seminars giving talks about innovation, NPD, future trends and the ever changing health agenda. She also co-founded the much talked of Thrive Talk Executive business club who meet bi-monthly to discuss edgy industry issues and challenges involving entrepreneurs, retailers, venture capital and big blue chip marketers and directors.

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Geoff Parker

Chief Executive Officer of Australian Beverages Council

Geoff Parker is one of the world’s leading beverage association executives. In 2009 following almost two decades of senior management positions in member-based organisations, government departments and private companies.

Geoff took over as Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Beverages Council.Since then he has successfully managed two mergers, significantly raised the Council’s profile with key stakeholders and firmly positioned the organisation as the respected voice of authority for the entire non-alcoholic beverage industry in Australia representing CSDs, bottled water and fruit juice. In 2010 he was elected President of the International Council of Beverages Associations (ICBA) and in 2012 was elected for a consecutive two-year term.

During his tenure he was responsible for step-changing the ICBA to position it as the pre-imminent global beverage trade association.Geoff also serves on the Board of the International Council of Bottled Water Associations, and in 2017 was elected as its Vice President. Geoff has been on the Board since 2009. In 2015, Geoff was instrumental in setting up the ICBA’s Asia Pacific Regional Group – the inaugural regional arm of the ICBA and which now serves as the model for other regional beverage groups. Geoff is currently Executive Director of the APAC Group, representing the diverse non-alcoholic beverage industry in the region. Geoff is a Fellow of both the Australian Institute of Management and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He holds qualifications from the University of Queensland and Cambridge University.

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Anne Wong-Erven

Insight and Advisory Director at Zenith Global Ltd

Anne Wong-Erven is Zenith’s Insight & Advisory Director. She is responsible for leading the Insights and Advisory team.

She has experience undertaking market opportunity assessments, route-to-market strategy and channel distribution analysis, new product development and mergers & acquisitions studies. Anne has undertaken in-depth commercial feasibility studies in North America, Europe and Africa.

Prior to joining Zenith in January 2015, Anne has over ten years of experience within the Canadian and UK food and drink industry in supply chain and strategic purchasing, and account management roles. Anne holds an MBA degree from the University of Bath and Honours Business Administration degree from the Western University, Ivey Business School.

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Michael Roberts

Global Business Development Director at Capri-Sun AG

1987 - Crucial Beachwear Limited, own business. 1989 - Fanfare/ Audio Fidelity plc, managing Crucial Beachwear for new owners. 1991 - Geest plc., Sales and Marketing Manager of The Pasta Company. 1993 - Florimex UK, Business Development Director.

1996 - MBA at Ashridge Management School. – Scholarship from Exel Logistics. 1997 - The Coca-Cola Company, Franchise Director for Central Saudi Arabia. 1999 - The Coca-Cola Company, McDonald’s Director for Middle East and Africa. 2003 - Nestlé/Coca-Cola JV, Director for South East Europe, Middle East and Africa. 2007 – Nestlé/Coca-Cola JV, Director of RTD coffee for Europe, Middle East & Africa. 2008 – illy/The Coca-Cola Company/Coca-Cola HBC JV, Managing Director of the 3way JV. 2011 - Coca-Cola HBC, Commercial Director for IC Key a/cs, Energy Drinks, Dow Jones and LSE Reporting. 2017 – Consultant for Coca-Cola China, Coca-Cola HBC, BarBox, StartUs and Zenith Global. 2018 - Capri-Sun AG, Global Business Development Director.

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Vanessa Walker

Founder of Millennial Brands Consulting Inc

Vanessa Walker founded Millennial Brands Consulting, Inc., and uses her previous experiences, along with those of the other principles, to usher brands from concept to commercialization.

Formed in late 2018, Millennial Brands Consulting has several clients including, Fresh Blends, Tohi Ventures, Niagara Bottling, and Jones Soda Co., of which Walker serves on the Board of Directors. Walker has worked in beverage and retail for 25 years and has a proven track record building strong business infrastructures, turning brands around, and creating brands to attract consumers and develop winning categories at retail.

Prior to founding Millennial Brands Consulting, Walker served as the EVP Sales and Marketing, then EVP Marketing & Innovation for Celsius Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: CELH). During her time at CELSIUS, she lead the re-development repositioning the brand from calorie burning to a healthy energy for the masses with tagline, “Live Fit”. She lead the creation of a global brand brandmark, setting global standards for the brand working with Asia and EU business partners to create a uniform global brand. Walker reported directly to the CEO of global Celsius Holdings, Inc.

Previous, to 2016, Walker served as EVP Sales and Marketing of La Croix Sparkling Water, National Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ: FIZZ). She visualized the brand’s repositioning creating a revised mission statement for La Croix and began strategically planning the revitalization transitioning the brand and the sparkling water category from a largely on premise category, to an everyday category growing category dollars from $624 million in 2007, to over $2 billion in 2016. Under Walker’s leadership, La Croix grew from a small regional brand into a major national brand, ranking number one in dollar share, then besting Nestle’s Perrier and San Pellegrino and leading the sparkling water segment in growth. A new corporate division was formed to support the rapid La Croix brand growth and Walker, named EVP Sales and Marketing lead the brand for eight years.

Prior to her time at National Beverage Corp., Walker was Director of Marketing, Big Red, VP National Accounts, IN ZONE Brands, and Regional Buyer (foods/beverages), and store manager, Target Stores. A graduate of The Florida State University, Walker received her EMBA in International Business from Mercer University. Most recently, Walker was named to the Zenith Global Beverage Digest judging panel for the inaugural awards, 2018, and to BevNet’s Leaning in to the Most Powerful Women in Beverage (August, 2018).

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2018 Finalists

Last year attracted over 100 entries from around the world including the UK, Ireland, across Europe including the Baltic States, the US, Australia and the Middle East. Both the number and quality of entries has seen a significant rise this year and we are extremely excited to be supporting both established brands and new product and concepts!

We are delighted to showcase the level of creativity, innovation and exciting new product development taking place in soft drinks and are very grateful for the support we have received.

The Finalists