SIAL reveals 2024 Innovation award winners

SIAL announced the winners of its 2024 Innovation competition today (May 15).

Tertulia Brugge's El Gusto Gourmet Drip Coffee won the Grand Prix Gold award. The brand will receive a $10,000 grant in products or services provided by Nielsen, and a 100 square foot bare booth for SIAL Toronto 2025.

The Grand Prix Silver award went to Huile D’Olivia by Dear Goodness. The company will receive a $5,000 grant in products or services provided by Nielsen, and a 50 square foot bare booth for SIAL Toronto 2025.

La Presserie's Asian-Inspired Soups won the Grand Prix Bronze award, and will receive $5,000 grant in products or services provided by Nielsen

Finally, ABC Emballuxe Inc.'s Pizza Box won the Packaging Award.

This year, the competition received 200 applications from 17 countries.

"I'm delighted with the number and the diversity of innovations entered in this year's competition. The companies have shown great creativity, sometimes in simplicity, sometimes in sophistication. The concern to offer more sustainable products and packaging, as well as the blending of cultures, also continues to grow in the offering, which I love because it's so in tune with today's reality,” Isabele Marquis, senior food strategist and co-chair of the competition.

Applications were open to products launched in January 2023 and after.

The products were required to offer something new or different from what is currently available in the Canadian market while having the potential to expand to several markets, among other criteria. 

The 2024 SIAL Innovation awards ceremony was held during the SIAL trade show in Montreal, running May 15 to 17.