Best Food Safety Innovation
Recognising cutting-edge solutions that elevate food safety standards across production, packaging or supply chain
The Gulfood Manufacturing Industry Excellence Awards celebrate the ideas and technologies making a real impact in the F&B manufacturing landscape. Every year, the awards shine a light on the trailblazing businesses setting new benchmarks in efficiency, sustainability and technology.
This year’s awards span 11 categories, celebrating excellence across food safety, ingredients, packaging, processing, AI and smart manufacturing, sustainable and net zero manufacturing, renewable energy, multisensory innovation and industrial excellence in the UAE.
The Industry Excellence Awards are exclusively open to exhibitors at Gulfood Manufacturing 2026.
Industry Excellence Awards 2026
Recognising cutting-edge solutions that elevate food safety standards across production, packaging or supply chain
Honouring excellence in taste, texture, colour or preservation, without added nutritional or health claims
Celebrating breakthrough advancements in packaging design, sustainability, functionality, or shelf-life enhancement
Awarded to the most impactful ingredient offering health and wellness benefits, from immunity boosters to digestive enhancers
Awarded to manufacturers leading the adoption of automation, digitalisation, robotics, AI and Industry 4.0 technologies at scale
Honouring breakthrough processing technologies or methodologies redefining how food and beverages are produced
Recognising a measurable initiative that reduces the environmental impact of F&B manufacturing through lower emissions, improved energy and resource efficiency, waste reduction or more sustainable production practices
Recognising breakthrough applications of AI, machine learning and smart factory technologies that drive efficiency, precision and agility in food and beverage manufacturing
Honouring a pioneering project or strategy that advances the use of renewable energy within the F&B manufacturing ecosystem, reducing carbon footprints and enhancing energy efficiency
Celebrating innovations that elevate the sensory profile of food and beverage through a fusion of taste, texture, aroma, appearance and interactivity, creating unforgettable consumer experiences
Recognising a UAE-based F&B manufacturer demonstrating outstanding leadership in expanding local production, advancing manufacturing capability and strengthening the resilience and competitiveness of the UAE food industry
24 September 2026 at 17:00hrs GST
End of October 2026
3 November 2026