2019 AWARD WINNERS:

       

Best Low/No Sugar Drink - Joint Winners sponsored by WET Group (Beverages)
BA Sports Nutrition LLC - BODYARMOR LYTE Sports Drink
Nestlé Waters North America - Sanpellegrino Momenti
 
Best Premium Drink
Sweet Reason Bev Co - CBD-Infused Sparkling Water
 
Best Functional Drink
PepsiCo - Mtn Dew Amp Game Fuel
 
Best Technology Innovation sponsored by PureCircle
The Coca-Cola Company - DASANI PureFill 2.0
 
Best Packaging Design
Nestlé Waters North America - S.Pellegrino 120 Anniversary
 
Best New Drink Concept
DONA - DONA Spice Sodas
 
Best Label Design
Nestlé Waters North America - S.Pellegrino Essenza
 
Best Marketing/Social Media Campaign sponsored by Reflective Shopper Worldwide
The Coca-Cola Company - New Coke x Stranger Things Partnership
 
Best New Brand/Brand Extension
PepsiCo - Mtn Dew Amp Game Fuel

           

ALL 2019 FINALISTS:

Best Functional Drink
 
·     ALOHA – Plant-based protein drink
·     BA Sports Nutrition LLC – BODYARMOR Sports Drink
·     Huel – Huel
·     NEXT Proteins, Inc – Sparkling Beauty
·     OATH – OATH, oat-milk based protein drink
·     PepsiCo – Mtn Dew Amp Game Fuel
 
Best Low/No Sugar Drink sponsored by WET Group (Beverages)
 
·     BA Sports Nutrition LLC – BODYARMOR LYTE Sports Drink
·     Flow Alkaline Spring Water – Flow Alkaline Spring Water
·     Nestlé Waters North America – Sanpellegrino Momenti
·     Sweet Reason Co – CBD-Infused Sparkling Water
·     VYBES Los Angeles – VYBES
 
Best Premium Drink
 
·     ALOHA – Plant-based protein drink
·     Nestlé Waters North America – S.Pellegrino Essenza
·     OATH – OATH, oath-milk based protein drink
·     Sweet Reason Co – CBD-Infused Sparkling Water
·     VYBES Los Angeles – VYBES
 
Best Packaging Design
 
·     Body Surf Brands, Inc – Body Surf Organic Infused Water
·     Nestlé Waters North America – Poland Spring ORIGIN
·     Nestlé Waters North America – S.Pellegrino 120 Anniversary
·     Nestlé Waters North America – Perrier ARTXTRA
·     NEXT Proteins, Inc – Sparkling Beauty
·     PepsiCo – Mtn Dew Amp Game Fuel 
 
Best Label Design
 
·     Glanbia Performance Nutrition – AMIN.O ENERGY + ELECTROLYTES
·     Nestlé Waters North America – S.Pellegrino Essenza
·     Nestlé Waters North America – Perrier ARXTRA
·     PSR Brands – P10 RTD LINE
·     VYBES Los Angeles - VYBES
 
Best Technology Innovation
 
·     PSR Brands – P10 MAX HYDRATION
·     The Coca-Cola Company – DASANI PureFill 2.0
·     Uno – Uno
·     WET Group (Beverages) – Activated Enhanced System 
 
Best Marketing/Social Media Campaign Sponsored by Reflective Shopper Worldwide
 
·     Essentia Water, LLC – Essentia Water
·     Nestlé Waters North America – Acqua Panna #InstaMeetMeHere
·     PepsiCo – Mtn Dew Amp Game Fuel
·     The Coca-Cola Company – New Coke x Stranger Things Partnership 
 
Best New Brand/Brand Extension
 
·     ALOHA – Plant-based protein drink
·     Nestlé Waters North America – S.Pellegrino Essenza
·     OATH – OATH, oat-milk based protein drink
·     PepsiCo – Mtn Dew Amp Game Fuel
·     The Coca-Cola Company – Orange Vanilla Coca-Cola
·     WET Group (Beverages) – tALK Water 
 
Best New Drink Concept
 
·     Dirty Lemon – DIRTY LEMON +greens
·     DONA – DONA Spice Sodas
·     NEXT Proteins, Inc – Sparkling Beauty
·     OATH – OATH, oat-milk based protein drink
·     Soylent – Soylent Stacked
·     WET GROUP (Beverages) – WECAN SMILE

Beverage Digest’s awards celebrate excellence across the North American beverage industry. 

These awards are a great way for you to enhance the promotion of your brand and ensure your products are recognized on an international scale. 

Beverage Digest will announce the winners during an awards ceremony at this year's Future Smarts conference on December 9 in New York. 

CATEGORIES

• Best Low/No Sugar Drink
• Best Premium Drink
• Best Functional Drink Sponsored by WET Group (Beverages)
• Best Packaging Design 
• Best Label Design 
• Best Technology Innovation
• Best Marketing or Social Media Campaign Sponsored By Reflective Shopper 
• Best New Brand/Brand Extension
• ​​Best New Drink Concept

REASONS TO 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.
• Finalists and winners will receive a comprehensive communications pack complete with a press release,
  logos for use on packaging, websites or email signatures, a certificate and of course a trophy for winners!
• Network with finalists and winners at the event.

ENTRY FEES AND DEADLINES

The cost is $225 per entry and every fourth entry is free!

Entry deadline: November 11th, 2019 for both the payment and award application. 

Enter multiple categories or products (each entry is one product with one category).

ENTRY CRITERIA

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 guidelines and criteria, please click HERE.

While we would be very pleased to see you at Future Smarts, attendance is not a condition of entering the awards.

ENTRY PROCESS

What is required:

• Online application and payment.
• 1 short presentation (two slides of content) per entry.
• At least 1 a high-resolution image of your product (or video of your campaign). See entry criteria.

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

Steps to enter:

1. Sign In or Create Account at beverage-digest.com
2. Complete the online application at the bottom of this page.
3. You will be redirected to a payment page. Add your entries to the shopping cart. Check out.
4. Once we receive your application and payment, a member of the awards team will help you submit the entry materials referenced HERE.

JUDGING

Our panel of industry experts will independently review each submission against the judging criteria. They will score each entry on a scale of 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest) for each criterion and offer feedback or comments. Scores are then collated to reveal the finalists and winners in each category.

SPONSORSHIP

We have a number of opportunities available including for headline sponsorships and individual category sponsorships.

Headline sponsorship includes:

• One full delegate place at the Beverage Digest Future Smarts conference. Excludes accommodation and VAT.

• The opportunity to present one winner with their award at the awards reception.

• Company logo on all awards marketing material between now and the event.

• Company logo on the awards page of Zenith Global’s website with a hyperlink to your company homepage.

• The sponsor will always be referenced in the category title e.g. Best Low/No Sugar Drink sponsored by Company X.

• Regular mentions in social media when promoting the awards.

Category sponsorship includes:

• The opportunity to present the winner with their award at the awards reception.

• Company logo on all awards marketing material between now and the event.

• Company logo on the awards page of Zenith Global's website with a hyperlink to your company homepage.

• The sponsor will always be referenced in the category title e.g. Best Low/No Sugar Drink sponsored by Company X.

All packages can also include a number of discounted delegate places to the Beverage Digest Future Smarts conference, as well as pre- and post-event social media and marketing exposure.

We are happy to tailor package to suit your particular needs and budget.

For more information on our sponsorship packages or the awards entry, contact awards@beverage-digest.com

*If you have already completed the Awards Application click HERE to go to your shopping cart.

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