DLG Announces Winners of the International FoodTec Award 2027
The DLG (German Agricultural Society), in partnership with Anuga FoodTec and leading industry media, has named the recipients of the 2027 International FoodTec Award. An international panel of experts selected 21 pioneering projects from companies operating across the global food technology and supplier sectors.
Five innovations received the award in gold, while 16 earned silver recognition. The winning companies represent eight European countries and demonstrate the continued strength of innovation across the food and beverage industry. The awards will be presented on February 23, 2027, during Anuga FoodTec in Cologne. Further details about the recipients and their technologies are available at www.foodtecaward.com.
The International FoodTec Award honors advanced solutions that improve innovation, sustainability, and operational efficiency in food and beverage production. Every three years, the DLG evaluates submissions through a detailed, technically demanding process. The jury includes researchers, academics, and industry specialists who assess developments shaping food manufacturing trends, food processing technology, and broader food and drink industry innovation.
Gold medals go to products and services based on new technological approaches that create a new process or deliver a substantial improvement to an existing one. Silver medals recognize established products that have been technically enhanced to produce a significant improvement in their current application or process.
International FoodTec Award 2027: Gold Medal Winners
The gold medal recipients and their recognized innovations are:
GEA Process Engineering A/S, Søborg, Denmark, and Arla Foods Amba Akafa, Svenstrup, Denmark
AddCool® – a high-temperature heat pump integrated into an industrial dairy spray dryer
GEA Liquid Technologies Germany GmbH, Ahaus, Germany, and Oriental Tanks Pte Ltd, Singapore
GEA Mobile Aseptic Solution
Revo Foods GmbH, Vienna, Austria
3D-MassFormer – extrusion technology for new food texturization
Eberhardt GmbH, Lichtenau, Germany
Eberhardt TT Bastard 160
ColloidTek Oy, Tampere, Finland
Collo Liquid Process Intelligence – inline, real-time monitoring for liquid processes
International FoodTec Award 2027: Silver Medal Winners
The silver medal winners and their innovations include:
Pantarein Water, Mechelen, Belgium, and Mars Company, Mechelen, Belgium
Water treatment installation for Pringles (Mars)
GEA Mechanical Equipment Italia s.p.a, Parma, Italy
The Ariete Homogenizer 2.0
backbone ai, Bruxelles, Belgium
backbone: AI operating system for quality and compliance in food manufacturing
Endress Hauser Flowtech AG, Reinach, Switzerland
Promag H 0 x DN full bore
Endress+Hauser SE & Co.KG, Maulburg, Germany
Liquiphant Multiparameter QMX63
Cama Group, Molteno (LC), Italy
CAMA ACL system: automatic carton loading for box blanks with a collaborative three-axis robot
Bizerba SE & Co. KG, Balingen, Germany
LeakSecure – high-precision inline CO2-based package integrity testing
Günther Maschinenbau GmbH, Eppertshausen, Germany
ContinousJect – continuous injection for greater output within the same production footprint
Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co.KG, Biberach a. d. Riß, Germany
Forming system FS511
SKF Group / SKF GmbH, Schweinfurt, Germany
SKF Food line ball bearing units – enabling proactive food safety
VITO AG, Tuttlingen, Germany
VITO VL – connected in-fryer oil management system for sustainable and safe food production
Polysense, Ghent, Belgium
Polysense KI – less waste and greater profitability
Food Radar Systems, Gothenburg, Sweden
Food Radar – in-pipe microwave detection platform with AirZip
PolySto Group BV, Lokeren, Belgium
Next Generation CleanRock kerbs
Elea Technology GmbH, Quakenbrück, Germany
PiCon – inline analysis for quality control of PEF treatment
MIVEG GmbH, Röttenbach, Germany
MIVEG Skewer System 2040 – automated skewer production
Award Partners
The DLG presents the International FoodTec Award 2027 in cooperation with Anuga FoodTec, organized by Koelnmesse, and a group of established media partners. Participating publications include ´Lebensmitteltechnik‘ (LT Food Medien-Verlag), `Getränkeindustrie‘ and ´Brewing and Beverage Industry International‘ (W. Sachon Verlag), ´dmz – Deutsche Molkereizeitung‘ (AVA-Verlag), ´dei – Prozesstechnik für die Lebensmittelindustrie‘ (Konradin Mediengruppe), ´Fleischwirtschaft and ´Fleischwirtschaft International´, as well as ´Lebensmittel-Industrie´, ´Verpackungs-Industrie´ and ´Food-Innovation´ (published by B2B Swiss Medien AG), and ´DLG-Lebensmittel‘ (published by DLG-Verlag).
The recognized technologies reflect major food and beverage industry trends, including automation, resource efficiency, digital quality management, advanced food and drink packaging, and improved production safety. They also support developments associated with food and drink sustainability, evolving food and drink regulations, changing food distribution trends, and emerging food and drink consumer trends.