Honoring Outstanding New Nutritional Ingredients

Nutritional ingredient providers with a solution that answers natural product formulators’ needs should consider applying for the sixth annual NIE New Ingredient Awards, by Nutrition Industry Executive magazine and VRM Media.

The NIE New Ingredient Awards will highlight the most cutting-edge and advanced natural branded nutritional ingredients backed by science and launched since Oct. 1, 2022 for use in supplements and functional foods and beverages in the United States.

There will be a total of seven first place and seven second place awards given, in each of these categories:
• Healthy Aging
• Sports Nutrition
• Weight Maintenance
• Condition Specific
• Excipients/Non-actives/Delivery Systems
• Personal Care/Cosmetic
• Established Ingredients With New Science
(One category per ingredient)

This year, the contest will include the “Established Ingredient—New Science” category. The “established ingredient” must have been released for use in the United States before Oct. 1, 2022. The “new science” must have been announced to the U.S. natural products industry after Oct. 1, 2022.

The competition is open to manufacturers of ingredients from all over the globe who are supplying natural finished product companies in the United States.

The deadline for entry is Friday, July 26, 2024. Winners will be notified in August, and announced in a special Issue Highlight feature article in the October/November issue of Nutrition Industry Executive magazine as well as in the digital edition of the magazine.

There is no entry fee.

The judges comprise leading industry experts and will base their decisions by considering the following criteria:

• Product Research/Evidence/Bioavailability
• Sustainability/Traceability/Certifications (if applicable)
• Consumer Need
• The “Impressiveness Factor”

Panel of Judges

• Nicole Avena, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• Gene Bruno, MS, MHS, RH(AHG) – Chief Scientific Officer, Nutraland USA
• Yair Steve Henig, Ph.D. – Chief Science Officer, Caligenix, Founder of Henig Consulting
• Jeff Hilton — Co-founder, BrandHive
• Jacqueline Jacques, ND FTOS – Founder, Nova Aurora, Inc.
• Cheryl Myers – Chief of Scientific Affairs and Education, EuroPharma, Inc. (Maker of Terry Naturally)
• Janet Poveromo – Editor-in-Chief, Nutrition Industry Executive magazine

Please click here to download the NIE New Ingredient Awards application for submission.

Completed applications must be emailed to [email protected] by Friday, July 26, 2024 to be considered.