Improving the health outcomes of infants and children across Asia Pacific demands rigorous science, purposeful innovation, and a commitment to reaching those who need it most — no effort is too small, and no challenge too great.

This award celebrates novel, impact-driven initiatives in infant and childhood nutrition that are helping reshape the industry through evidence-based formulation, accessible nutrition solutions, and advances in early-life health research.

Whether through pioneering ingredient science, community-led nutrition programmes, or breakthroughs in maternal and paediatric health, this category honours those leading the way in improving nutritional outcomes, supporting healthy development, and building a stronger foundation for the next generation across APAC.

Our judges will base their decision on evidence for:

• A programme, research, new product / ingredient or project that improves the infant or childhood nutrition sector
• Solid scientific evidence for the product’s claims Commercial success, including evidence of retailer and consumer interest and any other accolades won
• What gives your product the ‘X factor’ – something that makes it stand out from the crowd and edge out the competition (including evidence to back up claims)

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Entries for the NutraIngredients Europe Editors' Award for Infant and Child Nutrition Initiative of the Year must be initiated or led from Asia, even if the impact is delivered at source — whether in Europe, Africa, North America, or elsewhere. The award celebrates the best industry initiative in infant and childhood nutrition and was open to any programme, research, new product/ingredient, or project that was able to demonstrate deep and significant improvements for the sector.