• Australian Plant Proteins took home the Best Ingredient Award at the inaugural Hive Awards. Pictured: Co-founder Phil McFarlane.
(Source: Sharleen Christie Photography)
    Australian Plant Proteins took home the Best Ingredient Award at the inaugural Hive Awards. Pictured: Co-founder Phil McFarlane. (Source: Sharleen Christie Photography)
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Australia’s premier media platform for food and beverage manufacturers, Food & Drink Business, is bringing its annual Hive Awards program back for a second year running, and is calling for entries from across the sector. 

The Hive Awards aim to celebrate excellence from all around the food and beverage sector, from innovative technology to successful business practice. Entries are now open for a limited time, closing on 21 February, so make sure to get in quickly! 

In anticipation of the 2025 entries, we are celebrating last year's hive of innovative and hard-working businesses. Kicking things off is 2024's Best Ingredient Award winner, Australian Plant Proteins, the first company in Australia to develop and commercialise a plant protein isolate powder. 

 

Head to thehiveawards.com.au to find out more and submit an application. Entries close at 4pm, Friday 21 February 2024.

A special thank you to our industry partner and all our sponsors for making these awards possible.

Sponsors of The Hive Awards 2025

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