Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 29 November 2023 – WNWN Food Labs, the first to bring cocoa-free chocolate to market, today announced it has won a Startup Innovation Challenge award in the annual Fi Innovation Awards, the food and beverage ingredient industry’s most prestigious awards, in the category of Most Innovative Sustainable Solution. 

Awards are given by Informa Markets, organiser of the Fi events portfolio that includes Food ingredients Europe (Fi Europe), the global meeting place for the food ingredients industry since 1986. 

For the first time in this competition, there were two winners in the same category. WNWN happily shares the award for Most Innovative Sustainable Solution (a Jury’s Choice award) with Planet A Foods. 

“It is an honour to be recognised by Food ingredients Europe and by the members of the jury,” said Dr. Johnny Drain, WNWN CTO, who accepted the award. “With WNWN and our colleagues at Planet A, the future of chocolate is delicious, sustainable and ethical.” 

The Startup Innovation Challenge awards champion innovation in F&B ingredients and technology, providing a unique platform for young companies to gain exposure to a global audience, attract investment and showcase their products and ideas to influential industry players. 

WNWN’s award-winning choc is dairy-free, palm oil-free, and caffeine-free, in addition to being free from child/slave labour, deforestation, and excessive carbon emissions. Producing one kilogram of WNWN cocoa-free chocolate emits an average of only 3.8 kg of CO2e, compared to more than 40 kg of CO2e for conventional chocolate. 

WNWN dark and plant-based m•lk choc is available wholesale to bakeries, restaurants, foodservice, confectioneries, and CPG/FMCG companies worldwide. 

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About WNWN Food Labs (WNWN)

WNWN, a UK food tech startup addressing critical problems in food supply chains, creates a win-win situation for consumers, workers, producers, and the planet. The London-based food tech company employs a proprietary fermentation process to transform widely available plant-based ingredients like cereals and legumes to create cocoa-free choc that tastes, melts, snaps and bakes just like conventional chocolate. For more information visit www.wnwnfoodlabs.com.

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