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SAVE FOOD Design & Sustainability Design Awards

Awards with strong international resonance

Innovative packaging solutions, technologies and systems that reduce food loss or measurably improve sustainability take centre stage at SAVE FOOD on the big interpack platform. The SAVE FOOD Design Awards and the Sustainability Design Awards highlight ideas, developments and approaches that are already delivering real impact today.

With more than 100 submissions, the competitions send a strong signal about the relevance of innovative and sustainable solutions in the packaging industry.


Two categories that showcase innovation

SAVE FOOD DESIGN

For solutions that reduce food loss and waste along the entire value chain – from materials and technologies to holistic end-to-end concepts.

SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN

For products, machinery, systems and services with positive environmental impact and a reduced CO₂ footprint – including material efficiency, recyclability, ESG strategies and regulatory compliance.

A high-level jury comprising representatives from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) carefully reviewed the submissions and prepared the awards ceremony.

The award ceremony took place during the SAVE FOOD Expert Talks, where the winners of the SAVE FOOD Design Awards and the Sustainability Design Awards were honored at interpack 2026.

SAVE FOOD Design Awards
The winners of the SAVE FOOD Design Awards 2026 were Grupolantero / LANINVER, Greiner Packaging, and Innoscentia. Their award-winning solutions addressed different stages of the value chain – from improving the protection of sensitive products and extending shelf life to reducing food spoilage through innovative packaging concepts and technologies. In doing so, they contributed to the targeted reduction of food losses during handling, transport, and consumption.

Sustainability Design Awards
The Sustainability Design Awards recognized ALFA MACHINE Kourtoglou, IRPLAST, and AeroFlexx Packaging Company for their innovative packaging solutions. The focus was on concepts that reduced material consumption and environmental impact without compromising functionality. Among the award-winning innovations were resource-efficient packaging systems, recyclable materials, and forward-looking approaches to flexible packaging that successfully combined ecological and economic considerations.

Through these awards, the SAVE FOOD Initiative reaffirmed its role as an international platform for innovation and collaboration. The awarded projects and solutions demonstrated that reducing food losses can only succeed through the interaction of packaging, processing, logistics, and new business models.

Some impressions can be found here:
Copyright: Messe Düsseldorf / Tillmann

SAVE FOOD Design & Sustainability Design Awards 2026

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