LANXESS has won the Just Drinks Excellence Awards 2023 in the categories of “Innovation” and “Product Launches". The online magazine “Just Drinks” gave the awards to recognize the innovative natural preservative Nagardo and its market launch.

Nagardo can be used for a range of beverage types, including carbonated and still soft drinks, ready-to-drink teas, kombucha or non-alcoholic beer. It received EU approval in 2022, making it the first new preservative to be approved for use in non-alcoholic beverages in the European Union in more than 40 years. The ingredient can be integrated into the existing production process and also makes it possible for companies to use marketing-friendly claims such as “free from artificial preservatives.”

The prestigious Just Drinks Excellence Awards is an independent recognition program based on GlobalData’s business intelligence. A team of researchers and journalists uses artificial intelligence to analyze more than one billion data records over the course of the year to identify, support and evaluate top companies and their performance in more than 200 countries.

Last year, LANXESS received the 2022 World Beverage Innovation Award in the “Best Beverage Ingredient” category.

“The fact that Nagardo has again received an award serves as recognition of the innovative strength of our technology and confirmation of the many years of work by all colleagues involved,” says Monika Ebener, Director Market Segment Natural Antimicrobials in the Material Protection Products (MPP) business unit at LANXESS.