LANXESS has received the 2022 World Beverage Innovation Award in the” Best Beverage Ingredient “category for its natural preservative Nagardo. The 20th World Beverage Innovation Awards, launched by UK-based FoodBev Media Ltd, honoring innovation and excellence across all categories in the global beverage industry. The award ceremony took place on September 13, 2022, during the drinktec trade fair in Munich. The jury had previously evaluated more than 150 entries from 17 countries in 22 categories.

Monika Ebener, Global Marketing Director Natural Antimicrobials in the Beverage Technology business line at LANXESS, who accompanied the natural preservative from discovery to product launch, accepted the award. ” Receiving the World Beverage Innovation Award shows that Nagardo has already convinced beverage industry professionals. This reflects the voices of customers who are already successfully testing and using our new product, “says Ebener. The preservative is already in use in the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. With the recent EU approval, LANXESS is further expanding Nagardo’s global presence.