| Dr | Teresa | Garde-Cerdan | CSIC | Spain | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Prof | Ali | Rhouma | PRIMA | Spain | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Prof. Dr | Jesus | Simal-Gandara | University of Vigo | Spain | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Prof. Dr | ZWE-LING | KONG | National Taiwan Ocean University | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Franco P. | Mbise | The University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania | Tanzania | Best Scholar Award | foodscientists.org |
| Prof. Dr | A. M. | Abd El-Aty | Ataturk University | Turkey | Food Packaging Technology Award | foodscientists.org |
| Ms | Muniba | Khaliq | University of Reading | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Prof | Robert | Clarke | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | Nutritional Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Woubit | Abebe | Tuskegee University | United States | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Ramata | Cisse | Georgia Gwinnett College | United States | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Jerish Joyner | Janahar | Mississippi State University | United States | Innovative Research Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Lorraine | Evangelista | University of California Irvine | United States | Best Researcher Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Kayode | Taiwo | University of Georgia | United States | Food Waste Reduction Award | foodscientists.org |