| Prof. Dr | Esther | Asensio Casas | Universidad de Zaragoza | Spain | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Veronica | Zingales | University of Valencia | Spain | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Teresa | Garde-Cerdan | CSIC | Spain | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Ali | Rhouma | PRIMA | Spain | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Jesus | Simal-Gandara | University of Vigo | Spain | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mrs | Maria | Candel | University of Cadiz | Spain | Excellence in Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Legesse Shiferaw | Chewaka | National Academy of Agricultural Sciences | South Korea | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Seung Jae | Lee | Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology | South Korea | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Jae-Young | Her | Mokpo National University | South Korea | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Deokyeol | Jeong | Kongju National University | South Korea | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Kayise | Maseko | Tshwane University of Technology | South Africa | Best Scholar Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Reno | Gordon | Sefako Makgatho Health Science University | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Khayelihle | Ncama | Durban University of Technology | South Africa | Sustainable Food Science Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Mustapha | Aliyu | University of South Africa/University of Ilorin, Nigeria | South Africa | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Dahir | Ali | SIMAD University | Somalia | Best Paper Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Peter | Makieu | Njala University, Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mrs | Jovana | Pantić | Faculty of Technology Novi Sad | Serbia | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Dragica | Đurđević-Milošević | Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Microbiology | Serbia | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | YEMANE HABTEMICHAEL | GEBREMESKAL | ITMO University | Russia | Sustainable Food Production Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Richard Vincent | Asase | Ural Federal University | Russia | Food Waste Reduction Award | View Profile |