| Dr | Khayelihle | Ncama | Durban University of Technology | South Africa | Sustainable Food Science Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Lina | Zhang | Hohai University | China | Women Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Joana | Ferreira | Santarém Polytechnic University | Portugal | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Yan | Lu | Fudan University | China | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Gomes da Silva Silveira | Cahango | Instituto Superior de Agronomia - Ulisboa | Portugal | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Yingyu | Liu | Xinjiang Agricultural University | China | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Vivek | Kuttappan | Cargill, Inc. | United States | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Zejian | Wang | 华东理工大学 | China | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Tingjin | Luo | National University of Defense Technology | China | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | S. Noushin | Emami | LSTM | United Kingdom | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Theodoros | Karampatakis | University of the Aegean and University of Thessaly | Greece | Excellence in Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Wenfeng | Han | Zhejiang Industry Polytechnic College | China | Excellence in Food Science Education | View Profile |
| Mr | Hedian | Yan | yunnan agricultural university | China | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Dragica | Đurđević-Milošević | Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Microbiology | Serbia | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Mustapha | Aliyu | University of South Africa/University of Ilorin, Nigeria | South Africa | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Muhammad | Waqas | Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences | China | Best Scholar Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Deokyeol | Jeong | Kongju National University | South Korea | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Asif | Ali | Doshisha Umiversity | Japan | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Maggie | Schoener | Western Illinois University | United States | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Maharjan | Maharjan | Texas A & M AgriLife Research | United States | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |