| Prof | Hui | Li | Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control | China | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Monica | Vazquez-Levin | CONICET-IBYME | Argentina | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Rongbo | Wang | Jiangsu Ocean University | China | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Mohammad | Hashemi-Tabatabaei | Allameh Tabataba'i University | Iran | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Jae-Young | Her | Mokpo National University | South Korea | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Adebola | Oladunjoye | University of Ibadan, Ibadan | Nigeria | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Prof | Joana | Ferreira | Santarém Polytechnic University | Portugal | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Prof. Dr | Yan | Lu | Fudan University | China | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Gomes da Silva Silveira | Cahango | Instituto Superior de Agronomia - Ulisboa | Portugal | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Ms | Yingyu | Liu | Xinjiang Agricultural University | China | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Vivek | Kuttappan | Cargill, Inc. | United States | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Prof | Zejian | Wang | 华东理工大学 | China | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Tingjin | Luo | National University of Defense Technology | China | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Mr | Hedian | Yan | yunnan agricultural university | China | Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Prof. Dr | Adriana | Descalzo | Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora | Argentina | Plant-Based Food Innovation Award | foodscientists.org |
| Prof | Michele | Suman | Barilla SpA | Italy | Outstanding Scientist Award | foodscientists.org |
| Prof | Robert | Clarke | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | Nutritional Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Mohammad | Hemmatinafar | Shiraz University | Iran | Nutritional Research Excellence Award | foodscientists.org |
| Dr | Jerish Joyner | Janahar | Mississippi State University | United States | Innovative Research Award | foodscientists.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | S. Noushin | Emami | LSTM | United Kingdom | Innovative Research Award | foodscientists.org |