<p align="center"><strong>BRIDGE2FOOD ANNOUNCES 2018 PROTEIN AWARDS FINALISTS</strong></p>

<p>The finalists have been announced for the Bridge2Food Protein Awards 2018 which celebrate those creating new plant-based and high protein foods and ingredients, driving growth and innovation in the Protein industry. The finalists for each category are as follows:</p>

<p><strong>Best Plant-based Food:</strong> awarded to a company that has created a new plant-based food.<br />
- <a href="https://www.vivera.com/en/home"><u>Vivera</u></a> for Vivera Veggie Steak<br />
- <a href="http://www.gardengourmet.com/"><u>Nestle</u></a> for Vegan fillet pieces<br />
- <a href="http://www.samhoudfood.com/"><u>&amp;samhoud food</u></a> for &#39;Tomeato&#39; mince<br />
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<strong>Most Novel Protein Ingredient: </strong>celebrates new protein ingredients that are truly innovative and offered measurable benefits for manufacturers and consumers.<br />
- <a href="https://www.avebe.com/"><u>AVEBE</u></a> for Perfectasol D520 texture solution for plant-based pizza topping<br />
- <u>Baru </u><a href="https://barubaron.ca/"><u>Baron</u></a> for Baru Seeds<br />
- <a href="http://www.plthealth.com/artesaprotein"><u>PLT Health Solutions</u></a> for Artesa Chickpea Protein<br />
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<strong>Most Novel Protein Process Technology: </strong>celebrates new protein process technologies that are truly innovative and offered measurable benefits in processing (new) ingredients and foods for consumers.&nbsp;<br />
- <a href="http://lactips.com/en/home-lactips-en/"><u>Lactips</u></a> for an eco-friendly plastic raw material from transformation of casein<br />
- <a href="http://www.3fbio.com/"><u>3FBio</u></a> for their zero-waste process to produce mycoprotein,<br />
- <a href="https://www.botaneco.com/"><u>Botaneco</u></a> for Novel Oilseed Processing Technology<br />
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The winners will be announced at <a href="http://bit.ly/2mQpPCY"><u>&nbsp;11th Protein Summit 2018, 24-26 October 2018 (France)</u></a> - the world&rsquo;s largest protein platform will bring together more than 450experts from the whole value chain to debate and shape a future protein agenda.<br />
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Gerard Klein Essink of Bridge2Food said &ldquo;The judges were impressed with the high quality of entries and the finalists should be very proud of their achievement that reflects growing innovation within the protein sector.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>The Expert Judging Panel:</strong><br />
&gt; Dr Kees de Gooijer, TKI Agri &amp; Food (Netherlands)<br />
&gt; Dr Stacy Pyett, Protein Manager, Wageningen University (Netherlands)<br />
&gt; Greg Bonnefin, Group Director, Newly Weds Foods (Thailand) Ltd<br />
&gt; Dr Anne Wagner, Innovations Director, Tereos (France)<br />
&gt; Patrick Leseur, Group R&amp;D Director, Bonduelle (France)<br />
&gt; Val&eacute;rie Mazza, Head of Corporate Scientific Affairs, Limagrain (France)<br />
&gt; Eric Texier, CEO &amp; Founder ABCiNOv/Sodexo (France)<br />
&gt; Thierry Lebrun, Director, Member of Executive Board, Credit Agricole North of France (France)<br />
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For more information, please contact: <a><u>meetings@bridge2food.com</u></a><u>. </u>Ph: <span class="baec5a81-e4d6-4674-97f3-e9220f0136c1" style="white-space: nowrap;">+31 30 3200196<a href="#" style="margin: 0px; border: currentColor; border-image: none; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 16px; height: 16px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: middle; float: none; display: inline; white-space: nowrap; position: static !important;" title="Call: +31 30 3200196"><img src="data:image/png;base64,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" style="margin: 0px; border: currentColor; border-image: none; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 16px; height: 16px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: middle; float: none; display: inline; white-space: nowrap; position: static !important;" title="Call: +31 30 3200196" /></a></span></p>

<p><strong>About Bridge2Food</strong><br />
Bridge2Food is a knowledge and network agency based in The Netherlands. Its key strength is the development of specific platforms for the food industry: &lsquo;Building bridges between food professionals&rsquo;. Bridge2Food operates in the international food sector and organises a wide range of food industry conferences for senior managers of food manufacturing companies in Europe, the USA and Asia.<br />
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<strong>About </strong><strong><a href="http://www.cvent.com/events/bridge2food-11th-protein-summit-2018/event-summary-b18ad8da9cd3490e9c3badb01746cde2.aspx"><u>11th Protein Summit 2018, 24-26 October 2018 (France)</u></a></strong><br />
The 11<sup>th</sup> Protein Summit takes place on 24-26 October 2018 in Lille, France. This platform brings experts from the protein industry together to network, share insights, expertise, latest research, innovation and build business relationships. Now in its 11<sup>th</sup> year, it will bring together food industry experts from around the world.</p>
