FOOMA JAPAN 2026

FOOMA JAPAN 2026 -The World’s Leading Food Processing Expo

FOOMA JAPAN 2026 -世界最大规模的食品制造综合展览会

FOOMA Award

The 5th FOOMA Award 2026

The 5th FOOMA Award 2026

Founded in 2022, the FOOMA Award aims to stimulate food machinery technological research and development and disseminate that technology. Its goal is to spread awareness of excellent machinery and equipment, to promote productivity, resolve labor shortages and contribute to development of new food products, thereby playing a part in improving food culture and food safety. The 5th FOOMA Award 2026 will be held for FOOMA JAPAN 2026 exhibitors.

Overview

Purpose of the Event

The Japan Food Machinery Manufacturers' Association (hereinafter, FOOMA) founded the FOOMA Award in 2022 to honor and recognize outstanding food machinery and equipment.
The food processing and machinery industry plays an important role, not only in Japan, but also in diverse food cultures around the world. Through this awards system, we aim to improve food industry productivity and contribute to new food development with solutions for various issues such as manpower reduction, by raising awareness of outstanding food machinery and equipment in the wider food industry, in order to stimulate research and development into food machinery and spread technology, thereby playing a part in advancing food culture and food safety.

Review

Judging will be done by the FOOMA Award judging committee composed of third-party experts.
Moreover, committee members shall have a duty of confidentiality preventing disclosure of information obtained from judging activities. We ask for your understanding as applications cannot be returned regardless of the result.

Announcement of commendation and prize-winning products

An award ceremony will be held during FOOMA JAPAN 2026. Prize-winning products will be announced to the Press and publicized on the FOOMA JAPAN 2026 official website.
Products which receive the Grand Prize and the Excellence Prize will also be displayed on a panel in the product presentation corner during the exhibition.

Type of Prize

The Grand Prize
Number of prize-winning products:
1 product
Selection criteria:
Remarkable product with an extremely high overall rating
Commemorative products:
Trophy and plaque
The Excellence Prize
Number of prize-winning products:
1 or more products
Selection criteria:
Products with a high overall rating
Commemorative products:
Plaque
FOOMA Award
Judging Committee Prize
Number of prize-winning products:
0 or more products
Selection criteria:
Products with superior features, that have a great future
prospects or excellent development concepts
Commemorative products:
Award certificate

*Right to use Award logo mark: Award-winning products recognized by FOOMA may use the logo mark on the product itself, catalogs, websites, and other media for five years.

FOOMA Award Past Recipients

Official Web Magazine