With supplements promising everything imaginable, functional drinks appearing almost weekly and an ever-growing selection of “healthy” snacks and pantry staples competing for space in your trolley, working out which wellness products are genuinely worth buying can be surprisingly difficult.
The latest
Clean + Conscious Awards could make that decision a whole lot easier, with the winners of the
2026 Food + Nutrition Awards now revealed across categories spanning food, drinks, supplements and nutrition products available throughout Australia and New Zealand.
The awards go considerably deeper than taste, packaging or the claims printed on the front of the packet. Before reaching the Expert Panel, every entered product undergoes an assessment covering its ingredients or materials, sustainability, ethical practices and social impact, with only those meeting the Clean + Conscious Awards’ criteria progressing to hands-on testing.
This year, the finalists were independently reviewed over four weeks by a panel of 90 experts from Australia and New Zealand, who evaluated products across quality, performance, innovation, sustainability and overall impact before awarding Gold, Silver, Bronze and Editor’s Choice honours.
For anyone trying to make more considered choices at the supermarket, health-food store or supplement aisle, one of the most useful additions this year is the new Food + Nutrition Awards Category Hub, which has launched alongside the winners.
Following the arrival of the Beauty + Body Hub last month, the new online destination brings all of this year’s winning food and nutrition products together in one place, covering everything from nourishing pantry staples and healthy snacks to functional foods, beverages, supplements, teas, wholefood meals and family favourites.
Each winner also has a dedicated product page where you can learn more about the product and the brand behind it, explore information about its sustainability and ethical practices, and read hands-on feedback from members of the Expert Panel. It gives you more context than an award badge alone when you’re deciding whether a product deserves a place in your pantry or supplement cupboard.
The Food + Nutrition Awards are the second instalment in the Clean + Conscious Awards’ new 2026 Awards Season, which sees its major categories announced separately throughout the year. Beauty + Body kicked things off last month, with a dedicated hub accompanying each announcement to create an ongoing resource consumers can return to after the awards themselves are over.
Now in their eighth year, the Clean + Conscious Awards were established to recognise products across Australia and New Zealand that meet criteria spanning health, ethics, sustainability and social responsibility. With wellness packaging and marketing increasingly filled with terms such as “clean”, “natural” and “conscious”, having somewhere to look beyond the front-of-pack claims could be particularly useful when you’re trying to decide what to actually buy.
The 2026 Food + Nutrition Awards Hub is now live, where you can browse all of this year’s Gold, Silver, Bronze and Editor’s Choice winners alongside individual product information and Expert Panel reviews.
Explore the 2026 Food + Nutrition Award winners
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