The following for (3) categories of Awards shall be given: - The SIFST Best Product Award (open to all entries), the SIFST Healthier Choice Award (open to HCS products) and the SIFST Innovation Award (open to all entries).
Food establishments, both local and international (owned by Singaporeans or Singaporean companies), can submit commercially packaged food products (including beverages and tonic food) launched within the last 2 years (2022-2024) for the SIFST Food Product Awards. Medical, healthcare, health supplement, and pharmaceutical products are not eligible. Products sold online are welcome to participate.
Qualifying entries for the Healthier Choice Award must comply with Health Promotion Board (HBP) established nutritional guideline for the Healthier Choice Symbol Program.
The Innovation Award shall be awarded based on originality and creativity of the product concept, content, processing technology, packaging and/or presentation.
Entry products must be commercially available for purchase within the local market at the time of judging, through all distribution channels including retail stores, online platform, television sales, supermarkets, outlets, franchise locations and/or specialty stalls.
A participation fee of $480 applies for the first product entry, and $280 for each subsequent product entries. Participants are not limited to submitting a single entry and may enter multiple products upon payment of the corresponding fee.
Participation in the competition requires the submission of a duly completed official entry form along with the corresponding entry fee to the Secretariat by 1st March 2024. Additionally, where applicable, a letter of consent authorizing participation must be provided by the product developer, owner, franchisor, or licensor.
Submission of false or inaccurate information will render the entry invalid and result in the forfeiture of the entry fee.
The Organising Committee reserves the rights to disqualify any entry, without the obligation to provide any reason or justification. Products deemed ineligible due to disqualification will not be included in the judging process.
