Lund-based Innoscentia has won two prizes at Packnorth Award 2026, the Nordic region’s largest packaging competition: the Smart and Intelligent Packaging category and the competition’s Grand Prize, awarded to the year’s finest contribution. The prizes for the sensor-based food label Good to Eat were presented on September 30 on the Empack stage in Stockholm. The Grand Prize includes marketing on Packnews.com and its national sites in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland, worth over 200,000 kronor.
It is the second time this year that Innoscentia is recognized internationally. In May, the company was named one of three winners of the SAVE FOOD Design Award 2026 at the international packaging fair Interpack in Düsseldorf, out of more than 100 entries judged by a jury with representatives from the UN organizations FAO and UNIDO as well as the World Packaging Organisation.
Good to Eat is a sensor placed in the packaging that measures the biomarkers formed when meat or fish starts to go bad, regardless of the best-before date. The colour shows the result: blue means the product is good to eat, red means it has spoiled. The goal is to extend durability beyond the best-before date and reduce food waste.
The jury describes the solution as a strong innovation with great potential to reduce food waste, one of our biggest sustainability challenges. According to the jury’s citation, the real-time information, which is easy to understand, creates value for consumers, producers, retailers, and the climate. The entry is judged as well-founded, credible, and clearly communicated.
“We are overwhelmed and very proud. Receiving both the category prize and the Grand Prize after tough development work is a clear confirmation that Good to Eat can make a real difference to food waste,”
said Henrik Nilsson, CEO of Innoscentia.
“The Grand Prize is a confirmation that Innoscentia’s sensor is a strong innovation with great potential, both for the climate and commercially. What makes Good to Eat so strong is that it is simple for the consumer. Years of development lie behind it, but the sensor is easy to understand, to use, and to sell in,”
said Petter Berg, business development manager.
In November, Good to Eat will be launched together with a producer of vacuum-packed salmon and a grocery store in Skåne.
