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Awards & recognition

2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 NKY Magazine Best Workplaces in NKY Award
NKY Chamber Business Impact Awards Finalist and 2024 Heritage Award Winner
Local Community Awards
Most Innovative New Product Awards (MINPA)

2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 NKY Magazine Best Workplaces in NKY Award

For the fifth year in a row, Perfetti Van Melle USA was selected as a Best Workplaces in Northern Kentucky (NKY) winner! The magazine honors businesses that demonstrate the exceptional qualities that make our region a great place to have a career.

We earned the 2025 award for all the ways our employees are engaged, rewarded and recognized in our workplace, our community involvement, our DE&I/culture efforts as well as our very strong benefits and perks for employees.

NKY Chamber Business Impact Heritage Awards

Each year,the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce honors local companies for their impact in various categories of achievement and industry leadership.

In 2025, the company was a finalist for the “Cool Place to Work” award, and in 2026 was a finalist for the “Large Business Award”

In 2024, Perfetti Van Melle was honored as the NKY Chamber Business Impact Heritage Award winner! This award is a testament to the company’s consistent stability and significant economic contributions to the Northern Kentucky community.

In 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 Perfetti Van Melle was acclaimed a finalist in the category of Community Champion in the “For Profit” sector.

Local Community Awards

Perfetti Van Melle was thrilled to accept the WOO Award (Welcoming Outstanding Organizations) from Bellevue Independent Schools in 2026 for our ongoing collaboration to advance their youth mental health and prevention campaigns.

From classroom activities to schoolwide events, our contributions have helped bring energy, fun, and connection to important topics that matter deeply to students.

This recognition reflects not only our commitment to being a good neighbor but also our belief that supporting young people is a shared responsibility and a powerful investment in the future of our community.

Perfetti Van Melle Named 2022 Sweet Cheeks Corporate Volunteers of the Year!

Perfetti Van Melle was presented with the 2022 Corporate Volunteers of the Year award. This award was dedicated to all the Perfetti Van Melle volunteers who gave their time and care to help with our Sweet Cheeks Community Day events. Our teams packed more than 500,000 diapers and 3,000 period kits -- enough to cover over two months of partner agency orders!

2020 Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Community Award

Perfetti Van Melle was presented with the NKY Community Award by the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. This award is presented to exceptional individuals, businesses, or organizations that have helped advance and/or promote the NKY region.

Most Innovative New Product Awards (MINPA)

Bubblicious Gummy Gum Wins 2026 MINPA

Bubblicious Gummy Gum was recognized with a Most Innovative New Product Award (MINPA) by the National Confectioners Association at the 2026 Sweets & Snacks Expo. This is one of the confectionery industry's top honors, celebrating innovation across candy and snacks. With more than 500 products submitted, the award recognizes the creativity and collaboration behind this first-of-its-kind dual-texture chewing experience! Coming to retailers across the country in early 2027!

National Confectioners Association (NCA) 2021 Most Innovative New Product Award

The new Mentos Pure Fresh Gum recyclable Paperboard Gum Bottle won the annual Most Innovative New Product award for the Gum/Mint category at the 2021 National Confectioners Association (NCA) Sweets & Snacks Expo! It is the first-to-market gum category product from a major global confectioner in this recyclable paperboard packaging, which is 90% paperboard and widely recyclable.