The art and science of beverage technology
Best Paper Awards are awarded at the Awards Luncheon the year after the BevTech at which they were presented.
| Year | Title | Author |
| 1959 | Keeping Sand Filters Clean | Frank W. Melcher |
| 1960 | Factors Controlling Canned Soft Drink Shelf Life | Richard Jobus and Howard D. Baker |
| 1961 | Planning a Bottling Plant with Consideration for Flow of Materials and Future Expansion | Francis X. Jones |
| 1962 | Quantitative Gas-Solid Chromatographic Determination of Trace Impurities in Carbon Dioxide | Harry Hall |
| 1963 | Automatic Washing | Albert M. Olsen |
| 1964 | Reclamation of Bottle Washer Rinse Water | Harry C. DeLonge |
| 1965 | The Development of P Charts for Bottle Washing Control | Charles P. Grier |
| Use of Diatomaceous Earth as a Pre-Coast on Sand Filters | Byron E. Byrd | |
| 1966 | Sensory Evaluation | Barbara Hall Ellis |
| 1966 | Double Seaming Carbonated Beverage Cans | Frank W. Parrin |
| 1967 | Pressure. Temperature. Carbonation Relationships of Carbonated Soft Drinks in Rigid and Semi-Rigid Containers | N. Nonnemann and J.J. McDermott |
| 1968 | Production and Quality Control of Frozen Soft Drinks | G. Frank Phillips and Miles Hess |
| Rubber as a Contaminant in Granulated Sugar | Charles H. Brokaw, C.E. Scribner and J.G.Paxton | |
| 1969 | The Corrosive Action of Nitrates in Canned Soft Drinks Measured by Polarization Techniques | H.T. Johnson |
| 1970 | Dihydrochalcone Sweeteners | J. Peter Clark |
| 1971 | Palletizing Tests for Closure | Robert J. D.Amato and Frank J. Field |
| 1972 | Criteria for Packaging Carbonated Beverages in Plastic | Eugene F. Phillips |
| 1973 | Fortification of Soft Drinks with Protein from Cheese Whey | Virginia Holsinger |
| 1974 | Waste Water Neutralization in the Beverage Industry by Means of Carbon Dioxide | Jochen Terjung |
| 1975 | Continuous Automatic Analysis of Brix and Carbonation | Kosuke, Joda, H. Komori, F. Taniguichi, Y. Saeki, Toshie Shimagaki |
| 1976 | Determining Optimum Production Lot Sized in Bottling Facilities Where Warehouse Space Is Restricted | Gerald G. Day |
| Density Meter. A New Approach to Measuring Sweetener Solution Solids | Gordon P. Heffelfinger | |
| 1977 | Microbiology of Soft Drinks: Actual State of the Art | Fernand E. M. J. Sand |
| 1978 | A Simple Test to Predict Whether Water May Cause Beverage Floc | R. J. Sullivan and F. W. Melcher |
| 1979 | Controlling Trihalomethanie Concentration in Ingredient Water | David Dalsis |
| 1980 | Designing a Label Removal System for Efficient Label Removal in the Bottle Washer | Charles Murray |
| 1981 | Analysis of Carbonyl Sulfide and Hydrogen Sulfide in Carbon Dioxide | R. Karelitz, D. E. Dalsis and Terry Radford |
| 1982 | Dropsize Analysis of Soft Drink Emulsions by Coulter Counter | John K. Johnson |
| 1982 | Production of Fuel Ethanol From Soft Drink Wastes | John Walker |
| 1983 | Experimental Bottle Washing Study Using SSDT Standard Soil for Research | Harold Brandon and Boris Miller |
| 1984 | Fluoride Changes During Beverage Manufacture | T. Radford, E. Thomas and D.E. Dalsis |
| 1985 | Profits Through Technology | A. J. Meushaw |
| 1986 | Comparison of Chemical and Manometic Method for Determining CO2 in Soft Drinks | Ernst Kugler, Gunther Heynck, Beate Hoppner, and Manfred Lauster |
| 1987 | Hot Sanitation/Clean-in-Place Concepts | Jon Plotkin |
| 1988 | Chemical Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) Regeneration for Trihalomethane and (THM) Removal | Brannon Wilder |
| 1989 | Degradable Plastics. A New Technology Available Today | Mark Matlock |
| 1990 | Computer Based Quality Assurance Management | Robert Wagnon |
| 1991 | In Plant Wastewater Reduction | Gil Fronzaglia |
| 1992 | Identification of Contaminants in Sodium Benzoate and Their Impact on Beverage Taste | James Wade & Ameli Grace |
| 1993 | Carbonation Volumes in Acqueous Systems | Gus Medina |
| 1994 | The Contribution of Water Treatment to Beverage Plant Effluent | Daniel W. Bena & Harry DeLonge |
| 1995 | Keys to Manufacturing Quality Hotfill Products | Switlana Wojcickyj |
| 1996 | Positive Experiences with a Membrane System. A Case Study | Brian Southard |
| 1997 | Determination of Carbonyl Sulphide Concentration in Carbon Dioxide for QC | Julie A. Cox |
| 1998 | Standardization of Head Space Acetaldehyde (HSAA) Testing Between Labs | Yong Lee |
| 1999 | Haloacetic Acid Update | Marcio Amazonas |
| 2000 | Biotechnology Issues for the Soft Drink Industry | Kyd Brenner |
| 2001 | PET Bottle Stress Crack Prevention | Mark Newcott, Valerie Miller Villafane, Eric Moskala, Scott Steele |
| 2002 | Standard Test Methods for PET Bottles and Plastic Closures | Valerie Miller Villafane, Sally Potter, Jim Anderson |
| 2003 | Assessing Your Security Needs | Debra Bivona |
| 2004 | Flocculent and Sediment Identification Using Advanced Chemical Imaging Technology | John T. McDonald |
| 2005 | Sustainability: What Exactly IS It, Anyway? | Dan Bena |
| 2006 | New Heath Ingredients and Technologies for Truly Functional Beverages | Dr. Ralf Jaeger |
| 2007 | Allergen Control | Gerry Lange and Katherine Swanson |
| 2008 | Sanitation for Non Traditional Beverages | Joe Dirksen |
| 2009 | Lean and Green Wastewater Technologies | Joel Rosenfield |
| 2010 | 72-Hour Wash, Results One Year Later | Tom Heagney and Deborah Landgrebe |
| 2011 | Global Food Safety Initiatives | Roger Bont |
| 2012 | Plastic Packaging Sustainability | Lori Carson, Tod Eberle, Rogert Kriegel |
| 2013 | Transport Worker Safety Update | Brian Stegmann |
| 2014 | Fructose in Commercial HFCS-Sweetened Carbonated Beverages: Is Industry Misleading the Public? | John White |
| 2015 | Coffee Science: A Journey From Tree to Consumer | Mark Corey |
| 2016 | High Pressure Processing: Food Safety without Heat or Preservatives | Nick DePinto |
| 2017 | Chlorate Formation and Minimization During Water Treatment | Tricia O'Connell |
| 2018 | Retail Ice Sanitation Guidelines | Philip Thonhauser |
| 2019 | Innovative Materials to Resist Flavor Transfer | Christian Geubert |
*Due to COVID, BevTech 2020 was cancelled, and BevTech 2021 was held virtually.
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