Each year consumers vote for their favorite innovative products of the past year. Product of the Year USA is the largest consumer-voted award for product innovation, and the winners were officially announced on February 12, 2016. Did some of your favorite products win Product of the Year 2016? Read on to find out!
Disclosure: I received complimentary products to facilitate my post and promotion. Regardless, all opinions are my own and those of my family.
Product of the Year USA was established 29 years ago and now operates in 42 countries with the goal of guiding consumers to the best products on the shelf while also rewarding manufacturers for quality and innovation. The winning products are selected through the votes of over 40,000 consumers in a national representative survey each year conducted by research partner TNS, which is a global leader in consumer research.
Product of the Year takes submissions of innovative products launched within the previous year which are then divided into categories. One product is then named the winner of that category based on the survey results.
OK, so are you ready to find out who won??
2016 Product of the Year Award Winners
– Oral Care: ACT® Advanced Care™ Mouthwash
– Snacks: Gold Emblem abound™ Unsalted Pistachio & Almond Blend
– Feminine Care: Playtex® Sport® Collection
– Sustainability: Energizer® EcoAdvanced™
– OTC: FLONASE Allergy Relief
– Paper Products: Kleenex® Perfect Fit* Facial Tissues
– Pet Food: Beyond Purées
– Sugar Confections: SweeTARTS Soft & Chewy Ropes
– Liquid Laundry: Tide HE Turbo Clean™ Liquid Detergent
– Laundry Pacs: Tide PODS Plus Febreze
– Vitamins & Supplements: Emergen-Zzzz®
– Beauty Tools: Amopé Pedi Perfect™ Extra Coarse Foot File with Diamond Crystals
– Kitchen & Home: Finish Powerball Max in 1®
– Condiments: FRENCH’s Tomato Ketchup
– Shower & Bath: Lysol Click Gel
– Condoms: Durex RealFeel® Condoms
– Eye Care: CLEAR CARE® PLUS
– Specialty Laundry: Downy Fresh Protect
– Frozen Foods: Ore-Ida Bold & Crispy Steakhouse Fries
– Better For You: Weight Watchers® Smart Ones® Smoothies
– Chocolate: M&M’s® Crispy Chocolate Candies
– Pet Treats: Milk-Bone® Good Morning™ Daily Vitamin Treats
– Hair Styling: göt2b mind blowing fast dry HAIRSPRAY
– Men’s Hygiene: Right Guard Xtreme Heat Shield Deodorant
– Hair Care: Schwarzkopf essence Ultime Omega Repair 11-IN-1 Leave-In
– Lip Care: Softlips® Cube
– Coffee Beverage: Skinny Cow Creamy Iced Coffee
– Ice Cream: Skinny Cow Dipped Ice Cream Bars
– Car Care: Turtle Wax® DASH & GLASS
My Experience with the 2016 Product of the Year Award Winners
I had the opportunity to review some of the 2016 Product of the Year Award Winners. For my review I received a random assortment of products (as well as coupons for some of the perishable food items) in a fabulous bag. I was definitely excited to check them out and see if I may have some new favorites!
Do you know what is really neat? I actually hadn’t tried any of these products yet, so it was fun to have the opportunity to try them! As an eco-friendly consumer, though, I was definitely hoping to see more eco-friendly products this year.
Some of my favorites from the products I received were the Milk-Bone® Good Morning™ Daily Vitamin Treats (OK, well, I guess they’re technically our dog’s favorite, but I love that they are a daily vitamin she enjoys!), the Skinny Cow Creamy Iced Coffee, CLEAR CARE® PLUS (I’ve seen a huge difference in my contacts!), and the kids, of course, loved the candy. OK, I admit, I did, too!
What products from the 2016 Product of the Year Award Winners would you like to try?
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*Giveaway!!!*
Would you like to win a surprise package from Product of the Year? One winner will receive an assortment of products from the 2016 Product of the Year Award Winners! Stay tuned! The giveaway is coming soon!
This is the third year in a row that I have seen this. It seems like the oddest range of products, and a battery wins ‘sustainability’? Very strange.
It is definitely interesting how they break it up. Yes, I hadn’t even seen the new Eco-friendly batteries before. I’m glad to see it’s an area that they’re working on!
The comment section did not come up for me, so I am piggy backing on your reply. I love those products! Thanks for sharing!
Oh weird! I will look into it!
I would like to try the Downy fresh protect
I have enjoyed the Product of the Year list these past couple of years. I have tried a few and agree with their picks and hope to try some more in the future.
There are a lot of great products this year. I love Tide products and can understand how more than one of them made the list.
Excellent products thanks for the great review!
those a re some of the better products and i love to try all
I have tired some of the products and totally agree! I would love to try some that I haven’t tired yet in the coming weeks.
I have to say they got it right! !! The one item that sticks out for me is the Tide. I have tried many others but, for some reason Tide works best for us
My favorites are the Softlips Cube, the M&M’s Crispy Chocolate Candies and the Tide PODS Plus Febreze
I really want to try the Tide products. What a great bunch of products for 2016 listed here!
I really want to try this stuff. Could really use all of it
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I have to agree about the candy!
It looks like they picked some great stuff. I would really like to try some of the laundry products!
I have tried a lot of these products, and the ones I have tried are excellent.
There are some good products I have tried. I am a little surprised at the FRENCH’s Tomato Ketchup. I have never tried that brand ketchup, only their mustard. I will be trying it now.
I always really like seeing the products that make this list. I’ve found a few favorites this way- especially in the beauty categories.
These are all really great products! I am happy to see the Skinny Cow products that made the list!
So many wonderful products. I will definitely be tring the Downy Fresh Protect, Lysol Gel Click and the Tide products. Thanks for the post.
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I am most interested in the eco- batteries! How does that work!
A bunch of fabulous products that I love as well as new falavors to try out! My kitty likes the Beyond food.
I have tried a few and hope to try some more in the future.
I have not tried any of these products but would love to try the laundry ones as well as the Amope. In addition, the Finish product would be something I want to try in the dishwasher.
The Weight Watchers Smoothies look good. I’d love to try them.
I really want to try the new Tide PODS Plus Febreze .What a great set of products!
I really like & use the Tide Pods now
I use the Finish Powerball Max in 1® and find they work great.
I want to try the – Beauty Tools: Amopé Pedi Perfect™ Extra Coarse Foot File with Diamond Crystals.
We love the Ore-Ida Bold & Crispy Steakhouse Fries and I use several of these products regularly. Can’t wait to try the others!
I’m really eager to try the Skinny Cow Creamy Iced Coffee. It sounds delicious and I would love to have a tasty iced coffee with less calories.
I would love to try the Skinny Cow Creamy Iced Coffee. A lot of the products are great in the line-up.
these sounds like great products and I would love to try them all
I agree that most of these products are worthy of being Product of the Year! I really can’t vouch for all if I haven’t tried them. I have used a bunch of the products, like Tide, Flonase, the Softlips lip balm, etc. and I agree that they are product of the year worthy! Not just this year either.
There are so many great products here I would love to try especially the Amopé Pedi Perfect™ Extra Coarse Foot File with Diamond Crystals..I have seen many commercials about it and have been wanting to get one.
I know! It is high on my list of products I’d like to try as well!
I have been using several of these products and I would love to win and try all of them such as the Lysol Gel, the Amore Pedi Perfect and the Schwarzkopf hair pproduct
What a terrific list of products! I do use some of these already so I know they are great. The rest I would like to try and find out.
I would love to try this Coffee Beverage: Skinny Cow Creamy Iced Coffee I love coffee !!!
Me, too! I especially love flavored coffee!
I would like to try all the tide products !
I would love to try these products. SOme of the best of the best
It is great to see the best products of the year.