Health Currancy Founder Wins Innovation Award
Fleur Cushman received an Innovation Award, and CurraNZ won two Product of the Year titles for sports nutrition.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Healthy Food
Fleur Cushman, founder of Health Currancy Ltd, received Innervision Global's Influential Woman Award in Science-Led Nutrition Innovation for 2026-2027. Her CurraNZ supplement brand also won Product of the Year: Sports Nutrition at the NutraIngredients Europe Awards in Barcelona and the NutraIngredients-USA Awards in Chicago.
Why it matters
The recognition highlights a supplement business built around research into a specific New Zealand blackcurrant extract rather than marketing alone. It reflects how science-led sports nutrition products are being evaluated by industry awards on the basis of evidence.
The company's New Zealand blackcurrant extract is supported by nearly 70 published studies. CurraNZ products have been supplied to the All Blacks through UK supplement company Healthspan since 2018.
The players
Fleur Cushman
Founder of Health Currancy Ltd and the CurraNZ supplement brand, she received the Innervision Global award for science-led nutrition innovation.
CurraNZ
A sports nutrition supplement brand built on a New Zealand blackcurrant extract backed by published research.
Healthspan
A UK supplement company that has supplied CurraNZ products to the All Blacks since 2018.
The details
Health Currancy, founded in 2011, chose to build its business around research into its specific blackcurrant extract. Building the company required partnerships with scientists and sustained investment in that research.
Timeline
2011: Health Currancy was founded as a small business.
2018: CurraNZ products began reaching the All Blacks through Healthspan.
2026: Cushman received the Influential Woman Award, and CurraNZ won two Product of the Year titles.
Industry Recognition
The NutraIngredients Europe and NutraIngredients-USA awards are established industry honors for supplement and ingredient makers. CurraNZ's double win places a research-led botanical extract alongside other nutrition products judged on evidence and market performance.
Shoppers looking at sports nutrition products may find that some brands cite published research behind their ingredients. Checking whether a supplement's key ingredient has independent studies can help when comparing options.
The takeaway
Research-backed ingredients are increasingly recognized in the supplement market, so looking for published studies behind a product's key ingredient can help you make more informed choices.
Further reading
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Source note: This article includes information reported by Andover Advertiser.
