The Food & Drink Innovation Network

February 26th, 2010

Lucky taster-judges for the chocolate and sweet snack category of the 2010 FreeFrom Food Awards got to taste over 50 deliciously freefrom chocolate and sweet goodies a week ago for the 2010 awards.

Entries ran from ultra healthy Biscru’s raw crushed apple and date ‘biscuits’ (just crushed fruits), Conscious Foods’ finger millet biscuits with cinnamon or Village Bakery’s Brazil, cashew nut and sunflower seed bars to BoojaBooja’s wickedly rich (but totally dairy-free) ginger wine, champagne and around midnight expresso truffles and Orinoco Coco’s chilli and ginger spice bars.

Also included in the tasting were some excellent raw chocolates (from Raw Health and Raw Living) and four goat’s milk chocolates (both white and milk) from Billy Goat Stuff, along with more recognisably conventional (but still freefrom) offerings from well established freefrom suppliers such as Kinnerton and Plamil Foods.

For the full tasting report (but not the winners…) see
http://www.foodsmatter.com/freefrom_foods/freefrom_tastings/choc_sweet_snacks_2010.html

For the other tasting tables so far see http://www.foodsmatter.com/freefrom_foods/freefrom_tastings/index_tastings.html

For more on the FreeFrom Food Awards http://www.freefromfoodawards.co.uk/

Next week – the gluten-free beer tasting in the River Cottage canteen….
On March 8th – the shortlist….

Main sponsors for the 2010 FreeFrom Food awards are Tesco. (http://www.tesco.com/health/food/healthy_eating/tesco_food/freefrom.page)
The Innovation Award is sponsored by Livwell (http://www.livwell.eu/)

Category sponsors include:
Delamere Dairy – Plant milks, spreads, yogurts & cheeses (http://www.delameredairy.co.uk/)
Genon Laboratories – Gluten-free breads and bread mixes (http://www.genonlabs.co.uk/)
Dietary Specials – Gluten-free pasta (http://www.nutritionpoint.co.uk/)
Mrs Crimbles – Gluten-free sweet biscuits and cookies (http://www.mrscrimbles.com/)
Pure Spreads – Gluten/dairy-free cakes, muffins, brownies and mixes (http://www.puredairyfree.co.uk/)
Sweidish Glacé – Gluten-free puddings, sweet pies and desserts (http://www.fayrefield.com/gallerySwedish.htm)

For more on freefrom food in general go to http://www.foodsmatter.com/freefrom_foods/index.html

For more on allergy and intolerance go to http://www.foodsmatter.com/index.html

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