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Free From Food Awards 2017 – Shortlisted

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We are delighted to announce that the Flavour Fusion Original has been shortlisted for The Innovation Award – Sponsored by Food Matters Live.

We wish the best of luck to our competitors..

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

10th Anniversary shortlist hits new heights for ‘freefrom’ foods

 

 

The FreeFrom Food Awards has today published the shortlist for their 2017 10th Anniversary Awards. Says awards director, Michelle Berriedale-Johnson:

 

‘The standard of the entries just keeps on getting better. Indeed, so good are they now that ‘freefrom’ foods are often the first choice for foodies who, a few years ago, would not have given them the time of day!’

 

This year’s shortlist includes:

  • Artisan gluten and dairy-free bread mix kits
  • Beetroot and sweet banana ketchups
  • Gluten and lactose free protein powders
  • Fluffy tapioca Yorkshire puddings
  • Pastas made from edamame beans, green peas and quinoa and chickpeas
  • Coconuts in every possible guise
  • Ostrich sausages
  • 12 different gluten free beers
  • No less than 25 excellent products which exclude all 14 major allergens!

 

For full details see below or on the awards site here. 

 

The presentation will take place at the Royal College of Physicians on March 28th – by invitation only.

 

For more information please contact Michelle or call 020 7722 2866.

 

 

Sponsors for the 10th anniversary FreeFrom Food Awards:

 

FreeFrom Super Hero Award – Lucy Bee 

 

Categories:

Innovation Award –  Food Matters Live

No Top 14 – Ilumi

Retailer of the Year –  Oakland International

Best product from a start-up –  Tesco

Breakfast –  Holland & Barrett

Bread –  Dr Schaer

Store cupboard –  Genius Gluten Free

Pasta and Pizza –  Genon Laboratories

Superfoods & sport supplements –  Tiana Fair Trade Organics

‘Food to go’ –  Integrated Food Projects Ltd

Down the Pub and the Bar –  FDIN

Meaty & Fishy Ready Meals –  Mrs Crimbles

Veggie Ready Meals –  The Allergy & FreeFrom Show

Foods suitable for treenut and peanut allergics –  Wellaby’s

Foods designed for children –  Delamere Dairy

Tea Time! –  Romer Labs UK

Desserts and Puddings –  Morrisons

Confectionery and chocolate –  Goodness Direct

Bars – cereal, fruit, superfood, grain-free etc –  Synergis Marketing

 

Notes for editors:

  • The FreeFrom Food Awards, now in their 10thanniversary successful year, are the industry’s only award for ‘freefrom food’ – gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, soya-free etc.
  • The awards are run by the FreeFrom Matters team who also run:

 

The FreeFrom Eating Out Awards

The FreeFrom Skincare Awards

The Foodsmatter websites, one of the biggest online resources for anything to do with food allergy and intolerance.

  • FreeFrom Food Awards judges included professional foodies (manufacturers, chefs and cookery writers), medics (dietitians and nutritionists) coeliacs and allergy sufferers, freefrom bloggers and a good sprinkling of ‘outsiders’ to benchmark the products against ‘normal’, non-freefrom equivalents. See the awards sitefor more details.
  • The winners of the 2016 FreeFrom Food Awards will be announced and presented with their certificates by Antony Worrall Thompson at an invitation-only party incentral London on March 28th
  • The awards team will be Facebookingand Tweetingall shortlisted companies over the next few weeks. The awards Twitter handle is @FFFoodAwards – hashtag #FFFA17 – and this is the Facebook page

 

 

 

 

 

FreeFrom Food Awards 2017

Shortlist

(Listed alphabetically)

 

FreeFrom Superhero Award

Sponsored by Lucy Bee

 

A one-off award to celebrate the FreeFrom Food Awards’ 10th birthday. To be give to the person that has done most to develop, expand and popularise freefrom over the last 10 years.

  1. Adrian Ling – Plamil Foods

    2. Angela Mumby – Mrs Crimbles

    3. Chris Hook – Newburn Bakehouse

    4. Clare Marriage – Doves Farm

    5. Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne – Genius Gluten Free

 

 

 

The Innovation Award – Sponsored by Food Matters Live

 

 

No top 14 – Sponsored by Ilumi

 

 

Start Ups and Small Producers – Sponsored by Tesco

 

 

Breakfast foods – Sponsored by Holland & Barrett

 

 

 

Breads – Sponsored by Dr Schaer

 

 

 

Store cupboard – Sponsored by Genius Gluten Free

 

 

Pasta and Pizza – Sponsored by Genon Laboratories

 

 

Superfoods & Sports Supplements – Sponsored by Tiana Fair Trade Organics

 

 

‘Food to go’ – Sponsored by the Integrated Food Projects Ltd

 

 

Down the Pub and the Bar – Sponsored by FDIN

 

Gluten-free beers:

1 Autumn Brewing Company Pilsner Lager

2 Bellfield Brewery Bohemian Pilsner

3 Bellfield Brewery Lawless IPA

4 CELIA Lager

5 Estrella Daura Damm

6 Estrella Daura Marzen

7 Green’s Dubbel Ale

8 Green’s Triple Ale

9 Monty’s Dark Secret

10 St Peter’s Dark G-Free

11 Stringer’s Outlook Pale Ale

12 Stringer’s Outlook Dark

 

 

Savoury snacks:

 

 

Meaty and Fishy Ready Meals – Sponsored by Mrs Crimbles

 

 

Veggie Ready Meals – Sponsored by The Allergy & FreeFrom Show

 

 

Foods suitable for nut and peanut allergics – Sponsored by Wellaby’s

 

 

Foods designed for children – Sponsored by Delamere Dairy

 

 

Tea Time! – Sponsored by Romer Labs

 

 

Desserts and Puddings – Sponsored by Morrisons

 

 

Confectionery and Chocolate – Sponsored by Goodness Direct

 

 

Bars – cereal, fruit, superfood, grain-free etc – Sponsored by Synergis Marketing

 

Good Carma Foods nominated for prestigious VegfestUK vegan awards 2016 – vote now!

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Good Carma Foods Flavour Fusion Chilli has been nominated for Best Vegan Cheese at the VegfestUK Awards 2016, which celebrate the very best of a vegan lifestyle in the UK.

Flavour Fusion Chilli is a versatile dairy free cheese flavour infused with Chilli: Perfect to sprinkle on all Mexican dishes; bake as a spicy topping or prepare that fiery dip; the creation can be yours.  All natural ingredients woth no added preservatives, flavourings or preservatives, wheat and gluten free, soya free, palm oil free, highly nutritious product.

Running since 2007, the awards are the highlight of the year for many vegan businesses, organisations, projects and people, with tens of thousands of votes cast each year. Small vegan businesses and charities especially benefit from the marketing and prestige the awards create, and they have become a much loved and much valued part of the UK vegan community.

The VegfestUK organisers added, “With over half a million people identifying as vegan, and half a million veggies actively seeking vegan options, there have been a huge explosion in vegan products, projects and organisations. The VegfestUK Awards 2016 reflect both the quality and diversity within the vegan market today, and to be nominated for an award in 2016 is a huge achievement in itself. We expect the  Best Vegan Cheese  category to be hugely contested.”

You can vote for Good Carma Foods Flavour Fusion Chilli  at the link below:

http://www.london.vegfest.co.uk/vote” www.london.vegfest.co.uk/vote 

Weekly updates of the awards results will be announced under “Awards” section on the Vegfest Express online vegan magazine vegfestexpress.co.uk 

Voting will close at midnight sharp on Friday September 30th 2016.

The awards results will be announced at the presentation ceremony to be held on Saturday October 22nd 2016 from 3:00 – 4:00pm in the Auditorium, at Level 3 of Olympia London Exhibition Centre, as part of a huge VegfestUK London 2016. Trophies for the awards will be presented by Karin Ridgers, presenter of VeggieVision TV, alongside frontman John Robb of punk rock band Goldblade and singer with The Membranes.

The official hashtag for the VegfestUK Awards 2016 is  #VegfestUKAwards2016

As one of Europe’s biggest vegan events, VegfestUK London is a celebration of all things vegan, spanning the whole weekend October 22nd 23rd 2016. The event consists of 250 stalls and 20 caterers, plus a Vegan Athletes Summit on the Saturday, a Pro-Intersectional Vegan Conference on the Sunday, a Vegan Health Summit, a Vegan Activists Summit, a Mature Zone, a Teen Zone, cookery demos, a living raw zone, on top of standup comedy, music, kids activities and more!

Advance tickets to the event are on sale at  www.london.vegfest.co.uk/ticket-info

They are priced at £12 for adults and £8 for concessions, plus small booking and transaction fees. BUY ONE GET ONE FREE offers are available for a LIMITED PERIOD ONLY, after which advance tickets will then be on BUY ONE GET ONE HALF PRICE for another limited period. Limited quantities of tickets are available on the gate at £15 for adults and £10 for concessions. Kids under 16 can enter for free.

VegfestUK also organises 3 other big vegan events after its London edition:

Vegfest Scotland, December 3rd 4th 2016, SECC (Hall 3) in Glasgow, vegfestscotland.com 

VegfestUK Brighton, March 11th 12th 2017, Brighton Centre, website live from September 2016

VegfestUK Bristol, May 20th 21st 2017, Amphitheatre, website live from September 2016

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