The Fourteenth New Zealand Ice Cream Awards
Friday 5 March 2010, 8:15AM
By New Zealand Ice Cream Manufacturers' Assn
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The Ice Cream Awards which were instituted in 1997 are being held again this year. The specific objective of the Awards is the raising of standards and promoting the quality of New Zealand Ice Cream. The results will be announced at the Annual Conference in Tauranga on Thursday, 20th May 2010.
We are again having separate categories for Low Fat, Gelato and Sorbet and these three categories cater for those products that do not meet the Standard or Premium Ice Cream formulation guidelines.
Last year’s Supreme Award was actually won by a Licorice Gelato manufactured by Takapuna Beach Café & Store in Auckland.
The Vanilla Ice Cream judging is divided into Standard and Premium Categories which allows Premium Vanilla Ice Cream to be judged separately from other Premium products. The Standard Vanilla Ice Cream category will include products that contain between 10%–10.9% milk fat content, and the Premium Vanilla Ice Cream category will contain not less than 11% milk fat and may contain vanilla additions.
The ‘Open Creative’ category once again has two sections, Ice Cream and Gelato/Sorbet, and is open to any individual, restaurant, hotel or catering establishment that produces and serves these products on the premises. Entries in this category should not be available for sale in any retail outlet. Entries are also expected from the Research and Development departments of the manufacturers and suppliers. Last year Fonterra Brands (Tip Top) Ltd’s Creamy Chocolate & Raspberry with a Hit of Chilli ice cream won the award for Best in Category.
The Packaging Category will be for new packaging introduced in the previous 12 months and will be judged on the elements of design, innovation, graphics and labelling. Judging will also take into account the environmental impact of the packaging and its compliance with the New Zealand Packaging Accord. This category will include both novelty and takehome packaging.
Mrs Kay McMath is the Chief Judge and has been judging the Ice Cream Awards since 2002. Judging will take place at Massey University in Albany at the end of April and the Association acknowledges the support of Massey University for the use of their facilities. The ’Kids’ Choice’ category will again be judged by local children and the Packaging category will be judged by Tom Robertson, a Senior Lecturer in Packaging Technology at Massey University.
Last year the Ice Cream Awards had 208 entries and the Association is expecting similar numbers this year. Each Category will be sponsored by an Associate Member of this Association. The categories and sponsors of the 2010 New Zealand Ice Cream Awards are:
Category Sponsored by
1 Standard Vanilla Ice Cream Sensient Flavours and Colours
2 Standard Chocolate Ice Cream Fonterra (NZ) Ltd
3 Standard Ice Cream with Inclusions Invita NZ Ltd
4 Premium Vanilla Ice Cream Danisco New Zealand
5 Premium Ice Cream Chelsea Sugar
6 Open Creative Formula Foods
7 Kids Choice Salkat
8 Export Ice Cream Waldrons Confectionery
9 Gelato Huhtamaki
10 Sorbet RD2 International Ltd
11 Low Fat Hawkins Watts Ltd
12 New Packaging (launched in prev. 12 months) Alto Food Packaging
The closing date for entries is WEDNESDAY, 14th APRIL 2010.
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