The Great Taste results are out, and it is now clear who are the highest-scoring products this year. DairyReporter rounds-up the winners from the dairy sector - scroll through the slideshow to find who made the list...
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The Great Taste results are out, and it is now clear who are the highest-scoring products this year. DairyReporter rounds-up the winners from the dairy sector - scroll through the slideshow to find who made the list...
Image: GettyImages/Diana Miller
Brilliant Blackcurrant received a Golden Fork for East Anglia in 2020, and was also among the three-star products recognised by the Guild of Fine Foods. Back then, the judges said it was a ‘match made in heaven’, praising ‘the pairing of fresh, tart blackcurrants and luxuriously smooth and thick cream’. This year, blackcurrant has done it again, claiming a three-star award; raspberry meanwhile garnered two stars.
The ice cream is made by Alder Tree, a family business going back to 1981, when the producer’s parents moved to the Suffolk countryside to run a small holding.
Image: Alder Tree
This single-herd white mould single cream Brie is made by Northern Ireland’s Ballylisk of Armagh, a family-run farm that farms hundreds of cattle as well as crops. In 2019, the farm won two gold stars for its first ever cheese - the Triple Rose single herd cream cheese - and also claimed Silver, Best in County and Best in Farmers Market at the 2018 Blasna hEireann Irish Food Awards.
This year, the farm has added the Single Rose Brie and the Triple Rose Smoked cream cheese to its cheese product offering, with the former scoring three stars and the latter – one.
Image: Ballylist of Armagh
Hadley’s Dairy is no stranger to the Great Taste Awards judges, having claimed one, two and three-star awards in recent years as well as a Golden Fork for East Anglia. The small artisan ice cream business is based at a farm in Colchester and its seasonal ice cream flavors are made by hand.
This year, Hadley’s Blackberry and Raspberry ice creams have claimed three-star awards, while other flavors including Gooseberry (two stars), Garden Mint (1), Belize Chocolate (1) and Longberry (1) have also been recognized by the judges.
Image: Hadley's Dairy
SuperValu won 108 awards this year, but Supervalu Sour Cream was its only three-star winner among the supermarket chain’s shortlisted dairy products.
Part of the Musgrave Group, SuperValu is Ireland's largest grocery and food distributor.
Image: Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland
Another Irish winner, Wexford-based Scúp Gelato received multiple stars this year, including three stars for its Natural Yogurt flavour. The family-run gelato business also got two stars for its Hazelnut Gelato and the Mango & Passion fruit sorbet, and a star for each of its Chocolate, Espresso and Roast Banana ice cream flavors as well as the Strawberry sorbet.
Image: Great Taste 2022
Made from organic Jersey cow’s milk, The Old Cheese Room’s Chevre-like cheese was themed ‘a giant Baby Bel’ when it made an appearance on the BBC’s Saturday Kitchen in 2021.
The cheese has a slightly citrusy yet buttery flavor and is mould-ripened, with an ash rind.
Image source: The Old Cheese Room
The Croatian cheese-makers scored two three-star awards for its Kozlar iz maslinove komine (goat cheese aged in olive pomace) and Kozlar dimljeni (smoked goat cheese).
Image: Sirana Gligora
