The 2015 FreeFrom Food Awards shortlist is out!

The shortlist for the 2015 FreeFrom Food Awards – celebrating the best in gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free and all ‘freefrom’ foods – is now out!!

 

From grain-free granolas and 1-minute-freefrom-microwave breads, to mail-order wheatgrass shots, Bohemian Rhapsody Kent-crafted Pilsner, traditional meat pies or spicy lamb samosas, ‘freefrom’ manufacturers have been strutting their stuff at the judging sessions for this year’s awards with a truly amazing array of gluten, wheat, dairy, soya, nut, egg, corn and no-added-sugar offerings!

 

After two weeks of heavy-duty tasting and arguing the merits of raw chocolate truffles over Rosemary & Olive Oil Focacette, the FreeFrom Food Awards judgeshave chosen nearly 270 products to shortlist.

 

‘With entries up by nearly 30% this year our 65 judges really had their work cut out,’ says Michelle Berriedale-Johnson, director of the FreeFrom Awards who chairs the judging sessions. ‘But, with their usual expertise they

managed to tease out the really exciting products that are currently pushing the boundaries of what you can successfully make ‘freefrom’.’

 

See below for the full list but here, in no significant order except alphabetical, are a few of the ‘highlights’ –

 

• Amy’s Kitchen GF Breakfast Sandwich
• Angelic Gluten Free Rosemary & Sea Salt Biscuits
• Booja Booja Chilled Chocolate Truffle Selection dairy and gluten free
• Coconut Collaborative Mango Snowconut Frozen Yoghurt
• Coconut Merchant Coconut Jam
• Genius GlutenFree gluten and dairy-free Pain au Chocolat
• Kirsty’s Gluten-free and dairy-free Beef Lasagne with a Rich Bolognese Sauce
• Mummy Bakes gluten-free Italian Almond Biscotti
• PureBred gluten-free Pancake Mix in a bottle
• Quinola Mothergrain Baby Swede and Parsnip
• Rhythm Health Coconut & Pomegranate (Kefir One Shot Drink)
• Smart Eats & Treats Za’tar Manakish (Yeast Free Flat Bread)
• Soft sage gluten-free Veggie Cheese Dough Balls
• The Paleo Foods Co Berry & Almond Grain-Free Granola
• Udi’s Gluten Free Parmesan & Garlic Bagel Chips
• Yee Kwan Matcha Green Tea Ice Cream

 

 

 

 

 

Notes for editors:

 

• The FreeFrom Food Awards, now in their 8^th very 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:
1)   The FreeFrom Skincare Awards

2)   The FreeFrom Eating Out Awards

3)   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, a dozen or so keen freefrom bloggers and a good sprinkling of ‘outsiders’ to benchmark the products against ‘normal’, non-freefrom equivalents. See the awards site for more details.

 

• The winners of the 2015 FreeFrom Food Awards will be announced and presented with their certificates by Antony Worrall Thompson at an invitation-only party in central London on April 22nd.

• The awards team will be Facebooking and Tweeting all shortlisted companies over the next few weeks. The awards Twitter handle is @FFFoodAwards – hashtag #FFFA15 – and this is the Facebook page

 

 

For more information:

Contact michelle@foodsmatter.com – 020 7722 2866

or

check out the awards site FreeFromFoodAwards.co.uk
 

 

 

 

FreeFrom Food Awards 2015 – the Shortlist
(in alphabetical order)

 

 

The Innovation Award – Sponsored by Food Matters Live

 

1. Bfree Fajita Kit

 

2. Booja Booja Chilled Chocolate Truffle Selection

 

3. Cereal Lovers Simply Apple & Blackcurrant Granola

 

4. Farabella Pasta Orechiette

 

5. Feelgood Foodies Uprising Ready-To-Roll Shortcrust Pastry

 

6. Just Gluten Free Good White Bread

 

7. Kirsty’s GF & DF Beef Lasagne with a Rich Bolognese Sauce

 

8. Mash Direct Vegetable Burgers with Spring Cabbage

 

9. PureBred Pancake Mix

 

1. Squeeze Juice Ready to Drink Wheatgrass Shots

 

1. Sweet Goodness SOLOaf Single Serve GF Bread Mix

 

2. The Paleo Food Company Honey & Pecan Grain-free Granola

 

 

 

1. Breakfast foods – Sponsored by Tesco

 

Breakfast cereals:

 

1. Cereal Lovers Forest Crunch Breakfast Cereal

 

2. Delicious Alchemy GF & DF Purely Oaty Fruity Muesli

 

3. Dr Gaye Super Shake Super-Porridge

 

4. Nairn’s GF Scottish Porridge Oats

 

5. Primal Joy FoodsMaple & Pecan Nut Crunch

 

6. Rude Health Organic Sprouted Porridge Oats

 

7. The Paleo Foods Co Honey & Pecan Grain-Free Granola

 

8. The Paleo Foods Co Berry & Almond Grain-Free Granola

 

 

‘Milks’ and yogurts:

 

1. Coconut Merchant Coconut Jam

 

2. Delamere Dairy Goats butter

 

3. Dream Hazelnut & Almond Praline Drink

 

4. COYO DF Coconut Milk Yoghurt Morello Cherry

 

5. Pudology Natural Yoghurt

 

6. Rhythm Health Coconut & Pomegranate (Kefir One Shot Drink)

 

7. Rhythm Health Pure Coconut (Kefir One Shot Drink)

 

8. Rude Health Coconut Drink

 

9. The Coconut Collaborative DF Large Natural Coconut Yoghurt

 

 

Baked breakfast goods:

 

1. Amy’s Kitchen GF Breakfast Sandwich

 

2. Bfree Multiseed Bagels

 

3. Cambridge Muffin Co Brunch Muff

 

4. Genius Gluten Free Crumpets

 

5. Genius Gluten FreePain au Chocolat

 

6. Goodness Grains Gluten Free Bakery Sesame Seed Bagel

 

7. Sainsbury’s FF 6 Syrup Pancakes

 

 

 

2. Breads  – Sponsored by Genius Gluten Free

 

1. Bfree Brown Seeded Loaf

 

2. Bfree Soft White Loaf

 

3. BfreeBrown Seeded Rolls

 

4. Bfree Multigrain Wraps

 

5. DS-gluten free Frozen White Rolls

 

6. Goodness Grains Gluten Free Bakery Bread Bap with Sesame Seeds

 

7. JUST: Gluten Free Bakery Good White Bread

 

8. PureBred Wholegrain Sandwich Rolls

 

9. Rule of Crumb Part Baked Mini Baguette

 

1. Smart Eats & Treats Kmaje (Yeast Free Pitta Bread)

 

1. Smart Eats & Treats Rosemary & Olive Oil Focacette

 

2. Smart Eats & Treats Za’tar Manakish (Yeast Free Flat Bread)

 

3. Tesco Free From Fresh Seeded Bread

 

4. Udi’s Gluten Free Tiger Bloomer

 

 

 

3. Store cupboard – Sponsored by Sainsbury’s

 

Savoury mixes & sauces:

 

1. Gordon Rhodes A Jolly Fine GF Gourmet Sage & Onion Stuffing Mix

 

2. Ilumi Sweet Soy & Ginger Stir Fry Sauce

 

3. Mrs Crimbles Home Bake Sage & Onion Stuffing Mix

 

4. Sacla Free From Basil Pesto

 

5. Sanchi Tamari Soy Sauce

 

6. Sweet Goodness SOLOaf Single Serve GF Bread Mix

 

7. Tesco Free From Sweet & Sour Sauce

 

8. The Foraging Fox Beetroot Ketchup

 

9. Vegusto No-Moo Rac

 

1. Yau’s Black Bean Sauce

 

1. Yau’s Zum Sauce

 

 

Miscellaneous Savoury:

 

 

1. Ambu Tree Spicy Tandoori Marinade

 

2. Asda Free From CousCous

 

3. BFree Multigrain Wraps

 

4. Hotch Potch GF Cheesy pastry

 

5. Pulsetta Foods GF Breadcrumbs

 

6. Quinola Mothergrain Express Quinoa with Split Peas

 

7. Raw Health Organic Virgin Coconut Oil

 

8. Slendier Organic Spaghetti Style

 

 

Sweet: 

 

1. Coconut Merchant Coconut Sugar

 

2. Delicious Alchemy GF & DF Vanilla Sponge Mix

 

3. Fria Swedish Style Puff Pastry

 

4. Mrs O’s Fuss Free Mixes Egg Free Scrumptious Gingerbread Mix

 

5. Orgran No Egg, Natural Egg Replacer

 

6. Udi’s Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Brownie Mix

 

 

 

 

4. Pasta and Pizza – Sponsored by Integrated Food Projects Ltd

 

Pasta, fresh and dried:

 

1. Asda FF Dried Lasagne Sheets

 

2. BionitaGF Plain Gnocchi

 

3. Clearspring Organic GF Brown Rice Wide Noodles

 

4. Explore Asian Edamame & Mung Bean Fettuccine

 

5. Farabella GF Fresh Orechiette Pasta

 

6. Garofalo GF Casarecce

 

7. Garofalo GF Linguine

 

8. Rizopia Organic Brown Rice Spaghetti

 

 

Pizza Bases & Complete Pizzas:

 

1. Georgia’s Choice Margherita Pizza

 

2. Georgia’s Choice Pepperoni Pizza

 

3. Sainsbury’s FF Margarita Pizza

 

4. Venice Bakery 3 pack Medium Pizza Bases

 

 

 

5. Raw Foods and superfoods  – Sponsored by Tiana Fair Trade Organics

 

1. Amazing Grass Raw Reserve Berry

 

2. Decadently Pure Salted Caramel Pecan Raw Chocolate Bar

 

3. Dr Gaye Super Shake Super-Spoonful

 

4. inSpiral Visionary Products Organic, Raw Kale Chips – Incan BBQ

 

5. Le Pain Des Fleurs Organic Quinoa Crispbread

 

6. LoveRaw Organic Superblends

 

7. Marvellous Superfood Super Protein

 

8. Mello Drinks Raw Fresh Cantaloupe Melon Juice

 

9. Nosh Detox The Raw Cashew Nut Pesto

 

1. Nosh Detox The Raw Tomato Soup

 

1. Rawr Foods Raw Organic After Dinner Mint Chocolate Bar

 

2. SaVse Super Green Smoothie

 

3. Squeeze Juice Ready to Drink Wheatgrass Shots

 

4. Sunwarrior Raw Organic Ormus Supergreens

 

5. Sweet Revolution Instant Hot Chocolate

 

6. Sweet Virtues Super Food Chocolate Truffles Baobab & Vanilla

 

 

 

6. ‘Food to go’ and food for vending machines – Sponsored by The Food and Drink Innovation Network

 

1. Cambridge Muffin Co Cheese & Sundried Tomato Muff

 

2. Coconut Merchant Coconut Chips

 

3. Karkli Karkli

 

4. Of The Earth Instant Superfoods Cereal Pot – Power of Red

 

5. Quinola MothergrainKids Mediterranean

 

6. Rude Health Mini Corn Thins

 

7. Rude Health Mini Rice Thins

 

8. Sainsbury’s Dark Chocolate Corn Thins

 

9. Ten Acre Crisps How Chicken Soup Saved the Day

 

1. The Primal Pantry Coconut & Macadamia Paleo Bar

 

1. Voakes Free From Traditional Pork Pie

 

 

7. Down the Pub and the Bar – Sponsored by Udi’s Gluten Free 

 

Gluten-free beers:

 

1. CELIA lager

 

2. Daas Ambre

 

3. Daura Damm GF Lager

 

4. Green’s Beers India Pale Ale

 

5. Green’s Beers Dry Hopped Lager

 

6. Monty’s Brewery Masquerade

 

7. Stringer’s Beer Outlook Golden Ale

 

8. Stringer’s Beer Outlook Amber Ale

 

9. Westerham Brewery Bohemian Rhapsody – Kent Craft Pilsner

 

1. Westerham Brewery Hop Rocket India Pale Ale

 

 

Savoury snacks:

 

1. Angelic Gluten Free Rosemary & Sea Salt Biscuits

 

2. ClearspringSnack Organic Tamari Roasted Sicilian Almonds

 

3. DS-gluten free Pretzels

 

4. Freed Foods GF Crispbread with Chia and Sesame Seed

 

5. Karkli Karkli

 

6. Nairn’s GF Wholegrain Cracker

 

7. Quibbles Chilli Chilli Bang Bang! aka the orange bag

 

8. Sainsbury’s Corn Thins

 

9. Softsage Veggie Rosemary Dough Balls

 

1. Tesco FF Savoury Party Pack Selection

 

1. The Italian Corner L’Alpino Osella Lactose Free Full Fat Soft Cheese

 

2. Vegusto No-Moo New Classic

 

 

 

 

8. Meaty and Fishy Ready Meals – Sponsored by Genon Laboratories

 

1. Afia’s WF & GF Lamb Samosa

 

2. Genius Gluten Free Denby Dale Chicken & Gravy Pie

 

3. Georgia’s Choice Cod Fishcakes

 

4. Hotch Potch GF Ploughmans Pie

 

5. Hotch Potch GF Red Onion Smoked Bacon & Cheesy Sauce Pie

 

6. Kirsty’s GF & DF Beef Lasagne with a Rich Bolognese Sauce

 

7. Kirsty’s Spanish Chicken with Brown Rice

 

8. Rule of Crumb Chicken Goujons

 

9. Rule of Crumb Chicken Kiev

 

1. Sainsbury’sFreeFrom Chicken Hot Pot

 

1. Sainsbury’s FreeFrom Pork Sausages

 

2. Slim Pasta Spaghetti Bolognese

 

3. Tesco FF Pulled Ham & Cheddar Crispbake

 

4. Tesco FF Smoked Haddock Fishcakes with a Melting Middle

 

5. Tesco finest* British Traditional Pork Sausages

 

6. The Black Farmer Pork & Apple Burgers

 

7. Voakes Free From Pork & Chilli Chutney Pie

 

8. Voakes Free From Steak & Ale Pie

 

9. Watmuff & BeckettChorizo & Butternut Squash Risotto

 

 

 

9. Veggie Ready Meals – Sponsored by Goodness Direct

 

1. Amy’s Kitchen GF Manhattan Veggie Burger

 

2. Amy’s Kitchen GF Chinese Noodles & Veggies

 

3. Christine’s Puddings Taste of the Med Savoury Tart

 

4. Clive’s Pies GF Mushroom & Leek Pie

 

5. Georgia’s Choice Mexican Bean Bake

 

6. Quinola Mothergrain Express Quinoa Spicy Mexican

 

7. Senza GF Chestnut Mushroom & Blue Cheese Quiche

 

8. Smart Eats & Treats Vegan Red Onion & Courgette Quiche

 

9. Tesco FF Mature Cheddar Cheese & Onion Crispbake

 

1. Tideford Organic Red Lentil Soup with Apricots & Chillies

 

 

 

10. Foods manufactured in a nut-free environment – Sponsored by Wellaby’s

 

1. Big Oz Organic 5 Grain Super Cereal

 

2. Cereal Lovers Simply Orange Granola with orange pieces

 

3. ilumi Chicken Za’tar

 

4. Orgran Mini Outback Animals Chocolate Cookies

 

5. Pudology Chocolate Orange Pud

 

6. Sweet Mandarin GF Hoisin Sauce

 

7. Sweet Mandarin Nut Free GF Satay

 

8. Udi’s Gluten Free Parmesan & Garlic Bagel Chips

 

 

 

 

 

11. Foods designed for children – Sponsored by Delamere Dairy 

 

1. Cocoa Libre Alternative to Milk Chocolate Orange Frogs

 

2. Georgia’s Choice Chicken Bites

 

3. Georgia’s Choice Chicken Grills

 

4. Moo Free Merry Moos Selection Box

 

5. Quinola Mothergrain Baby Swede and Parsnip

 

6. Quinola Mothergrain Kids’ Tex Mex

 

7. Rizopia Organic Brown Rice Pasta Fantasia

 

8. Rule of Crumb Chocolate balls

 

9. Sainsbury’s FreeFrom White chocolate Easter egg

 

1. Softsage Veggie Cheese Dough Balls

 

1. Tesco FreeFrom Chocolate and Coconut Milkshake

 

2. Zero Zebra Cool School 26 Chocolate Letters

 

 

 

12. Tea Time! – Sponsored by Mrs Crimbles

 

1. Asda Free From Caramel Rice Square

 

2. Asda Free From Triple Chocolate Cookies

 

3. Asda Free From Fruit & Oat Cookies

 

4. Bakestone Bakery Vegan Double Chocolate Chip Muffin

 

5. Bakestone Bakery Welsh Cake

 

6. FEEL FREE for Gluten Free Donuts

 

7. The Foods of Athenry Honeyed Almond & Rosemary SodaBread Toasts

 

8. The Foods of Athenry Flapjacks ‘The Works’ Mini Bites

 

9. Fria Gluten Free Chocolate Muffin

 

1. Genius Gluten Free Lemon CupCake

 

1. Goodness Grains Gluten Free Bakery Chocolate Muffin

 

2. Goodness Grains Gluten Free Bakery Chocolate Brownie

 

3. Goodness Grains Gluten Free Bakery Cinnamon Swirls Danish Pastries

 

4. Lazy Day Foods Ginger Tiffin (Belgian Chocolate & Stem Ginger)

 

5. Lovemore Gingerbread Men

 

6. Marnie Searchwell Chocolate & Olive Oil Cake

 

7. Marnie Searchwell Jamaica Ginger Cake

 

8. Marnie Searchwell Luxury Jamaica Christmas Cake

 

9. Mummy Bakes Italian Almond Biscotti

 

1. Punku Quinoa Foods Chocolate Chips Quinoa Cookies

 

1. PureBredJammies

 

2. PureBred  Lemon Muffins

 

3. Sainsbury’s Free From Pecan Tarts

 

4. Sainsbury’s Free From Stem Ginger Cookies

 

5. Sainsbury’s Free From Hot Cross Buns

 

6. Senza GF Cherry Bakewell

 

7. Tesco finest* FF Triple Chocolate Cookies

 

8. Tesco finest* FF Belgian Chocolate Brownie

 

9. The Free From Bakehouse Rosemary & Raisin Cookies

 

1. Twice as Nice Bakery ANZACS Biscuits

 

1. Twice as Nice Bakery Earl Grey Shortbread Biscuits

 

2. Udi’s Gluten Free Chocolate Flavour Sandwich Cookies

 

3. Udi’s Gluten FreeCashew Nut & Salted Caramel Cookies

 

 

 

13. Desserts and Puddings – Sponsored by Romer Labs UK 

 

Hot puddings:

 

1. Christine’s Puddings Jam Sponge Potted Pud

 

2. Genius Gluten Free Denby Dale Apple Pie

 

3. Glamour Puds Raspberry Bakewell Tart

 

4. Glamour Puds Treacle Sponge

 

5. Sainsbury’s Freefrom Bramley Apple Pies

 

6. Sainsbury’s Freefrom Sticky Toffee Pudding

 

7. Tesco finest* Free From Christmas Pudding with Courvoisier VS Cognac

 

8. Tesco FF Melt in the Middle Belgian Chocolate Puddings

 

 

Cold or frozen desserts:

 

1. Almond Dream Mint Choc Chip Ice Cream

 

2. Antonio RussoCaribbato Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee DF Iced Dessert

 

3. Antonio Russo Chocolato Belgian Dark Chocolate with a zest of Orange DF Iced Dessert

 

4. Asda Chosen By You Mango Sorbet

 

5. Booja-Booja Pompompous Maple Pecan Ice Cream Alternative

 

6. CocoNuts ‘Island Days’ Raw Cacao Organic DF Ice Cream Alternative

 

7. Coconut Collaborative DF Mango & Passionfruit Coconut Milk Yoghurt

 

8. Coconut Collaborative Mango Snowconut Frozen Yoghurt

 

9. Jollyum Passion Fruit & Chocolate DF Ice Cream

 

1. TaywellNOSH (No Added S(h)ugar) Strawberry Ice Cream

 

1. Tesco FF Sweet Party Selection

 

2. Tesco FF Italian Coffee Style Dessert

 

3. Tesco FF Creamy Vanilla Iced Dessert

 

4. Yee Kwan Matcha Green Tea Ice Cream

 

5. Yummy Lollies Apple & Mango

 

 

 

14. Confectionery and Chocolate – Sponsored by FreeFrom Heaven

 

1. Booja-Booja Rhubarb & Vanilla Fool Chocolate Truffles

 

2. Cocoa Libre Dark Mint Chocolate Knackali

 

3. Doisy & Dam Maca, Vanilla & Cacao Nibs

 

4. Kinnerton Confectionery DF Hollow Santa

 

5. Kinnerton Confectionery DF Bar

 

6. Moo Free Cheeky Orange Bar

 

7. Ombar Coco Mylk Buttons

 

8. Sweet Virtues Super Food Chocolate Truffles Baobab & Vanilla

 

9. Sweet Virtues Super Food Chocolate Truffles Chia Seeds & Lime

 

1. Sweet Virtues Super Food Chocolate Truffles Maqui Berry

 

1. Vego Chocolate Bar

 

 

 

15. Bars – cereal, fruit, superfood, grain-free etc – Sponsored by Holland & Barrett 

 

1. Creative Nature Blissful Berry Bar

 

2. FEEL FREE for Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

 

3. Get Fruity Juicy Apricot, Orange & Ginger Bar

 

4. Get Fruity Moist Mixed Berry Bar

 

5. Get Fruity Scrumptious Strawberry Bar

 

6. Natural Balance Foods Nakd Bakewell Tart

 

7. Primal Joy Foods Coconut Paleo Bar

 

8. Sainsbury’s Choc ‘n’ Crispie Bar

 

9. The Primal Pantry Hazelnut & Cocoa Paleo Bar

 

1. Traidcraft Geobar Fruity – Carrot & Stem Ginger