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2013 New Zealand
Ice Cream Awards
 (30
May 2013) The 17th New Zealand Ice Cream Awards were
announced in Wellington this evening Thursday, 30th of May, at
a special Awards Dinner .
 Full
media release here. 
There were a record 307 entries for this year's New Zealand Ice Cream Awards!
From these, 72 Silver Awards, 38 Gold Awards, and 12 Best In Category Awards
were
presented.
Two Supreme Awards were awarded to the best overall ice creams out of 9 different
categories, one for large manufacturers,
and one for smaller, boutique producers.
The Supreme Award for a Large Manufacturer this year went to Tip
Top Boysenberry Ripple made by Tip Top.
This ice cream also won the Best in Category for Standard Ice Cream.
Supreme Award for a Boutique Manufacturer this year was awarded
to an
entry in the Gelato category. The winning entry was Licorice
Gelato made by Takapuna Beach
Café and Store.
Takapuna Beach Café and Store has now won the Supreme Award three years
in a row -
last
year they won it for their Salted Caramel Gelato.
 This
year the
new "Best of" category, introduced lastyear, featured
a favourite ice cream flavour, BEST OF Cookies & Cream.
Tip Top Cookies & Cream made by Tip Top was
the winner of this Award.
Tip Top also won the Best in Categories for
· the Standard Ice Cream Category with
their Tip
Top Boysenberry Ripple Ice Cream - a repeat winner from 2010, 2011
and 2012
· the Standard Vanilla Ice Cream Category
with
their Tip
Top Vanilla Ice Cream
· the Low Fat Category with their Tip
Top
Creamy Yoghurt Ice Cream Strawberry for the second year running.
Another new Award, introduced for the first time last year, was for the "Best
New to Market", where any product new to retail in the last 12 months
was eligible.
Rum & Raisin Gelato made
by Zuzus Gelato Ltd won this award.
 Twelve
children from Point England School in Auckland judged and determined
the winner of the Kids Choice Category (more
here).
Much Moore Wonders Favourite Trio made by Kiwi
Ice Cream Company Ltd won the Kids Choice Award.
The Export Category was won by Emerald Foods Ltd, with
their Private Label Japanese Vanilla.
Full
list of 2013 New Zealand Ice Cream Awards Category winners, Awards and sponsors.
Each Category was sponsored by an Associate Member of this Association. The
categories
and sponsors of the 2013 New Zealand Ice Cream Awards are:
| CATEGORY | SPONSOR |
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1 Standard Vanilla Ice Cream |
Formula Foods |
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2 Standard Ice Cream |
Invita NZ Ltd |
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3 Best of Cookies and Cream |
Fonterra NZ |
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4 Premium Vanilla Ice Cream |
Sensient Technologies |
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5 Premium Ice Cream |
Chelsea Sugar |
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6 Open Creative |
Brenntag New Zealand |
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7 Kids Choice |
IFF |
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8 Export Ice Cream |
Eurofins |
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9 Gelato |
Huhtamaki |
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10 Sorbet |
RD2 International |
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11 Low Fat |
Hawkins Watts New Zealand |
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12 “New to Market” Award |
Alto Food Packaging |
Full
list of 2013 New Zealand Ice Cream Awards Category winners,
Awards and sponsors.
Photos
from the 2013 NZ Ice Cream Awards presentations and Dinner.
Or contact:
The Executive Secretary
New Zealand Ice Cream Manufacturers’ Assn (Inc)
PO Box 9364, Wellington 6141
Telephone (04) 385 1410
Fax No. (04) 384 3980
Email info@nzicecream.org.nz
Website www.nzicecream.org.nz
About the New Zealand Ice Cream Awards
The New Zealand Ice Cream Awards were introduced in 1997 by The New Zealand Ice Cream Manufacturers’ Association (Inc.) to promote and publicise the high standard of New Zealand ice cream.
Judging is held in May at the Massey University Institute
of Food, Nutrition and Human Health (IFNHH), Albany campus,
Auckland, 3 weeks prior to the Association’s
Annual Conference.
Awards judging, 2008
Judging involves awarding points for a number of key attributes
in different properties. Appearance is worth 10
points,
Body and Texture - 30 points, Flavour -
50 points and Melting
properties - 10 points. Gold Awards are given to entries
with more than 95 points, Silver Awards to those between
90 and 95 points.
Over its history there have been various categories for Standard and Premium
ice creams, Gelato, Sorbet and Low
Fat.
A popular category has been Open Creative which was established to promote creativity in ice cream and frozen confectionery. Examples of entries in this category would be products made and served on the premises of restaurants, hotels and cafés, or produced by polytechnics, or R&D departments of manufacturers and suppliers.
The Export category was introduced for products
designed specifically for export and a Packaging category
was also added to cater for Packaging only, to encourage innovation
and creativity in packaging, as well as complying with the
New Zealand Packaging Accord.
Local schoolchildren are invited to be guest judges for the Kids
Choice category.
The children are briefed by the Chief Awards Judge, and judge each entry according to the following criteria:
 Appearance
Body and Texture
Flavour
Overall liking
Then it comes down to rating each entry on a scale of “Really
yukky” to “Really yummy” and choosing their overall favourite. There is a need for gender split between the guest judges as boys often have definite preferences from girls!
Kids Choice judging, 2006
Entries have the chance to win Silver, Gold, 'Best in Category'
and Supreme Awards.
Since 2011, two Supreme Awards have been
on offer - one for Large Manufacturers, and a separate Supreme
Award for
Boutique Manufacturers. To qualify
as a Boutique manufacturer, the manufacturer must produce
less than 500,000 litres per annum.
The New Zealand Ice Cream Awards are announced and presented
at the NZICMA Conference Awards Dinner, usually held on the
Thursday evening of the Association's annual Conference.
Any further information is available from:
Mrs Jenny de Lisle
NZICMA Secretary
Office: 04 385 1410
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Mrs Kay McMath
Chief Judge
Mobile: 021 88 1643
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Historical information on the New Zealand Ice Cream Awards for
the years 2000
through to 2012 is also available here on the Association’s website:
Awards
2011
Awards
2010
Awards
2009
Awards
2008
Awards
2007
Awards
2006
Awards
2005
Awards
2004
Awards
2003
Awards
2002
Awards
2001
Awards
2000
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