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2002 New Zealand
Ice Cream Awards
 The
sixth NEW ZEALAND ICE CREAM AWARDS were
held in association with the NZ Ice Cream Manufacturers' Ass'n.
annual conference, in Auckland, on Friday, 21st June 2002.
124 entries were submitted by 18 ice cream manufacturers for judging
by two international expert judges, Dr Alan Smyth of Melbourne, Mr
Lionel Poyen of Singapore and also dairy sensory evaluation expert, Miss
Kay McMath of Auckland.
Entries were in 7 categories which included 'Kids Choice', judged
by three local primary school children.
The Supreme Award is given to the most outstanding ice cream
across all categories and this year was awarded to Kapiti Cheeses
Ltd with a score of 99¾ points out of a maximum of 100.
 The Supreme Award winner is Kapiti Cheeses Ltd with their 'Fig
and
Honey' Premium Ice Cream.
Photo: Supreme
Award winner, Kapiti Cheeses Ltd - Peter Murphy and Andrew Trevis
with their trophy
The kids were unanimous in their selection of Lollies and Jelly made by Talley's
Frozen Foods Ltd.
The winner of the Open Creative Category was Kiwi Ice Cream Co Ltd with
their Fruity Summer Crush. This category had the objective of trying to
encourage entries from hotels, restaurants and catering establishments as well
as manufacturers.
Dr Smyth, who has over 20 years experience judging at ice cream competitions
and has judged all previous New Zealand Ice Cream Awards, said that he was disappointed
this year at the quality of the vanilla ice cream which was evidenced by no entries
receiving Gold Awards in this category.
The judges again reiterated the point that New Zealand has some of the best dairy
products in the world and the industry needs to reflect this in their ice cream.
The whole purpose of the Awards is to encourage continuing excellence in quality
and innovation of flavours.
 A
full list of the 2002 Awards is here.
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