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2018 New Zealand Ice Cream Awards
THE TWENTY SECOND NEW ZEALAND ICE CREAM
AWARDS
were held in Auckland, Thursday 31 MAY 2018
(31 May 2018)
As the saying goes "you can't get enough of a good thing".
This proved to be true for this year's Supreme Winner for Large Manufacturers at
the 2018
New Zealand Ice Cream Awards. Tip Top Ice Cream's Boysenberry
Ripple Ice Cream scooped the pool winning the Standard
Ice Cream Category and 2018 Supreme Award. This is
the fourth time this product has won the Supreme Award !!
To quote the judges - the product "had great creamy texture and true to fruit
boysenberry flavour and for a standard ice cream, it just continues
to deliver."
For the first time Ginelli's has won the Supreme Award
for a Boutique Manufacturer with their Black Sesame Ice
Cream. The six judges described this ice cream as "very creamy,
with a very natural roast sesame flavour".
Growth categories this year were Gelato with 58 entries and,
continuing a strong involvement from last year, Sorbet with
61 entries.
The Gelato category was won by Gellicious Gelato Ltd with
their Cardamon, Ginger and Tumeric Yoghurt Gelato aptly named Indian
Summer. This Gelato also won the New to Market Award - hotly
contested by 91 entries.
Best of Sorbet Category was awarded to a newcomer - The
Island Gelato Company for their Tamarillo
Sorbet.
The kids from Clevedon School had to make choices from 21 entries
in the Kids
Choice Category and they chose White Chocolate and Raspberry made
by New
Zealand Natural as their pick for 2018.
Tip Top Ice Cream also won Best in Category Standard
Vanilla Ice Cream with their Creamy Vanilla Flavour Ice
Cream.
The Export Award was won by Much Moore Ice Cream Co
Ltd with a Salted Caramel Swirl Ice Cream destined
for Asia and the Pacific.
Another newcomer to the Awards, Appleby Farms, won Best
in Category for Premium Vanilla Ice Cream with their Bedford
Vanilla Bean, made with farm fresh A2 wholemilk and cream.
Changes in scoring of the Open Creative categories in ice cream
and gelato/sorbet included an additional score for innovation and creativity.
The entries this year certainly pulled out all stops to create some new and innovative
entries including Maple
Syrup and Bacon ice cream, Violet with White Chocolate ice cream, Champagne and Beer gelatos
and Pomegranate
and Hibiscus Tea sorbet.
The winner across the two sections of the Open Creative category
was Deep
South Chip & Dip Ice Cream. This was a classic onion dip ice cream
served with salt and vinegar chips that was created by Dairyworks. The judges' comments
were "it
tasted exactly as you used to make it at home".
A classic well made Guilt Free Vanilla entry made by Talley's
Group Ltd won the Low
Fat Category, which must contain less than 3% total fat.
The Non Dairy Award, introduced for the first time in 2017 has
continued to attract more entries - 19 this year up from 12 last year. The winner
of this category was PURE
New Zealand Ice Cream with their Blackcurrant and Coconut
Gelato.
Again this was a record year for the Awards - highest number of entries to date
(385) with a close-to-record number of 37 manufacturers who entered. One of the
objectives of the Awards is to drive innovation and quality of New Zealand Ice
Creams, Gelatos, Sorbets and Non Dairy Desserts. This is evidenced with the Best
in Category winners being manufacturers based in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch,
Nelson and Wanaka, showing that there is a high standard throughout New Zealand.
Each Category will be sponsored by an Associate Member of this Association. The
categories and sponsors of the 2018 New Zealand Ice Cream Awards are:
| Category |
Sponsored by |
| 1. Standard Vanilla Ice Cream |
Fonterra |
| 2. Standard Ice Cream |
Eurofins NZ Laboratory |
| 3. Best of Coconut |
Davis Food Ingredients |
| 4. Premium Vanilla Ice Cream |
Formula Foods |
| 5. Premium Ice Cream |
Chelsea Sugar |
| 6. Export Ice Cream |
Brenntag NZ Ltd |
| 7. Open Creative |
Huhtamaki Henderson |
| 8. Kids Choice |
Pacific Flavours & Ingredients Ltd |
| 9. Gelato |
Tetra Pak (New Zealand) Ltd |
| 10. Sorbet |
Alto a division of PACT |
| 11. Low Fat |
Sensient Technologies |
| 12. Non Dairy |
Hawkins Watts |
| "New to Market" Award |
Axieo |
Historical information on The New Zealand Ice Cream Awards for the years 2000
through to 2017 is also available here on the NZICA website.
For more information, contact:
 Jenny
de Lisle
NZICA Secretary
Mobile (on Friday, 1st of June): 027 494 6664
Office: 04 385 1410
Mrs Kay McMath
Chief Judge
Mobile: 021 88 1643
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
 A
full list of the 2018 Awards is here.
Photos
from the 2018 New Zealand Ice Cream Awards dinner and presentations.
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the Awards page |
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