Winner of the FAIR Trophy for the best free-from food 2009
The Healthy Cake Company
organic Carrot and Raisin Cake
'This year's final judging to choose the winner of the FAIR trophy could have been seen as the battle of the carrot cakes!' said Michelle Berriedale-Johnson, editor of Foods Matter and chair of the judges. 'Excellent though many of the other category winners were, it was the joint winners of the Cake, muffin and sweet biscuit category that stood out.'
Although both cakes (The Gluten Free Kitchen and The Healthy Cake Company) were 'moist, light, tasty and very home made', as well as being both gluten/wheat and dairy free, the Healthy Cake Company's organic Carrot and Raisin Cake won on its looks and on its delicious, not over-sweet icing.
Gluten-eating carrot-cake lovers among the judges agreed that you would never have known that this carrot cake was 'free-of' anything at all and they would have been very happy to be offered it on any occasion.
'We were delighted that the Healthy Cake Company had gone the extra mile' said Michelle 'to make the cake dairy free as well as gluten free. There is currently a trend amongst manufacturers of gluten-free products to add small amounts of dairy to previously gluten and dairy-free products, which is enormously frustrating for the many people who are intolerant of both. That the cake was also organic was just an extra bonus.'
The Healthy Cake Company www.healthycakecompany.co.uk
Innovation award
Winner: Genius gluten-free white bread
'At last - a gluten-free bread that really could be mistaken for a normal bread' was the comment of not just one, but several of the judges.
Gluten-free bread is notoriously difficult to make as no gluten substitute really has the elasticity which, when combined with yeast, gives bread its unique texture. So Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne has really achieved a breakthrough with her Genius bread based on a mix of potato, corn, tapioca and brown rice flour.
It looks like a normal loaf, cuts like a normal loaf, has good both crumb and crust and a pleasant 'real bread' flavour. More importantly for those on gluten-free diets, you can use it straight from the pack (no refreshing needed) and it lasts for several days without staling. Its only disadvantage, at the moment, is its price but hopefully, as it gets wider distribution, this will come down.
'Excellent though many of the other innovative products were in this category,' said Michelle Berriedale-Johnson, editor of Foods Matter and chair of the judges, 'the Genius loaf stood out as a skilful and imaginative solution to a hitherto intractable manufacturing problem.'
Genius www.geniusglutenfree.com
Highly commended:
Bob the Builder organic corn and rice pasta shapes
Commended:
Lactofree soft white cheese
Individual Categories:
1. Breakfast cereals
Winner:
Barkat organic chocolate rice crunchies
Highly commended:
Bakery on Main nutty cranberry granola
Whole Earth organic cornflakes
Commended:
Eat Natural toasted buckwheat pumpkin seeds, raisins and mango
2. Bread and bread mixes
Winner:
Proceli Complet brown rice bread
Highly commended:
Droppa & Droppa mixed seed loaf
Juvela all-purpose mix
Sainsbury’s free-from ciabatta
Commended:
Glutafin multi-purpose white mix
Juvela sliced white bread
Mrs Crimble’s bread mix
Roley’s teff flour bread-mix
3. Pasta, pizza and pizza bases
Winner:
Dietary Specials pasta – mais and riso
Highly commended:
Antoinette Savill pizza bases
Barkat white rice pizza crust
Commended:
Dietary Specials rigatoni with Mediterranean vegetables
Glutafin penne
Orgran rice and millet pasta
Rizopia organic brown rice penne
Sainsbury’s free-from beef lasagne
4. Pies, flans, sausages and sauces
Winner:
Anila's spicy korma curry sauce
Highly commended:
Droppa & Droppa Spanish tart
Richard Woodall Cumberland unsmoked pork sausages
Waitrose pork sausages
Commended:
Clive’s organic vegetable chilli pie
Dietary Specials steak pie
Sauces of Choice Black cherry sauce
5. Savoury snacks and biscuits
Winner:
Mrs Crimble's original cheese bites
Highly commended:
Barkat plain pretzels
Clearspring organic multigrain rice cakes
Commended:
Nairn’s cheese oatbakes
Tesco free-from cheese crackers
Village Bakery organic oatcakes
6. Cakes, muffins and sweet biscuits
Winner:
Gluten Free Kitchen carrot cake
Healthy Cake Company organic carrot and raisin cake
Highly commended:
Glutafin digestive biscuits
Kallo Free to Enjoy Indulgent Biscuit Deeelights
Lazy Day Foods chocolate gingers
Waitrose double choc muffins
Commended:
Crayve’s apple muffin mix
Lovemore Freefrom Foods chocolate chip cookies
Pure Flavour lemon drizzle mini cakes
Tesco free-from chocolate muffins
7. Chocolate and cereal bars
Winner:
Plamil orange chocolate with cranberries
Highly commended:
Eat Natural brazils, sultana, almond and hazelnut bars
Kinnerton luxury dark chocolate egg
Village Bakery pumpkin seed and cranberry bar
Commended:
BoojaBooja organic ginger truffles
D & D dark couverture chocolate egg
It’s Nut Free fudge flapjack
Sainsbury’s free-from mint crisps
8. Christmas goodies
Winner:
Especially Delicious Christmas cake
Highly commended:
Gluten Free Kitchen Christmas cake
Tesco Christmas pudding
Tesco mince pies
Village Bakery organic Christmas cake
Commended:
Barkat Christmas pudding
Livwell iced Christmas cake
Lovemore free-from mince pies
Pure Flavour mince pies
9. Milk and yoghurt
Winner:
Tesco semi-skimmed goat's milk
Highly commended:
Lactofree strawberry yoghurt
Sainsbury sweetened fresh soya drink
Commended:
Provamel fruits of the forest yoghurt
10. Butter, cheese and spread
Winner:
Tofutti creamy smooth original
Highly commended:
Delamere Dairy hard goat ’s cheese
Pure dairy-free soya spread
Commended:
Redwood Cheezly Mozzarella style
Woodland’s Park goat’s butter
11. 'Ice creams', puddings and desserts
Winner:
Swedish Glacé Vanilla Lollies
Highly commended:
B ’Nice strawberry ice cream
BoojaBooja Stuff in a Tub maple and pecan
Gluten Free Kitchen bread and butter pudding
Commended:
Almondy almond tart
Alpro long-life vanilla custard
BoojaBooja Stuff in a Tub chocolate
Christine’s sticky toffee pudding
GFree apple and mincemeat tray
OK chocolate sponge
Sainsbury’s free-from syrup pudding
Tofutti Cuties chocolate
12. Products made in a nut-free environment
Winner:
Plamil orange chocolate with cranberries
Highly commended:
It’s Nut Free chewy oat and raisin cereal
Kinnerton luxury dark chocolate egg
Orgran vanilla cake mix
Commended:
Barkat Matzo crackers
Chilly Billy apple & raspberry ice lolly
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