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Free From Food Awards

The UK's only industry awards for free from food & drink

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Entry Guide

To qualify for entry to the Free From Food Awards, all entries

  1. must be free from at least one of the top 14 UK-listed major allergens with no precautionary allergen labelling for the allergen/s specified in the free from claim*
  2. must be commercially available nationwide by 1st May 2024, meaning sold through independent retailers, online or a multiple retailer (except the International Recognition, Easter and Food Service categories which have individual availability criteria).
  3. must be available to buy from a valid UK website (except for nationwide in-store only retailers).

 The full Terms and Conditions of entry into the Free From Awards can be found here.

By submitting an entry you are agreeing to our Terms & Conditions.

*e.g. product cannot claim to be gluten free and have a ‘may contain’ warning for gluten.

The Entry Process

If you need any help with your entry, please email us or phone 07790869706. There is a real person at the end of this line, so if there is no answer please leave a message or send a text, and you will get a reply.

First step – registering yourself or logging in

Head over to Account Logins and select

Then either:

  • Create an account with all your contact details. Please make sure to enter all details correctly.
  • Log in to your existing account and make sure all details remain up to date.

You can access all categories to enter from within the account – simply select each category you wish to enter from the drop down menu on ‘Basket’ page.

Second step – selecting categories and submitting entry information

Either from within your account or direct from the Entry Page, select which categories you’d like to enter.

If you do not already have an account, at this point you will be directed to create one.

For each product, create a new entry form and fill in the 15 mandatory questions.

You can save the form as you go, and come back to edit it up until date specified – the entry forms can be found in your account in ‘Saved’ on the lefthand side.

Submit the entry form – at this point the cost for the entry will be added to your basket.

Add in any discount code at this point.

Third step – making payment

Please make payment via debit card or credit card. You will receive a VAT invoice by email once payment has been made.

If you wish to pay another way, please click ‘Send me and Invoice’, and make sure to pay within 30 days.

You’re now entered into the Free From Food Awards

You can see all your entries in your account. Simply log in, and click on ‘Complete’ on the lefthand side where you will see all your completed and paid for entries.

The Judging Process

Sending in Samples

Once you have submitted your entry forms you will receive an email (please check junk / spam) with the following details:

  • Dates of each category judging session you have entered
  • Dates for sample deliveries – a window of a few days within which we can receive your samples
  • Addresses and delivery instructions
  • Quantity of samples you will be required to send – all leftovers will be distributed to our partner City Harvest

Please mark clearly how you would like your product to be stored: Ambient, Chilled or Frozen.

You must make sure your product will be within date (shelf life has not expired) at the time of judging

You will be able to find all instructions in your FFFA Account, and download a Samples & Shipping Instructions reference grid in January.

The Judging Sessions

Our judging sessions are run with 3 – 5 expert judges – read more about them here

Products are judged blind and are made up by kitchen cooks to the instructions on pack. Products entered into the Child & Teen-Friendly Foods category will not be judged blind, for a fuller user experience.

Our judges can see the 15 mandatory fields you have filled in for each product, and can choose to read any of the extra details you have provided if they so wish.

The Results Process

The Finalists will be published online in May. Finalists will be able to download a ‘FFFA24 Finalist’ logo here and must adhere to usage guidelines.

Invitations to the Awards Presentation Party in June will be sent out – please make sure to log in and buy yourself a ticket. You can buy tickets for your guests as well.

Winners will be announced at the Physical Party in June (covid or any other pandemic allowing) and we warmly invite all entrants, friends, sponsors and judges to join us for the very best free from networking event in the calendar!

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The Gallery

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Nairn’s

The Free From Food Awards are one of the most credible awards on the circuit, and we tend to enter products every year.  Much of our innovation in recent years has been in the gluten free side of our business so it’s a great opportunity for us to showcase some of our new products.  To free from consumers, displaying the winners logo on pack is a sign of quality and safety, and a win certainly adds value to the conversations our sales team have with their buyer contacts when talking about listings.  The awards themselves are really straightforward to enter and very well organised and they’re attracting some great brands, both big and small, to enter which highlights just how far free from foods have come in recent years.

Bute Island

This year (2018) we won Gold at the Free From Food Awards for our Dairy Free Grated Mild Cheddar Sheese. We have submitted products to these awards over the last ten years, and have been proud to win awards for various products. The process of entering the products is clear and straight  forward. The Bute Island team have attended several of the awards ceremonies and found them to be not only enjoyable, but beneficial for the business. It’s always been a pleasure and an honour to be part of the Free From Awards.

ChocChick

We have been entering the FFF Awards since 2010 and have had some incredible networking opportunities, caught up with industry leaders, begun collaborations and even met with senior buyers who listed our products in stores, so to have won Gold this year for our Cacao Nibbles was the icing on the cake. We are incredibly proud to be part of the Free From family.

Mina Said-AllsoppWildcraft Bakery

The networking opportunities at the FFFA18 party have been really amazing – we’ve met people we have been following on instagram and twitter… We met the founder of Genius which is… AMAZING! We are so excited to put the freefrom logo on our website and all our products.

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Greg Taylor Managing Director, Retrocorn

Our win opened a door to a national distributor in the UK allowing us to get our popcorn in front of all the big UK contract caterers, winning new business with Baxter Storey, Caterlink and many others!  A fantastic award like this really does get you noticed!  We are delighted with our win and will be entering our Hasta La Vista in next years award 100%

 

Emma HeathNairn’s

For us at Nairn’s, winning gold is as much about internal reward as it is about anything external or consumer facing.  For those involved in developing and trialling the products and bringing them to market, winning any of the FFAs further recognition of a job well done and gives a real sense of pride and achievement to the team.

FFFA19 Gold Winner for Caramelised Onion Flatbreads

Sue WarrenStrategic Development Director, Unismack

The FFFA have been at the forefront of driving innovation, awareness and availability of an increasing range in the Free From arena since before it was a trend. The FreeFrom Food awards remain a focus point for the industry and are a great platform for communication and engagement

Julia MarriottDietitian, allergy sufferer and judge at #FFFA

The website gives one place where parents can go and look to see which companies have been shortlisted, who won… it’s a great chance to see the range of products available on the freefrom market that aren’t just in their local supermarkets. Products that have got the FreeFrom Food Awards logo give parents confidence that not only do they taste good, but they have been checked for ingredients and safe manufacturing processes, that sort of thing – it gives them confidence in the products they are choosing.

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