Freefrom Food champions announced

The winners of this year's Foods Matter FreeFrom Food Awards have been unveiled.

The well deserved winners are as follows:

The Best FreeFrom Food 2009
Healthy Cake Company organic carrot and raisin cake

Innovation
Genius gluten-free white bread

Breakfast cereals
Barkat organic chocolate rice crunchies

Bread and bread mixes
Proceli Complet brown rice bread

Pasta, pizza and pizza bases
Dietary Specials pasta – mais and riso

Pies, flans, sausages and sauces
Anila's spicy korma curry sauce

Savoury snacks and biscuits
Mrs Crimble's original cheese bites

Cakes, muffins, sweet biscuits
Gluten Free Kitchen carrot cake
Healthy Cake Company organic carrot and raisin cake

Chocolate and cereal bars
Plamil orange chocolate with cranberries

Christmas goodies
Especially Delicious Christmas cake

Milk and yoghurt
Tesco semi-skimmed goat's milk

Butter, cheese and spread
Tofutti Creamy smooth original

'Ice creams', puddings, desserts
Swedish Glacé Vanilla Lollies

Products made in a nut-free environment
Plamil orange chocolate with cranberries

The prestigious awards were presented by Antony Worrall Thompson at a presentation party yesterday (May 12^th) (during Allergy Week) at Burgh House in North London.

Michelle Berriedale-Johnson, Foods Matter editor and chair of the judges, commented on the results: "We were delighted that the Healthy Cake Company had gone the extra mile 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 2009 award were sponsored by Livwell (www.livwell.eu) - Livwell are part of the Finsbury Food Group and are the largest supplier to the UK free-from retail market.

The FreeFrom Food sector has grown massively over the last few years. Turnover has doubled in three years growing from £90 million in 2006 to an estimated £195 million by 2010 and £350 million by 2012.

Words: Maria Bracken

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