Chocolate and Confectionery

Chocolate bars, boxed chocolates, sharing bags, sweets, candies, toffees, fudge, truffles and confectionery products such as sweets, nougat and marshmallows. Includes everyday items but excludes baked goods.
This category is now closed

The All-Year Round categories recognise outstanding food and drink products available to Irish consumers throughout the calendar year. These product awards celebrate consistent excellence in quality and innovation in food and drink.

Judging Criteria

  • Taste
  • Texture
  • Flavour
  • Aroma
  • Ingredients List
  • Provenance
  • Product Appearance
  • Packaging
  • Price Point/Value for Money
  • Innovation/Aims in the Marketplace

Savoury Biscuits

Crackers and savoury biscuits including cheese biscuits, breadsticks, grissini, oatcakes, savoury biscotti, cheese twists and crispbreads.
This category is now closed

The All-Year Round categories recognise outstanding food and drink products available to Irish consumers throughout the calendar year. These product awards celebrate consistent excellence in quality and innovation in food and drink.

Judging Criteria

  • Taste
  • Texture
  • Flavour
  • Aroma
  • Ingredients List
  • Provenance
  • Product Appearance
  • Packaging
  • Price Point/Value for Money
  • Innovation/Aims in the Marketplace

Sweet Biscuits

Sweet baked biscuit products including cookies, digestives, biscotti, shortbread and filled biscuits.
This category is now closed

The All-Year Round categories recognise outstanding food and drink products available to Irish consumers throughout the calendar year. These product awards celebrate consistent excellence in quality and innovation in food and drink.

Judging Criteria

  • Taste
  • Texture
  • Flavour
  • Aroma
  • Ingredients List
  • Provenance
  • Product Appearance
  • Packaging
  • Price Point/Value for Money
  • Innovation/Aims in the Marketplace

Crisps

Potato crisps and similar sliced, fried or baked snack products. Includes flavoured and speciality crisp products.
This category is now closed

The All-Year Round categories recognise outstanding food and drink products available to Irish consumers throughout the calendar year. These product awards celebrate consistent excellence in quality and innovation in food and drink.

Judging Criteria

  • Taste
  • Texture
  • Flavour
  • Aroma
  • Ingredients List
  • Provenance
  • Product Appearance
  • Packaging
  • Price Point/Value for Money
  • Innovation/Aims in the Marketplace

Snacks

Sweet and savoury snack products including popcorn, pretzels, nuts and extruded snacks, bars, bites and confectionery-style snacks. Excludes chocolate and confectionery.

This category is now closed

The All-Year Round categories recognise outstanding food and drink products available to Irish consumers throughout the calendar year. These product awards celebrate consistent excellence in quality and innovation in food and drink.

Judging Criteria

  • Taste
  • Texture
  • Flavour
  • Aroma
  • Ingredients List
  • Provenance
  • Product Appearance
  • Packaging
  • Price Point/Value for Money
  • Innovation/Aims in the Marketplace