Norfolk based organic food manufacturer, Booja-Booja, scooped two gold awards and a silver at Tuesday evening’s (17 April) prestigious FreeFrom Food Awards, as well as being Runner Up for Overall Winner 2018.
Booja Booja Ice Cream and Truffles
The company’s Hazelnut Crunch Chocolate Truffles won gold in the Confectionary and Chocolate category and were a runner up for the Overall Free from Food Award Winner 2018. Booja-Booja Chocolate Salted Caramel Dairy Free Ice Cream won gold in the Desserts and Puddings category, with Caramel Pecan Praline Dairy Free Ice Cream scooping a silver award in the same category.
The Hazelnut Crunch Truffles were hailed by judges as having a ‘Great balance of flavour between hazelnut and chocolate - great quality,’ … 'very pure ingredients - really lovely flavour and melts so well in the mouth,’ and ‘Feels luxurious - good even shape, delicate taste but good crunch of hazelnuts.’
The Hazelnut Crunch Truffles, as part of Booja-Booja hand painted Easter Egg range, recently also won the Good Housekeeping Easter Egg Taste Test 2018.
FreeFrom Food Award judges praised Booja-Booja Chocolate Salted Caramel Dairy Free Ice Cream as 'very creamy ice cream with a great nutty sauce mixed in,’ with a ‘very clean ingredients sheet and great taste – wonderfully creamy,’ and finally ‘lovely flavour – rippled-in sauce made it taste more luxurious – sugar content admirably low for an ice cream.'
The silver award winning Caramel Pecan Praline Dairy Free Ice Cream was highlighted as having a ‘beautiful pecan-rich flavour with golden flecks of sweetness – and oh so creamy!' with another judge adding, 'wonderful creamy texture – sharp caramel taste with nice chewy bits.'
Colin Mace, Booja-Booja Founder said: “We are very pleased that our Hazelnut Crunch Truffles have won best confectionery product nearly 20 years after their launch, and that our relatively new Chocolate Salted Caramel dairy free ice cream also won its category. We’d like to thank all those who appreciate and enjoy our endeavours. We look forward to continuing to delight our customers with more and more delicious products, made as simply as possible, with just a handful of organic ingredients and without relying on farming animals.”
Booja-Booja’s chocolates and ice cream products are all made with a very few organic ingredients, are free from dairy, gluten & soya and contain no additives or preservatives. Booja-Booja’s dairy free ice creams contain at least 70% less fat than the leading premium dairy ice cream brands and are suitable for vegans and those with lactose intolerances. The multi-award-winning company is based in Brooke, a small Norfolk village south of Norwich.
Booja-Booja organic dairy free chocolate truffles and dairy free ice creams can be found in hundreds of independent health food stores, farm shops and delicatessens across the UK, all Planet Organic and Wholefoods shops, selected Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and Holland & Barret stores and online at ocado.com
More details about the full range and an interactive stockist locator are available at www.boojabooja.com