Thirteen seafood products are among the 100-plus retail food products shortlisted for the United Kingdom’s 30th annual Quality Food Awards. The awards ceremony will be held at The Hurlingham Club in London on 1 December.
There are 26 categories and an overall winner, which receives the Gold Q award. Last year, a seafood product captured the Gold Q: Ugo Foods Group’s Del’Ugo 6 Handcrafted Crab & Crayfish Raviolo.
The products are judged by a panel of about 50 food experts, who look at each product’s taste, flavor, texture, aroma, ingredients list, innovation, packaging, presentation and price point.
Here’s a list of this year’s seafood product finalists:
Fish: Asda Counter Seabass with Lemongrass, Lime and Chilli Butter from New England Seafood; Morrisons The Best Albacore Tuna in Olive Oil; Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Smoked Haddock & Spinach Fishcakes from The Seafood Co.; and WildWaters Smoked Salmon “Pastrami” from Shetland Products.
Fish-value: Sainsbury’s Basics 10 Fish Fingers from Young’s Seafood and Sainsbury’s Basics Smoked Salmon Trimmings from The Seafood Co.
Delicatessen: Marks & Spencer Scottish Lochmuir™ Melted Middle Salmon Mousses.
Frozen foods: Young’s Seafood Naturally Delicious Fish — 2 Pink Salmon Fillets in Seeded Signature Breadcrumbs.
Ready meals: Asda Extra Special King Prawn, Italian Orzo Pasta and Roasted Garlic Butter from Coldwater Seafood.
Ethnic ready meals: Marks & Spencer King Prawn Tikka Masala from Pinneys of Scotland.
Soups: Marks & Spencer King Prawn Noodle Soup; Lobster & Shellfish Bisques; and Provençal Fish Soup.
