Inaugural Queen’s Choice Award Recognizes Foods and Beverages Made with Honey
The awards were conceived to recognize exceptional uses of honey as an all-natural flavor, sweetener and functional ingredient
Countless new made with honey bakery foods, snacks and non-alcoholic beverages have hit supermarket shelves in the last year, and the National Honey Board recognized the top ones through its Queen’s Choice Awards. Given to food and beverage manufacturers that use honey to formulate and market a product, the Queen’s Choice Awards were conceived to recognize exceptional uses of honey as an all-natural flavor, sweetener and functional ingredient.
“From mushroom jerky to sparkling honey water, we’ve seen some incredible products that use honey developed in the last 12 months,” Catherine Barry, National Honey Board’s director of marketing, says. “By recognizing some of these products through our Queen’s Choice Award, we’re able to show appreciation to food and beverage manufacturers that choose honey and use it as a flavor, functional ingredient and marketing benefit.”