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NEW ZEALAND JUICE & BEVERAGE AWARDS
The Best of New Zealand’s Juices and Beverages are …
 (9 November 2012) Once again the annual New Zealand Juice and Beverage Awards were a showcase of the “ Best of ” a great range in exciting new products and old favourites.
It took the judges – both adult consumers and young adults, approx 4 hours to decide the winners in each of 12 different categories from a record number of entries received for this year’s awards.
Categories reinstituted from previous years included a Best of Tea Based Beverage, Best Water/Near Water Beverage and Best Milk Based Beverage.
Products were judged under blind code on appearance, aroma and flavour and then in their packs to determine the overall appeal. The appeal of the package and brand is never to be underestimated – especially with the young adults!
Trends in this years’ awards were for products using either less sugar or other sugar substitutes such as stevia. Natural ingredients were also prominent with some great flavours including peach and nectarine – so like the fresh fruit.
Packaging trends included some innovation in reducing the amount of PET resins in bottles and caps (and thereby reducing the company’s carbon footprint) and for single serve ready to drink pouch packs – light, colourful with some great graphics.
The awards were judged by an independent panel representing food and packaging technologists, marketers, sports personnel, media and consumers led by Kay McMath and held at the Massey University’s Food Technology department.
Winners in the 2012 awards were revealed at the Association’s conference in Tauranga on Nov 2nd .
Mizone Active Water - Peach from Frucor Beverages Ltd was named Supreme Champion (Large producer), with both adults and teenagers enjoying the delicately flavoured water.
Ti Tonics - Nectarine from Ti Tonics was the Supreme Champion (Small producer) with the judges describing the product as “not too sweet and very refreshing”.
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Mizone Active Water - Peach
from Frucor Beverages
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Ti Tonics - Nectarine
from Ti Tonics
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The Youth Choice Award, chosen this year by students of the Albany Senior High School, was also Mizone Active Water - Peach from Frucor Beverages Ltd.
An award this year to recognise Initiative in the industry introduced for the first time last year again went to Coca Cola Amatil Ltd for the development of their blow fill bottle line where bottles are blown just ahead of filling using less resin and more recycled resin resulting in a lighter, cheaper bottle with the same properties.
The Packaging Award went to Charlies Trading Company with their drink pouch for children. Described by the judges as “great for shelf facing display, stunning graphics and both functional and fun for children”.
The awards this year will provide consumers with a great guide for purchasing some of the industry’s best products. NZJBA President James Wilson states:
“We are delighted to be able to deliver to New Zealand consumers a wide range of beverages, something for each occasion and purpose, to suit a range of tastes and flavour preferences, judged to have great appeal for young and older consumers alike."
The complete list of 2012 NZ Juice & Beverage Awards winners:
| CATEGORY |
SPONSOR |
WINNER |
PRODUCT NAME |
| Best Short Shelf Life Chilled Fruit Juice |
SATO NZ |
Simply Squeezed |
Orange Juice 350ml |
| Best Long Life Fruit Juice |
RD 2 International Ltd |
Frucor Beverages Ltd |
Just Juice Strawberry & Kiwifruit |
| Best Milk Based Beverage |
O-I NZ |
Frucor Beverages Ltd |
Wave Iced Coffee |
| Best Lifestyle Beverage |
Adhesif Print Ltd |
Frucor Beverages Ltd |
V Blue |
| Best Tea Based Beverage |
O-I NZ |
Ti Tonics |
Nectarine |
| Best Low Calorie Beverage |
NZ Sugar Ltd |
Frucor Beverages Ltd |
V Sugar Free |
| Best Carbonated Beverage |
Labelmakers Ltd |
Coca Cola Amatil Ltd |
L&P Glass |
| Best Water/Near Water Beverage |
ECOLAB |
Frucor Beverages Ltd |
Mizone Active Water Peach |
| Most Innovative Packaging |
Jenkins Group |
Charlies Trading Co |
Orange/Apple Juice Drink Pouch |
| Best Industry Initiative |
Geon Group |
Coca Cola Amatil Ltd |
Blowfill/Shorty caps |
| Best New to Market Beverage |
NZ Sugar Ltd |
Frucor Beverages Ltd |
Mizone Active Water Peach |
| Youth Choice Award |
Directus International Ltd |
Frucor Beverages Ltd |
Mizone Active Water Peach |
| SUPREME AWARD - (Small Producer) |
Sensient Technologies |
Ti Tonics |
Nectarine |
| SUPREME AWARD - (Large Producer) |
Sensient Technologies |
Frucor Beverages Ltd |
Mizone Active Water Peach |
 Photos from the 2012 Awards Dinner here.
For further information contact NZJBA Executive Director Kerry R Tyack on 0274 570 942.
The Best of New Zealand’s Juices and Beverages are …
(18 November 2011) The annual awards of The New Zealand Juice and Beverage Association are a showcase of the " Best of " a range of categories of juices and other beverages produced by the New Zealand juice and non-alcoholic beverage industry.
Consumers can look forward to a number of exciting new and different products which deliver on flavour, functional packaging and fun. The awards this year attracted some new companies with products that delivered health benefits including overcoming the effects of flying, while other products provided antioxidants in tea based beverages.
Winners in the 2011 awards were revealed at the Association’s conference in Tauranga today.
Fresh-up Big Fizz Crisp Apple from Frucor Beverages Ltd was named Supreme Champion (Large producer), with both adults and teenagers enjoying the refreshing lift of a crisp apple juice.
Orange and Barley with Passionfruit syrup from Barkers of Geraldine was the Supreme Champion (Small producer) with the judges describing the product as “just like homemade”
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Fresh-up Big Fizz Crisp Apple
from Frucor Beverages
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Orange and Barley with Passionfruit Fruit Syrup
from Barkers of Geraldine
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The 2011 New Zealand Juice & Beverage Awards were judged by an independent panel representing food and packaging technologists, marketers, dieticians, sports personnel, media and consumers led by Kay McMath and held at the Massey University's Food Technology department.
 The Youth Choice Award, chosen this year by students of the Albany Senior High School, was Just Juice Orchard Strawberry and Kiwifruit from Frucor Beverages Ltd.
A new award this year to recognise Innovation in the industry went to Coca Cola Ice-up where some clever technology has been used to produce the original formulation in a version that when the cap is released and the bottle inverted, the beverage ices up in the bottle.
A special award for Packaging went to a new company Peeld NZ Ltd for its 1 Above (pictured - "the world’s first Aerotonic™ flight beverage") described by judges as “highly innovative, functional and eye-catching”.
The awards this year will provide consumers with a great guide for purchasing some of the industry’s best products. NZJBA President James Wilson states:
“We are delighted to be able to deliver to New Zealand consumers a wide range of beverages, something for each occasion and purpose, to suit a range of tastes and flavour preferences, judged to be high quality by independent experts."
The complete list of 2011 NZ Juice & Beverage Awards winners:
| Category |
Sponsor |
Product |
Company |
| Best Fresh Juice |
Pall NZ |
Simply Squeezed Orange |
Simply Squeezed |
| Best Long Life Juice |
Jenkins Group |
Keri Cloudy Apple |
Coca Cola Oceania and Coca Cola Amatil NZ |
| Best Lifestyle Beverage |
NZ Sugar Ltd |
Fresh-up Big Fizz Crisp Apple |
Frucor Beverages Ltd |
| Best Low Calorie Beverage |
Labelmakers Ltd |
V Sugar Free |
Frucor Beverages Ltd |
| Best Energy Drink |
Zymus International Ltd |
V Iced Coffee |
Frucor Beverages Ltd |
| Most Innovative Packaging |
O-I NZ |
1 Above |
Peeld NZ Ltd |
| Best Industry Initiative |
RD 2 International Ltd |
Coca Cola Ice-up |
Coca Cola Oceania and Coca Cola Amatil NZ |
| Best New to Market Beverage |
ECOLAB |
Orange and Barley with Passionfruit Syrup |
Barkers of Geraldine |
| Youth Choice Award |
Adhesif Print Ltd |
Just Juice Orchard Strawberry and Kiwifruit |
Frucor Beverages Ltd |
| SUPREME AWARD - (Small Producer) |
Directus International Ltd |
Orange and Barley with Passionfruit Syrup |
Barkers of Geraldine |
| SUPREME AWARD - (Large Producer) |
Sensient Technologies |
Fresh-up Big Fizz Crisp Apple |
Frucor Beverages Ltd |
Photos from the 2011 Awards Dinner here.
For further information contact NZJBA Executive Director Kerry R Tyack on 0274 570 942.
New Zealand Juice and Beverage Awards attract a record number of entries
(1 October 2010) The annual awards of The New Zealand Juice and Beverage Association have attracted a record number of entries and some new member companies despite the financial climate over the past year. The entries (118 in total) from 8 member companies demonstrated that innovation is alive and well in the industry. Big and smaller producers were well represented on the award dais for products that represented everything from international to local brands and old favourites with some new products.
The awards are judged by an independent panel representing food technologists, marketers, dieticians, sports personnel, media and consumers led by Kay McMath and held at the Massey University’s Food Technology department. Winners in the 2010 awards were revealed at the Association’s conference in Rotorua today.
 Keri Apple and Blackcurrant Juice (pictured) from Coca Cola Oceania Ltd was named Supreme Champion, with judges describing it as having a great apple flavour with the old fashioned taste of blackcurrants.
The Youth Choice Award was this year judged by students from Rangitoto College who blind tasted the entries to select their most acceptable beverage. The winner was Fresh Up BIG FIZZ Feijoa Burst from Frucor Beverage. This product also won the New to Market Award.
A growing trend in this years’ entries was the increase in the number of tea based beverages. Iced tea drinks showed an amazing range of flavours from pomegranate and peach to feijoa and limeblossom. Packaging of these products, sophisticated and elegant in glass with excellent graphics, was also positively received.
The event provides the industry with an opportunity to show case its products. NZJBA President James Wilson states “We are delighted to be able to deliver to New Zealand consumers a wide range of beverages, something for each occasion and purpose, to suit a range of tastes and flavour preferences, judged to be high quality by independent experts."
Gallery of photos from the 2010 Conference, Awards dinner and presentations.
The complete list of award winners:
| Category |
Sponsor |
Product |
Company |
| 1. Smoothies |
Directus International Ltd |
Feijoa Smoothie |
Simply Squeezed |
| 2. Fruit Drinks |
NZ Sugar Ltd |
Charlie’s Honest Quencher Lemonade |
Charlie's Trading Company |
| 3. Orange Juice |
O-I NZ |
100%% Squeezed Gisborne/ Kerikeri Valencia Orange Juice |
Arano Juices |
| 4. Single Origin Juice |
Geon Group |
Charlie’s Honest Apple Juice |
Charlie's Trading Company |
| 5. Juice Blends |
PALL NZ |
Keri Apple and Blackcurrant Juice |
Coca Cola Oceania |
| 6. Still Water |
RD2 International Ltd |
Charlie’s Honest Water |
Charlie's Trading Company |
| 7. Sparkling water |
RD2 International Ltd |
Kiwi Blue |
Coca Cola Oceania |
| 8. Flavoured Water |
Adhesif Print Ltd |
Pumped Lime |
Coca Cola Oceania |
| 9. Energy / Lifestyle |
ECOLAB |
G Force Apple and Blackcurrant |
Frucor Beverages Ltd |
| 10. Carbonated |
Salkat NZ Ltd |
Fresh Up BIG FIZZ Feijoa Burst |
Frucor Beverages Ltd |
| 11. Diet / Light |
Sensient Technologies |
Just Juice Bubbles Tropical Light |
Frucor Beverages Ltd |
| 12. Tea-based Beverages |
Diversey NZ Ltd |
Native Infusions Apple and Feijoa |
Bell Tea & Coffee Company Ltd |
| 13. Milk-based Beverages |
Jenkins Group |
Wave Chocolate |
Frucor Beverages Ltd |
| New to Market |
Geon Group |
Fresh Up BIG FIZZ Feijoa Burst |
Frucor Beverages Ltd |
| Youth Choice Award |
O-I NZ |
Fresh Up BIG FIZZ Feijoa Burst |
Frucor Beverages Ltd |
| SUPREME AWARD - Winner |
Sensient Technologies |
Keri Apple and Blackcurrant Juice |
Coca Cola Oceania |
Photos from the judging of the 2010 New Zealand Juice and Beverage Awards:
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Counties Manukau Steelers deep in concentration
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Rangitoto College Yr10 students judging the Youth Choice Award
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Jacquie Dale, Nutritionist judging products
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Steeler Tim Nanai Williams at work
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For further information contact NZJBA Executive Director Kerry R Tyack on 0274 570 942. |
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