Food and drink products in Ceredigion have featured in the Great Taste Awards 2024 achieving one to three stars.

The Great Taste Awards is a food and drink accreditation scheme where products are tested by an expert judging panel of over 500 food critics, chefs, recipe creators, buyers and retailers.

Almost 3500 companies entered the awards this year and 13,672 products were reviewed.

Entries were analysed across 92 judging days, and each received feedback as to whether or not they won an award.

One Ceredigion-based company won three stars for their products and five companies won two stars.

Ceredigion food and drink products awarded by Great Taste

According to the Great Taste website: “Winning a Great Taste award encourages confidence and commercial success for small businesses, as well as motivating your team, and generating greater awareness for products locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.

“Entering gives the opportunity for cost-effective feedback from industry experts: every entry receives constructive feedback, regardless of whether the product receives an award.

“Accreditation means your food or drink will stand out on overcrowded retail shelves. Coupled with extensive consumer and trade promotion by the Guild of Fine Food, it will lead to increased sales and brand awareness.”

Here are all the Ceredigion winners, listed with the product and the company.

You can search all the winners in your area using the Great Taste website by filtering to the year 2024 and changing the country to UK.

Three-star winner

  • Dà Mhìle Absinthe - Dà Mhìle Distillery

Two-star winners

  • Carolina Reaper Smoked Chilli Jam - Welsh Homestead Smokery
  • Teifi Butter - Caws Teifi Cheese
  • Dai. P.A Cloudy Mountain IPA 4.8% (Bottle Conditioned) - Cardigan Brewery Ltd
  • Saval - Caws Teifi Cheese
  • Welshcraft Yarlington Mill Single Variety Cider - Ceri Valley Orchards Ltd

One-star winners

  • Amsterdam Coffee Festival - Bay Coffee Roasters
  • Chilli Jam: Hot Chilli & Apple - Foxhill Preserves
  • Chipotle Smoked Chilli Jam - Welsh Homestead Smokery
  • Coffee Dream (Dark) - Sarah Bunton Chocolates
  • Cranberry, white choc and orange Welsh cakes – Cegin Haul
  • Dà Mhìle Apple Brandy - Dà Mhìle Distillery
  • Dà Mhìle Dark Skies Rum - Dà Mhìle Distillery
  • Pistashio and Lemon cookies - Cegin Haul
  • Dark & Stormy Marmalade - Foxhill Preserves
  • Peacan Fudge - Cegin Haul
  • Sausage Roll with Caramelised Red Onion - The Moody Cow Farm Shop, Cafe & Bistro
  • Teifi Heritage - Caws Teifi Cheese
  • Welshcraft Ceri Valley Orchards Ltd - Ceri Valley Orchards Ltd

What do the stars mean?

Three-stars – “Exquisite. Extraordinarily tasty food. Less than two percent of products are awarded three stars each year. Buy it!”

Two-stars – “Outstanding. Above and beyond delicious. About ten percent of entries will achieve this rating.”

One-star – “Simply delicious. A food that delivers fantastic flavour. Approximately 28% of entries will achieve this rating each year.”