Superior Taste Award

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The Superior Taste Award is an annual non-competitive prize open to any consumer food or drink product, subject to payment of an entry fee of Euro 750-1650.^[1]

It is organised since 2005 by the International Taste Institute,^[2] who specialised in the sensory evaluation and certification of consumer food and drink products.

The Superior Taste Award certification recognizes products of high gustatory quality.^[3]

Products are blind tested by a panel of professional chefs and sommeliers who score the products out of 100, on each of the 5 International Hedonic Sensory Analysis criteria: first impression, vision, olfaction, taste, texture (food) or final sensation (drinks).

Products are tested following a monadic methodology, on their own merits, not competing against other products. Products reaching a global score above 70% are granted the Superior Taste Award.