Six Danish outstanding organic products were awarded Økologisk Guld 2012, the “Organic Gold Award 2012”. Some award-winning products can be met at Organic Denmarks’s joint stand at BioFach 2013.
On the 25th November 2012, the 5th Organic Gold Award was held in central Copenhagen. Organic Denmark and the Danish newspaper Politiken co-hosted the event for the second time. 19 out of 110 enrolled products were officially nominated for an award and yet again, the judge panel had to decide which of these would win this year’s Organic Gold Award. Judging the taste, value of innovation, packaging and value-for-money, the judges awarded the following 6 winners by product category:
Goat’s buttermilk by Knuthenlund (Dairy products)
Goat’s salami by Hanegal (Meat & charcuterie)
Jomfrubyg (Naked barley) by Aurion (Corn, flour, bread & cakes)
Icelandic seaweed-salt by Urtekram (Grocery products)
Hansens Solstang (A vanilla ice cream on a stick with a pineapple-orange coating) byHansens Flødeis (Confectionary & snacks)
Gingerbeer by Naturfrisk (Beverages)
Naturfrisk gained two additional prizes, namely a reader’s prize by Politiken’s readers for itsGingerbeer, and an extraordinary prize for its Isle of Fionia Whiskey, which was not eligible an the official award due to its considerable high cost.
Golden reputation Jesper Hovmand Simonsen from Knuthenlund is delighted by his award, and for him there is no doubt that the award will have positive effects for his company. “This really means that we will gain positive reputation. Besides, we had the opportunity to meet out consumers and it has been a real pleasure to listen to their positive comments about our product” he says, and points out that many of those who were sceptic about tasting his goat’s buttermilk later came back to get a refill.
Organic Gold Winners can be met at BioFach Truly, the innovative Danish organic products are not exclusively reserved for Danes. Some Organic-Gold-winning products, such asNaturfrisk’s Gingerbeer and Urtekram’s Icelandic Seaweed-salt, can be discovered at Organic Denmark’s joint stand at BioFach 2013