Popular British food and beverage prize ceremony, the Quality Food Awards, recently recognized a slew of seafood products in its 2014 top-products ranking.
The awards, sponsored by the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI), product packaging company Benson Group and Invest Northern Ireland, were handed out in November and seafood winners were everywhere, from the obvious categories such as fresh and frozen fish to the more surprising categories, such as Delicatessen-Antipasti and Ready Meals.
The list of seafood-related winners and mentions include:
Delicatessen-Antipasti
Winner: The Argyll Smokery Rich Full-Flavoured Smoked Mussels — The Argyll Smokery
Fish-Fresh
Winner: Ocado Exclusive Monkfish Medallions — Interfish
Highly Commended: Marks & Spencer Lightly Smoked Scottish Lochmuir Salmon with a Smoky Barbecue Glaze — Marks & Spencer
Commended: Lidl Ocean Sea Scottish Mussels in Sauce Assorted (Mussels with Garlic Sauce) — Lidl UK
Fish-Frozen
Winner: Tesco Free From 2 Crispy Breaded Pollock Fillets — Thistle Seafoods
Highly Commended: Tesco 2 Finest Coquille St.