Shortlist
We are delighted to unveil the official shortlist for the inaugural Scottish Retail Food & Drink Awards.
After almost three weeks of intensive judging involving hundreds of products and more than 60 expert judges from across the food and drink sector, we have now established the shortlist of the products that scored highest across our comprehensive judging criteria.
The full shortlist can be viewed below.
Our virtual judging process has allowed judges to spend much more time in their own homes with every product entered than would be the case under standard judging procedures – and we are confident that this given them uniquely deep insight into the characteristics of every aspect of food and drink product they judged. The quality of the entries that we received surpassed our judges’ expectations, this is testament to the passion, commitment of all of the producers behind the products on the shortlist.
The result, as you see below, is a shortlist of outstanding Scottish products, as well as a selection of fantastic products from UK producers targeting retail listings in Scotland.
Our goal has always been to get more Scottish food and drink products onto more Scottish shelves – and we look forward to seeing many of the products above gaining new listings in Scottish stores over the coming months.
Make sure you join us at 11am on 29th April when we will announce the winners of the Scottish Food & Drink Awards 2021.
Bakery
- Goodfellow & Steven, Morning Roll
- McGhee's Bakery, Crispy Morning Rolls
- McGhee's Bakery, Hand Crafted Ginger Marmalade Slice
Biltong & Jerky
- Big Beefy’s Biltong, Chilli Beef Biltong
- Big Beefy’s Biltong, Honey Mustard Beef Biltong
- Big Beefy’s Biltong, Original Beef Biltong
Biscuits
- Aldi, Specially Selected Oatcake Bites - Lockerbie Cheddar
- Aldi, Specially Selected Orkney Caramel Shortbread
- Aldi, Specially Selected Shortbread Rounds - Lemon
- Lidl GB, McAllister's Dark Chocolate Ginger Biscuits
Cheese
- Aldi, Specially Selected Scottish Vintage Cheddar
- Lidl GB, Aberdoyle Dairies Scottish Extra Mature Cheddar
- Lidl GB, Deluxe Orkney White Cheddar
Chocolate, Confectionery, Tablet & MInts
- Lidl GB, Caulder’s Confectionery Scottish Macaroon
- Mackie’s of Scotland, Orange Flavour of Milk Chocolate
- Tilly Confectionery, Malt Whisky Tablet
- Tilly Confectionery, Mrs Tilly's Vegan Original Fudge
- Dr Heff’s, ‘Remarkable Mints’ (UK Producer)
Dairy
- Aldi, Specially Selected Jersey Milk
- Aldi, Specially Selected Scottish Sea Salt Butter
- Mossgiel Organic Farm, Mossgiel Organic Whole Milk
Fish
- Aldi, Ginger, Chilli & Lime Infused Scottish Salmon Fillets
- Lidl GB, Deluxe Smoked Trout
- SPAR, Scottish Salmon Portions
- Thule Ventus, Salt Cod Pate
Hot Beverages – Tea & Tisanes
- Wee Tea Company, Breakfast Tea
- Wee Tea Company, Rhubarb Rooibos
- Thompson’s Family Tea, Thompson’s Scottish Blend (UK Producer)
Ice Cream
- Mackie's of Scotland, Mini Collection - 4 mini tubs of real dairy ice cream
- Mackie's of Scotland, Traditional Real Dairy Ice Cream
Meats – Burgers & Sausages
- Aldi, Specially Selected Scotch Aberdeen Angus Dry Aged Steak Burger
- Uradale Farm, Beef Sassermaet
- Kin & Kind, Hellbent Boerewors (UK Producer)
- Kin & Kind, Hellbent Chakalaka (UK Producer)
Meats – Haggis, Black & White Pudding
- Aldi, Specially Selected Black Pudding
- The Farmer's Son, Scottish Black Pudding Slices
- The Farmer's Son, Scottish Haggis Slices
- The Farmer's Son, Scottish White Pudding Slices
Meats – Steak
- Aldi, Specially Selected Scotch Aberdeen Angus Ribeye Steak, 36 Days Matured
- Aldi, Specially Selected Scotch Fillet Steak, 30 Days Matured
Plant Based
- Big Pot Co, Sweet Potato, Red Lentil & Spinach (UK Producer)
- Big Pot Co, Butternut Squash & Chipotle Bean (UK Producer)
- The Russian Food Company, Galette Goodness - Wild Mushroom & Spinach (UK Producer)
Quiches, Pasties, Pies
- Aldi, Specially Selected Steak & Ale Pie
- Goodfellows & Steven, Scotch Pie
- McColgan's Quality Foods, Goats Cheese & Caramelised Red Onion Quiche (UK Producer)
- McColgan's Quality Foods, Pork & Cranberry Cocktail Sausage Rolls (UK Producer)
Ready Meals & Accompaniments
- Aldi, Specially Selected Chicken Balmoral
- The Pakora Explorer, Mixed Veg & Chicken Pakora
- Wilson's Country, You Say Potato Fresh Cut Chips (UK Producer)
Salts
- Hawkhead Whisky Smoked, Whisky Smoked Black Garlic Salt
- Isle of Skye Sea Salt Co, Pure Sea salt Crystals
Snacks
- Highland Crackers, Seeded Cracker Mix
- Growers Garden, Growers Garden Broccoli Chips – Cheese
- Mackie’s at Taypack, Mackie's Salt & Vinegar Lentil Waves
- Tilly Confectionery, Mrs Tilly's Scottish Tablet Popcorn
Spice Mixes
- Spice Pots, Korma Spice Pot
- Spice Pots, Tandoori Masala Spice Pot
- Zepice, Coconut, Lemongrass & Kaffir Lime Gourmet Curry
Store Cupboard Products
- Aldi, Specially Selected Sundried Tomato, Lentil & Smoked Paprika Soup
- Aye Pickled, Kimchi Hot Sauce
- Isle of Mull Seaweed, Seaweed Chutney
- Sarah Gray's, Raspberry Jam
- Summer Harvest Oils, Chilli & Red Pepper Dressing
- Screaming Chimp, Mango & Papaya (UK Producer)
- Screaming Chimp, Pineapple (UK Producer)
Drinks Products
Beer
- Aldi, Anti Establishment IPA
- Aldi Rubus Grapefruit IPA
- Five Kingdoms Brewery, Captain Morrison’s IPA
- Five Kingdoms Brewery, Dark Storm Stout
- Lerwick Brewery, Azacca Amarillo IPA
Cold Beverages
- Cushiedoos Drink Better, Cushiedoos
- Kyon Drinks, The Ppinger (UK Producer)
Gin
- Aldi, Toradh Scottish Rhubarb and Ginger Gin
- Aldi, Eidyn Scottish Botanical Gin
- Billingtons of Lenzie, Lenzie Gin
- Bothy Trading, Gin Bothy Gunshot Infused Gin
- Cairngorm Gin Company Ltd, Cairngorm Gin
- Lunun Gin, Lunun Gin
- North Point Distillery, Crosskirk Bay Gin
Liqueurs
- Cairns Exclusive Drinks Company, Cairns Scotch Whisky Liqueur
- Hemisphere Brands, Magnum Cream Liqueur
Other Spirits
- Aldi, 12 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Whisky
- Badachro Distillery, Dancing Puffin Vodka
- Bothy Trading, Rum Bothy Spiced Rum
- GM Spirits, Edinburgh Rum
- North Point Distillery, Skerra Spiced Rum