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National Honey Board recognizes top honey-made snack and bakery products

The annual Queen’s Choice Awards salute new food and beverage items made with honey.

By Jenni Spinner
Bimbo Bakeries USA brands expand Grains Almighty functional breads

Courtesy of Bimbo Bakeries USA

November 28, 2023

The Queen’s Choice Awards recognizes the best new made-with-honey food and beverage products. Perfect Bar, Mondelēz International, and California Pizza Kitchen are among the 12 brands recognized for new product innovation by the National Honey Board’s annual recognition program. The awards recognize the product development teams behind some of the most innovative new product launches of the year.

“Our 2023 Queen’s Choice Award winners comprise a list of products that use honey in innovative, marketable and technical ways,” Catherine Barry, the National Honey Board’s vice president of marketing, says. “We are thrilled to see so many brands turn to honey to provide consumers with an all-natural and unprocessed sweetener.”

The 2023 Queen’s Choice Award Winners are:

  • Crispy Peanut Butter & Berry Layers + Crispy Peanut Butter & Chocolate Layers, Perfect Bar
  • Grains Almighty Gut Balance, Arnold Premium Breads
  • Simply Honey Nut Bread, Base Culture
  • Uncured Pepperoni & Hot Honey Pizza, California Pizza Kitchen
  • Zucchini and Carrot Waffles, Evergreen
  • Simply Honey Upcycled Oat Protein Cereal, Seven Sundays
  • Tiny Toblerone, Mondelēz International
  • Honey Gummies, Rbel Bee
  • Sriracha Honey Ginger, Brianna’s Marinade
  • Harvest Snaps Selects Honey Dijon, Calbee
  • Wildflower Honey Salmon Jerky, UFisheries
  • Hibiscus Ginger Ale, Sparkling Mint Lemonade, Sparkling Jalapeno Limeade, Fresh Fizz Sodas
KEYWORDS: Arnold Bread awards Calbee North America honey Mondelez International Perfect Bar

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Jenni Spinner is the chief editor of Snack Food and Wholesale Bakery with more than 25 years of experience in business-to-business communications. She has written extensively about food production, safety and packaging; pharmaceutical drug development; concrete and masonry construction; and more. She holds a Bachelor’s in Communications from the University of Illinois. Jenni can be reached at spinnerj@bnpmedia.com.

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