Queen’s Choice Awards 2025 snack winners announced
Each year, the National Honey Board recognizes innovative honey-forward products.
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The National Honey Board has announced the winners of its 2025 Queen’s Choice Awards, which recognize new products that incorporate honey in innovative ways. This year’s selections reflect current industry trends, including clean-label formulations, global flavor profiles, and products designed to create sensory experiences.
Winners in the snack and bakery categories include:
- BeeUp Kid-friendly Fruit Snacks: Clean-label, better-for-you fruit snacks featuring honey as a primary ingredient.
- Sahale Snacks Honey Cinnamon Cashews Glazed Mix: A baklava-inspired blend of dry-roasted cashews, walnuts, pecans, and dried apples, finished with a honey-cinnamon glaze and a hint of orange.
- Vacadillos Chipotle Honey Sliced Steak: A spicy jerky product combining chipotle seasoning with honey.
- Young Man Dduk Honey Oranda Snack Bars: Oranda is a Korean traditional snack made from small, puffed wheat mixed with honey or syrup, which are then shaped into snack bars.
Additional winners include: Honey Smoked Fish Co. Salmon Stackers, Nando Honey & Soy Peri-Peri Sauce, Rebbl Lion’s Mane Matcha Latte, Rone+ Supercharged Honey, Smucker’s Goober Honey Peanut Butter & Honey Stripes, and Walmart Bettergoods Raspberry Whipped Honey.
The Queen’s Choice Awards aim to highlight honey’s role in product development across categories, from snacks and sauces to beverages and spreads.
The Queen’s Choice Awards aim to highlight honey’s role in product development across categories, from snacks and sauces to beverages and spreads.
Related: Consumers increasingly sweet on honey as snack bar ingredient
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