{"id":57108,"date":"2020-10-02T14:00:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T06:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=57108"},"modified":"2020-10-02T11:47:35","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T03:47:35","slug":"5-filipino-brands-won-stars-at-uks-great-taste-awards-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2020\/10\/02\/5-filipino-brands-won-stars-at-uks-great-taste-awards-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Filipino Brands Won Stars at UK’s Great Taste Awards 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Through the years, the Philippines has gotten more and more competitive when it comes to producing local and quality goods. Several local products have been making names outside the country and just this year, five local brands from the country won stars at UK’s Great Taste Awards<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Auro Chocolate<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the country’s top local chocolate brands, Auro Chocolate is known for producing chocolates made of beans directly sourced from Mindanao. The brand has won several awards throughout the years. This year is even more exciting for the brand as they bagged seven international awards!<\/p>\n

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The Great Taste Awards is judged using a 3-star system and Auro’s\u00a085% Mana Single-Estate Dark Chocolate bar got a 2 out of 3 stars. Meanwhile, six other products were awarded one-star such as 85% Regalo Single-Varietal Dark Chocolate, 77% Dark Chocolate, 55% Dark Chocolate, 42% Milk Chocolate, and Peanut Hot Chocolate.<\/p>\n

Also read:\u00a0Auro Chocolate PH Wins Top 20 Best Cacao Beans in the World<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Theo & Philo Artisan Chocolates<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Another local chocolatier, Theo & Philo Artisan Chocolates bagged a one-star for four of their products this year.\u00a0Theo & Philo Artisan Chocolates\u00a0is the first\u00a0bean-to-bar single-origin chocolates\u00a0in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

This artisan chocolate brand honors high-quality local ingredients such as the cacao beans of Davao and the world-renowned sugar of Bacolod. They make bean-to-bar chocolates from pure cocoa butter and real chocolates.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CFtRE30H755\/<\/p>\n

Among the products that were awarded the one-star are all under the dark chocolate category: 70% Dark Hot Chocolate, 90% Dark Chocolate, 60& Dark Chocolate, and Dark Chocolate with Ginger and Mint.<\/p>\n

Rosario\u2019s Delicacies<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Apart from chocolates, several delicacies also made its way to the Great Taste Awards. Rosario’s Delicacies, a Davao-based product, earned a one-star for their “tableya”.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"IMAGE \/ Rosario’s Delicacies’ Facebook Page<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Mount Mayon<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Among the local Filipino products that won at this year’s Great Taste Awards, Mount Mayon<\/strong> was the only brand that garnered three-stars for their products.<\/p>\n

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The brand got three-stars for its pili-nut products such as\u00a0the Himalayan Pink Salt and\u00a0Natural Nut Butter. Meanwhile, their\u00a0Ecuadorian Cacao and Tiramisu pili nuts garnered two stars.<\/p>\n

Super Scoops<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Super Food Grocer’s premium vegan ice cream called “Super Scoops” also bagged one-star for their\u00a0Super Scoops Dairy-Free in Coffee Cashew Crumble and Choco Brownie Madness.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Super Food Grocer’s Website<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Super Scoops’ vegan ice creams are\u00a0100% plant-based ingredients and are zero cholesterol too. They are made with premium natural ingredients with low glycemic coconut sugar. Plus, the brand also supports local coconut farmers in the country!<\/p>\n

Have you tried these award-winning local goodies? Let us know your thoughts below!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Through the years, the Philippines has gotten more and more competitive when it comes to producing local and quality goods. Several local products have been making names outside the country and just this year, 5 local brands from the country win stars at UK’s Great Taste Awards!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":57113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,5],"tags":[7217,13863,13867,10360,13865,13864,13866,12575],"class_list":["post-57108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listicle","category-news-and-current-events","tag-auro-chocolate","tag-great-taste-awards","tag-great-taste-awards-2020","tag-local-products","tag-mount-mayon","tag-rosarios-delicacies","tag-super-scoops","tag-theo-philo-artisan-chocolates"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/10\/Great-Taste-Awards.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57108"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57205,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57108\/revisions\/57205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}