Most Innovative Retail Grocery Product
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Products designed for retail outlets, including packaging, technology and equipment, food and beverage
products for consumer purchase, plus shop fittings, display equipment and Point of Sale.
Arnold Sorensen Smoked Petites Sardines in oil 160g
Q-Liquid Seafood
The Arnold Sorensen Smoked Petites Sardines in oil 160g is an innovative product imported from Latvia.
It represents the fresh concept of canned fish production and presentation to consumers: wild caught fish is natural wood smoked and individually hand packed. There is no artificial ingredients and the cutting-edge, innovative design - transparent lid. All of this makes up the ultimate, healthy product, which is loved by many New Zealanders.
Bombay Chicken Rub
Raptor Rubs
Our Bombay Chicken Rub has over 15 pure ingredients including whole seeds, berries and spices that are freshly ground right before they’re blended and bottled. We’ve achieved incredibly concentrated flavour by crafting familiar and exotic ingredients with a vibrant and more citrusy profile than traditional Indian blends. NO MSG, gluten, dairy, soy, nuts or free-flow agents and, best of all, we’ve created an incredibly easy way to bring natural flavour to everyday meals that everyone can enjoy.
Chewy Ginger Delight
Molly Woppy Ltd
Chewy Ginger Delight delivers where a busy lifestyle has led the consumer to purchase over produce. Handmade production satisfying that homemade feel with homestyle taste, appearance and quality. Baked with free range eggs, NZ butter and crystallised ginger; ingredients consumers recognise . The brief we set ourselves was; to produce wholesome artisan indulgent cookies which can be readily available to every household.
Chocca Choc Chip Shortbread
Molly Woppy Ltd
Chocca Choc Chip Shortbread delivers where a busy lifestyle has led the consumer to purchase over produce. Handmade production satisfying that homemade feel with homestyle taste, appearance and quality. Baked with NZ butter and real vanilla beans; ingredients consumers recognise . The brief we set ourselves was; to produce wholesome artisan indulgent shortbread which can be readily available to every household.
Curiosity Gin
The Spirits Workshop Ltd
Curiosity Gin-Curious Dry is the World’s first gin made using only NZ Native botanicals. Other than Juniper, which is required in gin, the Curious Dry recipe uses just 4 herbs from the NZ bush to deliver a perfectly balanced London Dry style gin. Kawakawa is used for its fresh herbaceousness, Horopito for spice, Manuka for an earthy/woody note and Tarata (Lemonwood) for a bright citrus burst. Curious Dry is a unique and innovative gin that is as Kiwi as a gin can be while still delivering a perfect G&T!
Dairy Free Apricot Sultana Super Seedy
Molly Woppy
Dairy Free Apricot Sultana Super Seedy delivers where a busy lifestyle has led the consumer to purchase over produce. Handmade production satisfying that homemade feel with homestyle taste, appearance and quality. Sweetened with New Zealand honey, crisp apple juice and a touch of brown sugar, bound with a blend of flax fibre and mighty seeds - functional. The brief we set ourselves was; to produce wholesome artisan dairy free cookies which can be readily available to every household.
Double Shot Ipanema Coffee Ice-cream
Appleby Farms
At Appleby Farms we always knew that the milk from our herd of gorgeous A2 cows was too damned fine to send off in a big tanker. So we went into the ice cream business instead, first on the market in New Zealand to launch an ice cream made from A2 protein so those people with an intolerance to A1 protein can enjoy the indulgence of "real" ice cream once again!
Everton Dry Aged Beef
Cabernet Foods Ltd
Everton Dry Aged Beef is a premium steak product.
Our unique process of dry aging beef, incorporates processing technology that intensifies flavour and tenderness creating a succulent eating experience long forgotten, an enlightened experience to most for the first time.
Our beef's wholesomeness and flavour is locked (trapped) within the meat cells rather than lost or distorted from "bleed out" associated with traditional vacuum packaging and cooking.
Fudge Retail Box
Chocolate Brown
A strong sturdy yet small box, with 5 flavour variants, aimed at Tourist Retailers. We are focusing on the packaging - although the fudge is pretty good too!
Gault’s Tomato Ketchup 475g
Gault’s
Hidden sugar is rife on our grocery shelves, so we intentionally targeted one of the most ubiquitously offending categories: Tomato Ketchup/Sauce, where the leading brand contains 30g of refined white sugar per 100g of sauce—almost 1/3.
To change the game, we embarked on sweetening ketchup with only NZ-grown vegetables that—unlike stevia or artificial sweeteners—compliments traditional tomato flavours. The result is richly flavoured, 100% sweetened by veggies, and tastes like regular ketchup.
Gluten Free Choccy Coconut Ruff
Molly Woppy
Gluten Free Choccy Coconut Ruff delivers where a busy lifestyle has led the consumer to purchase over produce. Handmade production satisfying that homemade feel with homestyle taste, appearance and quality. Baked with free range eggs, NZ butter & real coconut. The brief we set ourselves was; to produce wholesome artisan gluten free cookies which can be readily available to every household.
Gluten Free Milk Choccy Chunk
Molly Woppy
Gluten Free Milk Choccy Chunk delivers where a busy lifestyle has led the consumer to purchase over produce. Handmade production satisfying that homemade feel with homestyle taste, appearance and quality. Baked with free range eggs, NZ butter & chocolate ingredients consumers recognise. The brief we set ourselves was; to produce wholesome artisan gluten free cookies which can be readily available to every household.
Gluten Free Sticky Date, Walnut and Chia
Molly Woppy
Gluten Free Sticky Date Walnut & Chia delivers where a busy lifestyle has led the consumer to purchase over produce. Handmade production satisfying that homemade feel with homestyle taste, appearance and quality. Baked with dates, walnut, chia seeds - Functional ingredients to support a Celiac lifestyle. The brief we set ourselves was; to produce wholesome artisan gluten free cookies which can be readily available to every household.
Goodness Kitchen Organic Frozen Vegetable Range
FSL Foods
Goodness Kitchen Organic Vegetables are a 'New Zealand Centric' retail range of organic vegetables (certified by assure quality).
This range consists of five products:
Organic Garden Vegetables 400g
Organic Broccoli & Cauliflower 370g
Organic Garden Peas 400g
Organic Green Beans 400g
Organic Sweet Corn 400g
InstaCrate
The Market Grocer
InstaCrate is engineered for durability and provides an environmentally sustainable alternative to plastic bags. A reusable, instant, everyday multi-facet storage solution, this new polypropylene crate is an instant solution that is helping retailers, shoppers and the environment by creating a new way to get groceries from store to home. Built tough to last, its rigid build means it can be kept out in heat or rain and is easily washable in case something does leak, allowing for continuous reuse.
Juan Choconat Chocolate Bars
Putumayo Foods
Kaitahi Frozen Superfood Smoothy Drops
Kaitahi - The Native Superfood Company
Our product represents an advance on the frozen smoothie blends currently on the market. A refreshingly different product that delivers delicious functional food in a highly convenient way. Our drops include traditional Māori ingredients like kūmara, pūhā and kawakawa, made with craft and care in the traditional way. Its super easy to make at home, grab a shaker combine our drops with a liquid mixer and shake your way to a resfreshing Kaitahi Superfood Smoothy, no noise, no mess, no fuss.
Manaaki Kamokamo Pickle
Manaaki
Kamokamo Pickle is a tasty sweet and sour combo, based on a taonga crop. Marlborough is a wine and food haven, but there were no locally produced Māori inspired food products in Marlborough prior to Manaaki for locals and visitors to the area. Our solution was to create preserves that blend native ingredients and local produce for a contemporary Māori kai experience. The Gluten free products are further enhanced by the medicinal properties of native herbs. Profits go back to the marae community.
NoShortcuts Feijoada Kasundi
NoShortcuts Ltd
Having been swamped by highly processed and adulterated food consumers are giving a clear signal that they are wanting to go back to basics! At NoShortcuts we are helping to redefine real food that is also convenient for the time poor homemaker. Furthermore, with an ever-broadening socio-economic population profile our Feijoa Kasundi has a wider appeal than the more traditional products. This is not only a tasty option but includes real health benefits from the fresh garlic, ginger and turmeric.
Pure Cherry Juice
Eden Juice Limited
This year we have launched NZ's first 100% Pure Cherry Juice. It is made entirely of sweet NZ cherries and contains no added sugar, preservatives, chemicals or anything else. It has a wonderful natural cherry flavour and has been proven health benefits including aiding sleep and a reduction in Gout & Arthritis. Customers are using our juice not only for the health benefits but are also using our juice as an ingredient in cooking, sauces, dressings and as a healthy substitute for a glass of wine.
Sparkling Cherry Drink
Eden Juice Limited
We have also launched our Sparkling Cherry Drink this year. This is a unique drink that is made with 50% Pure Cherry Juice and 50% Sparkling Water. It is a delicious and refreshing drink that contains no added sugar, preservatives or chemicals. It is a great beverage for health conscious consumers, and captures many of the health benefits that our Pure Cherry Juice provides.
Sprouted Grain Bread
Wholegrain Organics
Imagine a bread with no flour and no yeast! We've made the healthiest bread, using just four ingredients; sprouted whole grain, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and salt, that's it. It takes us four days to bake it, but we think it's worth it. The sprouting process breaks down the phytic acid. The result is a loaf of bread with higher levels of available nutrients. High in zinc, iron and protein.
Sugar Free Karma Cola
Karma Cola
It’s been 5 years since we made the first bottle of Karma Cola. In that time we’ve made another 4 great tasting drinks including a sugar free version. We’ve sold 12,000,000 of our good Karma drinks in 23 countries. This enabled the Karma Cola Foundation to support communities in 8 villages in Sierra Leone. We’ve built 1 bridge, provided bursaries for 75 girls to go to school, paid 5 teachers to educate another 265 children each year and invested in 18 local entrepreneurs. But that’s not all!
Sugarcane compartment trays (BioCane range)
BioPak
Our BioCane packaging is tree-free and certified home and commercially compostable to EN13432, AS4736 and AS5810 standards, and recyclable in the paper co-mingled recycling stream. While there are other sugarcane packaging options on the market, BioCane is the only range that is certified home compostable. It is not only a more sustainable replacement for conventional plastic, but our compartment trays are also great for food outlets utilising delivery services like UberEats.
SuperChef Bag
Durello Traditional Brazilian Foods
SuperChef is your new 'superhero' in the kitchen creating good food, faster than ever! It works like a pressure cooker, where food cooks in its own steam in a perfect, fast, safe, economical way retaining 84% of its nutrients! Developed by doctors and scientists, this hi-tech fabric microwave pouch is designed to trap, recirculate and maximize the cooking effects of steam generated during cooking, helping you create healthy, delicious food with minimal preparation and shorter cooking times!
The Coffee Brewer
Cullen & Cottle Limited
The coffee brewer offers the quality and the rich taste known from pour over filter coffee and french press coffee, but with the convenience of instant coffee.
The secret behind the rich taste brewed in the coffee brewer is owed to the unique filter design and brewing technology. We combine the best from a pour over filter brew with the rich taste of a french press.
The Remarkable Chocolate Bark Dark Organic Chocolate Roasted Almonds with Crispy Quinoa
The Remarkable Chocolate Co.
56% dark Organic Peruvian couverture chocolate poured over natural roasted almonds and lightly crisped quinoa.
It has a deep flavour with moorish crispy inclusions. Each pouch of handmade Bark is unique by shape and composition, uses gluten free ingredients, contains no palm oil or refined sugar, is vegan, dairy and soy free. Our dark chocolate is grown by sustainable farms who are paid in advance for their crops, and where men and women receive the same wage.
Wahiki Ice Cream Coconut Matcha
Wahiki Limited
Wahiki Coconut Matcha is currently the first and only vegan coconut Matcha ice cream in New Zealand, using the most premium matcha powder from japan, after 30 trials this flavour was created adding banana pure to balance the bitterness of matcha and leave a pleasant after taste this product is also Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Vegan, Halal and Coeliac certified.
Wahiki Ice Cream Coconut Turmeric Latte
Wahiki Limited
Coconut Turmeric Latte made by Wahiki is a world first flavour using superior ingredients such as Turmeric, Ginger, Cinnamon and Black Pepper, with Banana Pure to bring all these spices together and balance the flavour. it has only 9.4 grams of sugar per 100 and it is Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Vegan, Halal and Coeliac certified.
