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.

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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

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