Fontana FORMIELLO Gastronomia (FFG) vinegars celebrate double win at this year’s Great Taste Awards (GTA). FFG Organic Apple Cider Vinegar was awarded 2-star GTA, while FFG Organic Red Wine Vinegar received 1-star GTA.

FFG Organic Apple Cider Vinegar was praised by judges for its ”cloudy, peachy appearance with a nose that's not too sharp” and for retaining “some wine-like and cider aromas.” Judges have also highlighted: “The citrus tang is effervescent on the first sip. Rounded and juicy with a tart, clean finish. Delicious and drinkable.”

FFG Organic Red Wine Vinegar was characterised by judges as “a rather special red wine vinegar, appealing in its balance, palatability and interest” with ”a most appealing rose-pink, cloudy colour, and a gently grapey, elusive aroma”

FFG organic vinegars, such as apple cider, pomegranate, and wine vinegars are made with the “mother”. They are unpasteurised and produced without added sulphites in order to maintain the live bacteria from the natural fermentation of the vinegar.

Fontana FORMIELLO Gastronomia offers traditional Italian foods from top-quality everyday essentials to special gourmet products, each one sourced from hand-picked specialist producers. In addition to vinegars, it also includes risotto rice, ancient grains, flours and pasta.

Great Taste are the world’s most trusted food and drink awards and this year 12,777 products were judged from 106 diffe rent countries. Recognised as a stamp of excellence among consumers and retailers alike, Great Taste values taste above all else, with no regard for branding and packaging.

The panel of 144 judges at Great Taste this year included; cook, writer and champion of sustainable food, Melissa Hemsley, cook, writer, stylist and voice of modern vegetarian cooking, Anna Jones, celebrated Spanish chef, José Pizarro, Kavi Thakrar from Dishoom, food writer and cook, Xanthe Clay, and baker and author, Martha Collison, as well as food buyers from Selfridges, Fortnum & Mason and Waitrose.

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About Fontana FORMIELLO Gastronomia:

Fontana FORMIELLO Gastronomia offers traditional Italian foods from top-quality everyday essentials to special gourmet products, each one sourced from hand-picked specialist producers.

Our family began serving and trading food from around Italy in a small gastronomia in Salerno’s Mercato San Severino in 1903. Today we supply our Fontana FORMIELLO Gastronomia products worldwide, with the aim of bringing Italy’s most distinctive and best regional products to a global audience.

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About Coppola Foods:

Coppola Foods is an innovative food company committed to making good food better.

We offer a comprehensive range of premium quality, tasty, nutritious, and sustainable food products together with an excellent level of service and attentive solutions to fulfil the needs of customers and markets.

We are a fourth-generation family business with a long heritage in the production and marketing of food products, dating back to 1903 in Salerno, in Southern Italy.

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What is Great Taste?

Great Taste, founded in 1994 and organised by the Guild of Fine Food, has judged over 158,000 products in the last 27 years; each one has been blind-tasted by a team of judges who are dedicated to finding the most exquisite tasting food and drink regardless of branding or packaging.

Great Taste ratings

3-star: Extraordinarily tasty foods – around 1.5% of products are awarded a 3-star each year.

2-star: Above and beyond delicious – 10% of entries will achieve this rating.

1-star: A food that delivers fantastic flavour. Approximately 30% of entries will achieve this rating each year.