South African Cheese - The Qualité Awards

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the qualité awards

A Qualité Award is a symbol of outstanding quality for dairy products and is only awarded to South African Dairy Champions, which have obtained a specific minimum point on the international scorecard. The first objective is to reward manufacturers who have achieved outstanding quality in their products and secondly to make these products recognizable to the client in the trade.

Only a very limited number of products obtain this prestigious Award during the annual South African Dairy Championships, which are then allowed to display the distinctive logo on the products for the ensuing year. Agri-Expo is continuing to promote the value of the Award amongst manufacturers, consumers, retailers and food aficionados in order to increase the trust in the award. The main retailers in South Africa support the Qualité Award and have given their support to increase consumer awareness.

2011 Qualité products

No.	Product
1	Clover - Sacca mild cheddar
2	Parmalat - Matured cheddar
3	Parmalat – Simonsberg Extra matured cheddar
4	Puglia - Fior de latte mozzarella
5	Lancewood – smoked salmon cream cheese
6	Ladismith – Ladismither cheese
7	Dairy Belle - Easy slice cheddar
8	Lancewood - low fat smooth cottage cheese
9	Ladismith – cultured butter
10	Honeydew - low fat fruits of the cape yogurt
11	Stonelees - full cream plain yogurt
12	Parmalat - Aylesbury Royalty Stracciatelle dairy ice cream
13	Marcel’s - Woolworths Cranberry & Litchi Frozen yogurt
14	Fair Cape - Fresh Vanilla Custard

Consumers are encouraged to look out for these outstanding cheeses to experience their exceptional flavours.