Tillamook Sea Salt & Honeycomb Toffee Ice
Cream Takes Home Top Honors
TILLAMOOK, Ore., May 20, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The maker of the country's
fastest-growing scoopable ice cream brand – Tillamook
County Creamery Association (TCCA) – has won the Gold Award in
the Frozen Desserts category as part of the Specialty Food
Association's (SFA) 2024 sofi™ Awards, a top honor in the
$207-billion specialty food
industry.
Tillamook Sea Salt & Honeycomb Toffee Ice Cream was selected
by specialty food experts, buyers and media as the top Frozen
Dessert product, alongside Gold Award winners in 49 total
categories. Products are judged on taste, including flavor,
appearance, texture, aroma, ingredient quality and innovation. All
tastings are anonymous and are held at the Rutgers Food Innovation
Center.
"We are thrilled to win our first-ever sofi™ Gold Award for our
amazing Tillamook ice cream,"
said Jill Allen, Director of Product Excellence, Tillamook
County Creamery Association. "We dedicate tremendous care to
delivering truly extraordinary dairy for Tillamook fans to enjoy every day. To be
recognized in such a highly competitive category for our unwavering
commitment to great taste and incredible quality means so much to
all of us at TCCA."
Allen describes the award-winning flavor as "honey ice cream
with crunchy honeycomb toffee and sea salt combining for sweet and
salty perfection." The Tillamook Sea Salt & Honeycomb
Toffee Ice Cream is available in pint size at grocery retailers
nationwide.
Tillamook recently refreshed
its pint-size ice cream line due to the explosive growth in its
family-size ice cream line. Tillamook is the fastest-growing family-size
ice cream brand in the country and has been for the past five
consecutive years. During the past year, nationally,
Tillamook family-size ice cream
dollar sales grew by 28% and volume sales climbed 20%, while adding
726,000 new households1.
"sofi Gold Award winners have accomplished something really
extraordinary," said Bill Lynch,
President, Specialty Food Association. "They have risen to the top
of incredibly competitive categories. Every year, we see a flood of
superstar specialty food products submit for sofi consideration –
those that earn top marks from our judges really are the best of
the best."
About Tillamook County Creamery Association
Founded in 1909 as a farmer-owned cooperative, Tillamook County
Creamery Association (TCCA) achieved the distinction as a Certified
B Corporation® (B Corp™) and prides itself on its commitment to
bringing to market the most consistent, best tasting, highest
quality dairy products possible. Guided by the belief that everyone
deserves real food that makes them feel good every
day, Tillamook's® internationally recognized, award-winning
cheese, as well as exceptional ice cream, butter, cream cheese
spreads, yogurt, sour cream, and frozen meals, are made with
unwavering values that never sacrifice or compromise quality for
profit. TCCA is owned by a group of farming families, primarily
based in Tillamook County, Oregon. TCCA operates production facilities
in Tillamook and Boardman, Oregon and employs
more than 1,100 people throughout the state. The Tillamook Creamery
is the largest tourist attraction on the coast
of Oregon and one of the most popular in the state,
attracting more than one million visitors each year. For more
information on TCCA and Tillamook,
visit Tillamook.com.
About the Specialty Food Association
The
Specialty Food Association (SFA) was founded in 1952 and is the
not-for-profit trade association of the $207-billion specialty food industry.
Representing more than 3,800 businesses worldwide, SFA champions
industry participation and success for a diverse community of
makers, buyers, importers, distributors, and service providers by
developing resources, information, education, and events that
celebrate innovation and inclusivity. SFA owns and operates the
Fancy Food Shows as well as the sofi™ Awards, which have honored
excellence in specialty food and beverage annually since 1972. The
SFA also produces the e-newsletter SFA News Daily, the Trendspotter
Panel annual predictions and Fancy Food Show reports, the
State of the Specialty Food Industry Report, Today's Specialty
Food Consumer research, and the Spill & Dish podcast. Find
out more online and connect with SFA on Facebook, X,
Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok.
1IRI Total US MULO, Calendar Year ending 2023
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