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Food and Drink products awarded by top chefs & sommeliers

## What is the Superior Taste Award?

Life is too short not to eat and drink well. At least, that's what we believe at the Taste Institute. That is why we created the Superior Taste Award.

The Superior Taste Award is a certification granted by the International Taste Institute to food and drink products that went trough a positive taste evaluation by a panel of world-class chefs and sommeliers.

Since 2005, we have evaluated thousands of products from over 100 countries. Thanks to our jury of top chefs and sommeliers and robust assessment methodology, the Superior Taste Award is widely regarded as a prestigious international certification for taste quality.

- [Discover awarded products](https://taste-institute.com/en/awarded-products/superior-taste-awards)

## What does the award say about the product?

“Taste” is a multi-sensory human experience that is extremely powerful and complex. It combines input from an array of sensory criteria, including visual, aromatic, flavour, and textural aspects, as well as final mouth feel.

A product that is granted the Superior Taste Award is a product that has gone through a sensory evaluation of each of the above 5 criteria by professional taste-experts and achieved an average score above 70%.

This means that the product is well made, balanced, and delicious. Every year thousands of products are evaluated, but only those that stand out are certified.

- **One-star** products are considered **good products** — High taste quality within their category. Score between 70 and 80%
- **Two-star** products are considered **outstanding products** — Stand out from other products in their category. Score between 80 and 90%
- **Three-star** products are considered **exceptional products** — Exceptional quality within their category. Worth seeking out. Score between 90 and 100%

## Who evaluates the products?

The jury is composed of more than 250 professional chefs and sommeliers.

Carefully selected based on their tasting experience; they’ve been spotlighted by chef and sommelier competitions or top gastronomic institutions.

Hailing from over 20 countries, Taste Institute jury members are all external and independent. Their knowledge of taste and their ability to provide relevant feedback is constantly evaluated and monitored by the Taste Institute’s tasting committee.

- [Meet our jury](https://taste-institute.com/en/jury)

## How are the products evaluated?

Evaluations are performed blind and in complete silence. Jury members never see the packaging and know neither the brand name nor the producers’ names.

The chefs and sommeliers never make judgments based on their gut feelings; they follow an objective methodology based on the 5 International Hedonic Sensory Analysis criteria.

- First impression
- Vision
- Olfaction
- Taste
- Final sensation
- Texture

- [Check our methodology](https://taste-institute.com/en/methodology)
- [How to participate](https://taste-institute.com/en/access/how-to-participate)
- [Website for Companies](https://taste-institute.com/en/home-b)