Tillamook County Creamery Association Wins sofi™ Gold Award in Frozen Desserts
Source: The DairyNews
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 households.
"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."
"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 households.
"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."
