On January 26, 2021, Favorite Food&Drinks, the only independent international tasting competition in Ukraine took place. It was aimed to identify the high-quality food and beverages in terms of the organoleptic characteristics by the "blind" method. The tasters are not informed of the brands of manufacturers, the products are served without packaging.

The Favorite Food&Drinks mission is to facilitate the buyers in selecting the manufacturers to prefer and the products to be included in the range, while the buyers are facilitated in selecting the manufacturers, whose products should be put in the consumer’s basket in the first place.

The members of the professional tasting commission were:

•    Ukrmetrteststandart
•    Supermarket chains: Novus/ Fozzy Group / Metro Cash&Carry Ukraine
•    Avalon restaurant complex
•    Ukrainian Bakers’ Association
•    Ukrainian Association of Functional Nutrition
•    Centre for Preventive and Clinical Toxicology
•    Odesa Academy of Food Technologies
•    Belkozin Ukraine
•    Institute of Postgraduate Education (National University of Food Technology)

Independent experts of the tasting commission evaluated the organoleptic indicators of products and beverages in 23 nominations.

nomination CONFECTIONERY, CANDIES

•    cake “Mozart "Yarych” - GOLD MEDAL 
particularly noted: cake and cream balanced taste; use of three creams; decoration originality
•    biscuit “Mini ABC "Yarych” - GOLD MEDAL 
particularly noted: original shape of the cookies encouraging to play; crispy structure and milky taste
•    biscuit #PetitBeurre "Yarych” - SILVER MEDAL 
particularly noted: crispy structure of cookies, delicate vanilla aroma
•    biscuit Maria "Yarych" with #sunfloweroil - SILVER MEDAL
particularly noted the lack of palm oil, taste and structure

nomination SNACKS, DRIED FRUITS AND NUTS, DRY BREAKFASTS, CHIPS, SEEDS
•    crackers “PartyTime caramel with salt "Yarych" - GOLD MEDAL 
particularly noted: variety of crackers, crunch and interesting taste - a milk caramel and salt combination
•    crackers “Party Time with poppy seeds "Yarych" GOLD MEDAL 
particularly noted: crispy structure, rich taste and rich inclusion of poppy on the surface