PARIS - Supermarket News will participate as a jury member in the SIAL D'Or 2006 Awards competition for innovative food products here on May 11-12, and nominate new products that enjoyed commercial success in the United States in eight categories.
ormance, innovation, marketing and overall distribution success. Product entries must have been on the market for six months from November 2004 to January 2006.
Nominated products from the participating countries will compete for eight "category" SIAL D'Or awards, given to the product that garners the highest marks from the jury in its category. In addition, a "country" SIAL D'Or will be awarded to each country's highest-scoring product nominee. These winners will be announced after the conclusion of the two-day competition. The eight category winners will also compete in a second vote for the single "global" SIAL D'Or award, to be announced during the SIAL 2006 trade show, Oct. 22-26.
This year's U.S. nominees are:
Dairy products: Yoplait Go-Gurt Smoothie, from General Mills; non-dairy products: Toll House Cookie Shapes, NestlT; sweet grocery products: South Beach Breakfast Bars, Kraft; salted grocery products: Ritz 100 Calorie Pack Mix, Nabisco; sweet frozen products: Edy's Dibs, NestlT; salted frozen products: Pagoda Asian Sensations, Schwan's; non-alcohol beverage: Lipton To Go, Unilever; and alcohol beverage: Budweiser Select, Anheuser-Busch.
This year marks the fourth time that SN has participated in the biannual international new products competition, held in conjunction with SIAL (Salon International de L'Alimentation) food and beverage trade show.
