Several food and drink products in Carmarthenshire have achieved one to three stars in the Great Taste Awards 2024.

Products were tested by an expert judging panel of over 500 food critics, chefs, recipe creators, buyers and retailers.

This year around 3500 companies entered the Great Taste Awards 2024, and 13,672 products were assessed by the food and drink accreditation scheme.

The judging was done across 92 days and each product received feedback on whether they won an award.

Two companies in Carmarthenshire were awarded three stars for certain products.

Carmarthenshire food and drink products awarded by Great Taste

The Great Taste website states: “Winning a Great Taste award encourages confidence and commercial success for small businesses, as well as motivating your team, and generating greater awareness for products locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.

“Entering gives the opportunity for cost-effective feedback from industry experts: every entry receives constructive feedback, regardless of whether the product receives an award.

“Accreditation means your food or drink will stand out on overcrowded retail shelves. Coupled with extensive consumer and trade promotion by the Guild of Fine Food, it will lead to increased sales and brand awareness.”

Here are all the Carmarthenshire winners, listed with the product and the company.

On the Great Taste Website, you can search for all the winners in your area by filtering to the year 2024 and changing the country to UK.

Three-star winners

  • Welsh Wildflower Honey - Gwenyn Gruffydd
  • West Country Choice PGI Lamb Chump Joint – Dunbia UK

Two-star winners

  • 1808 Aberdeen Angus 28 Day Dry Aged Marbled Cote de Boeuf - Dunbia (UK)
  • Brecon Beacons Uplands Wildflower Honey - Cilgwenyn Bee Farm
  • Cardigan Bay Coastal Wildflower Honey - Cilgwenyn Bee Farm
  • Carmarthenshire Meadow Wildflower Honey - Cilgwenyn Bee Farm
  • Dry Aged Cote de Boeuf - Dunbia (UK)
  • Dry Aged Ribeye - Dunbia (UK)
  • Welsh Hill PGI Barnsley Chop - Dunbia (UK)
  • West Country Choice PGI 8 Rib Rack of Lamb - Dunbia (UK)

One-star winners

  • Air dried Welsh Beef - Moch Coch
  • Caledonia Crown 28 Day Scotch Dry Aged Marbled Tomahawk - Dunbia (UK)
  • Carmarthen Ham PGI - Carmarthen Deli
  • Dry Aged Feather Blade - Dunbia (UK)
  • Dry Aged Fillet - Dunbia (UK)
  • PGI West Country Choice T Bone - Dunbia (UK)
  • Shirgar Salted Welsh Butter - Gower View Foods / Shirgar Butter
  • Sumptuous® Original brownie - Sumptuous Bakery
  • Sumptuous® UGANDAN Single Origin Brownie - Sumptuous Bakery
  • Welsh Air Dried Streaky Bacon - Carmarthen Deli
  • Welsh Heather - Gwenyn Gruffydd

What do the stars mean?

Three-stars – “Exquisite. Extraordinarily tasty food. Less than two percent of products are awarded three stars each year. Buy it!”

Two-stars – “Outstanding. Above and beyond delicious. About ten percent of entries will achieve this rating.”

One-star – “Simply delicious. A food that delivers fantastic flavour. Approximately 28% of entries will achieve this rating each year.”