Italian Food Awards USA 2022: the winners

Discover the most innovative Italian food products launched in the last year in the USA, presented during the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York at the award ceremony organized by Italianfood.net
Italian Food Awards USA 2022: the winners

The Italian food innovation is once again the protagonist at the Summer Fancy Food Show 2022, the American largest trade show dedicated to the food sector. For the fourth time Italianfood.net, the international project of the Food publishing group, organized there the Italian Food Awards USA, dedicated to the most innovative newly launched (between 2020 and 2021) Italian food products in the US market. For the second consecutive time, Italy is partner country of the Summer Fancy Food Show, which makes the event even more relevant.

95 products were selected by a qualified jury of international buyers, who decreed 14 winners: 11 in their respective categories (Bakery & Snacks, Beverage, Deli, Dressing & Condiments, 2 ex-equo Dry Pasta & Couscous, Fresh Pasta & Gnocchi, Frozen, Oil & Vinegar, Preserves & Sauces, Seasonals & Confectionery) and three in the Special Awards category (Innovation, Packaging, and Sustainability).

Below are the results of the awarding ceremony attended as guests by retailers, importers, and distributors of the American market, such as Dean & Deluca, Wakefern Food Corp., Alma Gourmet, Schnuck Markets, Baldor Specialty Foods, Di Bruno Bros., Casa Tua Cucina Miami, Altomonte’s Italian Market, Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc., Gelson’s Market, Safeway Inc., Amici Market, HEB Grocery Company LP, Superior Foods, Musco Food Corp., Whole Foods Market Inc., Encore Specialty Foods, KeHe Distributors LLC, Eataly NYC, and Walmart Canada.

THE WINNERS:

BAKERY & SNACKS

MATILDE VICENZI – Soft Baked Cookies Double Chocolate 198g

BEVERAGE

SAN BENEDETTO – Antica Fonte Della Salute – Millennium Water 330ml sleek can

DELI

ROVAGNATI – Naturally-Smoked Prosciutto Cotto Italian Cooked Ham

DRESSING & CONDIMENTS

STEFANIA CALUGI – Truffle petals

DRY PASTA & COUSCOUS

SIPA INTERNATIONAL – Chickpeas Crispycous

AGRITALIA – Celio Gluten-Free Teff Penne

FRESH PASTA & GNOCCHI

MASTER – Fresh Potato Gnocchi stuffed with Tomato and Mozzarella

FROZEN

VALSOIA – Valsoia new Oat milk Bars

OIL & VINEGAR

MANFREDI BARBERA – Olià

PRESERVES & SAUCES

RIZZOLI EMANUELLI – Anchovy fillets of Mediterranean sea

SEASONALS & CONFECTIONERY

IDB Industria Dolciaria Borsari – Panettone Cake filled with raspberries and pistachios

INNOVATION

MORATO PANE – Scrikki with purple corn

PACKAGING

FERRARI & FRANCESCHETTI – Apetizers in 8oz tray

SUSTAINABILITY

ANDRIANI – FELICIA Cauliflower Penne

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