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Veggies go Dotty for Byron Bay Cookies
Veggies go Dotty for Byron Bay Cookies - UK
The multi-award winning Byron Bay Cookie Company has been nominated in the ‘The Best VegSoc Approved Sweet Treat’ category for the second year running at the 2010 UK Vegetarian Society Awards. Last year’s awards saw Byron Bay’s Triple Choc Fudge Cookie win the coveted award for ‘Best VegSoc Approved Snack/Confectionery’ category and hopes are high for another win this year.
The Vegetarian Society holds the annual awards with the intention of highlighting the society-approved products which are increasing the options for the UK’s growing vegetarian population. The 15,000 members of the Vegetarian Society were asked to choose their favourite products from a range of categories and the five top scorers for each then went on to a panel taste test.
This year, the world famous ‘Dotty’ Cookie from Byron Bay Cookie Company has been chosen by Vegetarian Society members as one of their favourite approved sweet treats and is now in with a chance of winning. In the ‘The Best VegSoc Approved Sweet Treat’ section, ‘Dotty’ is up against Deans of Huntly’s Traditional Shortbread, Goody Good Stuff Sweets, Millions Sweets, Swedish Glace Dairy Free Dessert and Styles Slim Ewe Iced Dessert.
The Dotty Cookie has had all the hidden nasties removed and is free from artificial colours, flavours and preservatives as well as using candy-covered chocolate drops that are cochineal and gelatine-free. The full range of Byron Bay Cookies has been approved by the Vegetarian Society and the gluten-free range is also registered with the Coeliac Society to use the cross grain symbol.
“It is an honour to be nominated for this award, as each product has been selected by members of the vegetarian Society,” commented Byron Bay Cookie Company spokesperson Paul Maxwell. “The ‘Dotty’ Cookie is one of our best-selling lines and this nomination has reinforced for us that the move to UK bake for the whole range has been received as well as we hoped.”
The Vegetarian Society awards have been running since 2001 and past winners include Quorn, Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Green & Black’s and Pizza Express. This year, the winners from each of the 12 categories will be announced at a gala event at The London Canal Museum on Thursday 28th October 2010.
For more information about the Vegetarian Society Awards, please visit www.vegsoc.org/awards.
Byron Bay Cookies can be purchased from Sainsbury’s, Holland & Barrett and all good independent coffee shops and cafes. For more information please visit www.cookie.com.au
The History of Byron Bay Cookie Company: Returning to Australia after 6 years in New York, founders Maggi Miles and Gary Lines drove up the East coast of Australia until they found the idyllic Byron Bay. Using the old farmhouse stove in her country cottage, Maggi experimented with ingredients to create a white choc chunk and macadamia nut cookie and triple choc fudge cookie which are still the company's top selling cookies today.
In 2007, wanting to keep with the company’s green credentials and use as many locally sourced ingredients as possible, Byron Bay Cookie Company signed a deal with one of the UK’s most prestigious bakeries to produce the cookies in the United Kingdom. The move to being baked in the UK meant that the cookies could be certified by The Vegetarian Society as they now contained only free range eggs. The gluten-free range has also been approved by the Coeliac Society and displays the Cross Grain Symbol. Byron Bay UK-baked cookies use as many ingredients as possible, sourced within a 50-mile radius of the UK bake house, helping to support local UK farmers. Local ingredients include flour, oats, butter, eggs and honey.