Golden Pepper 2022 finalists

Iltalehti’s food competition Kultainen Pippuri is looking for the best foods of the year.

Iltalehti’s Kultainen Pippuri food competition has reached the semi-final stage. The winners of each series will be announced this week.

Kultainen Pippuri is looking for this year’s best foods in five different categories.

The competition is open to all food manufacturers, and they themselves have entered their products. The jury of experts has chosen the five finalists of each series.

The general secretary of Marttaliito is on the jury Marianne Heikkilächefs Hans Välimäki and Pekka TeräväCEO of Päivittäitavarakauppa ry Kari Luoto and Iltalehti’s food editor Eeva Paljakka.

Here are the finalists:

Finalists of the Snack of the Year series

Fazer Leipomot Reissumies really dark oats

A wonderfully sweet taste and a suitably soft texture. Tosi Tumma Kaura has real oat grains that bring a delicious taste and a nice edge to the texture.

HKScan Finland Via pizza fresco Margherita

A fresh piece of pizza baked in a brick oven, with a sourdough base, topped with tomato sauce, pesto and mozzarella. A delicious snack.

Juustoportti Food Very high protein pudding chocolate

For once, a protein pudding with no sugar, but no sweeteners either. The taste is soft chocolate. A delicious pudding that keeps you full.

Kesko Pirkka portion instant porridge cranberry-kinuski

The easy and quickly prepared porridge is packed in portion bags. Porridge can also be enjoyed as fresh porridge. Porridge contains high-fiber Finnish whole grain oats as well as cranberry grits and dried cranberries.

Linkosuo Bakery Rouskis snack bread (Chocolate chip and Cinnamon bun flavors)

Oatmeal small snack rolls are baked from domestic grains. They contain up to 50 percent less sugar than, for example, snack cookies. The product is designed for children as a snack, but is also delicious for adults – even with coffee.

The finalists of the Delicacy of the Year series

3 Friends Iced coffee stick

This has been needed: a combination of ice cream and coffee. Coffee ice cream and fresh cream ice cream, and it is finished with a sweet coffee-flavored chocolate shell. You couldn’t help but fall in love with this.

Trube Coffee spiral extension

Nothing beats a delicious bun. Finnish butter, wheat flour and sugar have created a delicacy that will not leave anyone cold. Full and delicious taste. The crown of the coffee moment.

Fazer Pätkis Oat drink

Oat drink is made from domestic oats. It combines a rich chocolate taste and Pätkis mint. Suitable to be enjoyed both cold and hot. A wonderful delicacy that non-vegans also drink.

Haugen-Gruppen Häagen-Dazs caramel collection multipack

Luxurious quality ice cream is always a taste experience. This ice cream has a touch of luxury.

These ice creams are not shared, but all are eaten alone. That’s how delicious each of the four flavors is.

Cheese port yogurt curd varnish

A delicious snack is created from a new kind of combination, yogurt and curd. Lacquer raises the enjoyment of rich yogurt curd to new dimensions.

Finalists of the candy of the year series

Annas Original milk chocolate

The perfect taste experience is created when gingerbread crumbs are combined with high-quality milk chocolate. The chocolate plate has funny pieces of different sizes, so you can fold it into a chocolate treat of the right size for just the right situation and treat moment.

Cloetta Suomi Sisu Tuima candy bag

The almost 100-year-old Finnish classic brand Sisu lives strongly in this time. Salmiak’s friends’ wish bag, which contains six different types of sweet candies.

Fazer Dumle Granola

Fazer Dumle classic toffee caramel in a new, crunchy and spoonable form. Granola is a wonderful mixture of crispy roasted whole grain oats and milk chocolate covered toffee. Like candy, it’s suitable for special treat moments.

Fazer Sweets Karl Fazer crunchy black edition

Rouskuva’s chocolate bars are delicious, and satisfy even the biggest sweet tooth. The inside of the bar is soft lactoffee, which is covered by wonderfully crunchy salty crisps and delicious milk chocolate. This combines the best aspects of chocolate and licorice.

Panda Pineapple Candies

Over the decades, pineapple candies have established themselves as the unofficial Christmas candies. The opinion-divisive taste of pineapple candied has been joked about for a long time. Now this candy has got its own box – and it’s delicious.

The finalists of the everyday luxury series:

Fazer Leipurit Rye & malt bun flour mix

The bun flour mix is ​​dark and mildly sweet. It has a flour mixture containing plenty of domestic rye and malt, which allows you to enjoy fresh home-baked bread even on a weekday evening.

The preparation is easy, as you only need to add water and yeast to the flour mixture.

Kalaneuvos Viima rainbow trout fillets

The rainbow trout fillets are seasoned with gin and lemon. The taste and texture of the slices are excellent. Delicious.

Valio Keisarinna cheese

Keisarinna is a long-ripened, semi-hard gourmet cheese. The structure is crystalline and flaky, and therefore difficult to plan. Now it’s pre-sliced, if you don’t like this option.

Rönkä Cold-smoked beef tenderloin 100 g

A high-quality and tasty product that is suitable on top of bread, on a salad or, for example, on a tapas plate. The taste is very delicious.

Nduja pasta sauce from Delizie di Calabria

This sauce will take you on a taste journey to the flavors of Calabrian cuisine. Delicious and authentic pasta sauce easily and quickly brings luxury to everyday dining moments.

The finalists of the Arje potottaja series:

Mutti’s Italian sauce base

A very tasty sauce base that is suitable for both soups and sauces. Even a more uncertain seasoning will succeed.

Rönkä Oy’s Reindeer Blood Lettuce Dough

All you have to do is heat the pan, put butter in it and pour the bloodlett dough directly from the bottle. A product praised by top chefs that makes everyday life easier.

Appetite domestic Baltic Sea fish steak

The main raw material for fish steaks is MCS-serfed herring. The steaks have a fresh and good fish taste.

Go-Tan Sriracha Mayo

When you put two delicious ingredients together, a top product is created. Appropriately fiery and gentle. Go to any food.

Pirkka Parhaat pizza dough

A really good pizza dough that would take several days to make in the home kitchen. The dough is easy to work with, so you can shape it into round pizza bases by hand. The taste is excellent.

The winners will be announced this week:

Mon 12.12. Snack of the year

Tue 13.12. The delicacy of the year

Wed 14.12. Candy of the year

Thu 15.12. Everyday luxury

Fri 16.12. Everyday facilitator

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