Taste New Zealand Fair & Treasure Hunt

Here we were at the Taste New Zealand Food Fair & Treasure Hunt early Saturday morning at Cold Storage supermarket, Ikano Power Centre with my partner of the day, Carol. Taste New Zealand is a Food Fair that features the best of New Zealand products, from wines to chocolates to fruits we look forward to over 200 New Zealand products from over 48 brands on special promotions during this fair.

This treasure hunt tested our knowledge about New Zealand products and also speed locating the products in the supermarket. There are 5 teams each team consists of 2 bloggers, so happened we all know each other. We were given a set of questions and clues to find the products and then answer some of the question regarding the food fair. The team that can complete all the tasks in fastest time wins.  

These are the correct items that we should pick, I think me and Carol were a bit excited so we collected 2 wrong products. Anyway it was fun and we had a great time although we just won the consolation prize.

New Zealand is renowned for producing some of the best tasting dairy products. Well, taking clean eating to a different level, those who favour products with health benefits can try the Ceres Organic Range of Coconut oil, Safflower Oil, Sesame Oil and Gluten free Quinoa enriched pasta and pasta shells, and the Ceres Organic Raw Food Bars and Protein Bars. 

If you haven’t heard of bagel crisps then you must try the Abel Bagel Crisps in various flavours. Hubbard’s Muesli in various combinations, with nuts and with dried fruits for a quick energy fix, N&N Supergrains Muesli Bars are both delicious and guilt-free.  There’s also Annie’s Sweet Apple Rings, for the sudden sugar craving and if peanut butter is one’s guilty pleasure, then PIC’s Peanut Butter Smooth No Salt is perfect as its made with the real thing with no added sugar and totally guilt-free.

There’s also a range of jams and fruit pastes such as the ones from Anathoth and Ruth & Meyer. Delicious treats are aplenty with Mother Earth cookies and treats using natural ingredients and minimum processing. Other brands include CHIA, Watties, Grove Avocado Oil, JEDS Coffee, Nature’s Harvest Organic Cookies, Barkers Syrup and NZ Honey and CO Cordials, Urban Appetite dressings, Earthwise cleaning formulas, Aroha Cordials and RJS Natural Black Licorice.

You can also look forward to try some of the popular New Zealand wines such as Cloudy Bay, Rapaura, Kim Crawford, Fatbird, Kiwi Walk, Marlbourough Ridge, Huntaway, Marlborough Mountains, Witherhills, The Crossings and Oyster Bay.

New Zealand fresh produce such as strawberries, avocadoes, apples and kiwi fruits will also be available at the Fair. Taste New Zealand Food Fair featuring the best of New Zealand produce from wines to chocolates, fruits, daily products, groceries and more will be available at all Cold Storage outlets across the country from October 8th till 25th 2015.