November 2009: Lime Avocado Oil Awarded "best oil for dressing" 2009
Do you want to put a gourmet twist on your summer salads that will make them even healthier than before?
Grove Lime Avocado Oil has won the ‘best oil for dressing’ category at the 2009 Healthy Food Awards, making it a delicious – and nutritious – accompaniment for any salad.
The annual awards, judged by a panel of experts on behalf of Healthy Food Guide magazine, aims to highlight the best food choices available on our supermarket shelves for consumers.
Nutritional content, value for money, innovation and taste were all key criteria used to declare Grove Lime Avocado Oil the number one oil to use in salad dressings this summer.
The judges described it as having “a delightful limey flavour which makes a stunning dressing with lemon juice or white wine vinegar. The avocado gives it a gorgeous jewel-like colour too, so salads look and taste amazing.”
Grove’s Executive Director Brian Richardson describes lime and avocado as a “perfect partnership”. Grove Lime Avocado Oil also makes an ideal sauce or oil for cooking fish and seafood dishes, he says.
“Avocado oil has a low saturated fat content and is packed with healthy vitamins and antioxidants. It’s one of nature’s ‘superfoods’ and we hope our success in this year’s Healthy Food Awards will help highlight those benefits to consumers,” Richardson says.
Grove Lime Avocado Oil is made entirely in New Zealand from naturally ripened locally-grown avocados which are then gently cold pressed. The company’s manufacturing processes are closely monitored to ensure the oil produced is of the highest possible quality.
“We are producing one of nature’s healthiest oils so it’s vital that we maintain the highest standards throughout our whole operation,” Richardson explains.
All Grove products have the Heart Foundation tick and are packaged in attractive distinctive bottles to ensure Grove oils stand out on the supermarket shelves.
Grove Lime Avocado Oil retails for $10.99 per 250ml bottle and is available from all good supermarkets and many gourmet food stores and delicatessens nationwide.
The 2009 Healthy Food Awards judges also noted that a little avocado oil goes a long way, so Grove Lime Avocado Oil was “good value for money”.
Just one more reason to add this ‘best oil dressing’ to your shopping list this summer!
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