The best festive food products for 2022 have been revealed in a blind taste test, with Asda taking the top spot for best turkey.
BBC Good Food has announced the winners of its prestigious annual Christmas Supermarket Taste Awards, which put a range of festive staple food items to the test. More than 225 products from 13 supermarkets were put to the test in 23 categories, which ranged from mince pies to yule logs and turkey to smoked salmon.
BBC Good Food editor in chief, Christine Hayes, said: "Our BBC Good Food Christmas taste awards are an annual tradition designed to help everyone spend wisely and eat well over the festive season.
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"Our experts taste the widest range of products possible to arrive at the best and, as everyone is thinking carefully about their spending, our trusted guide to what to buy is more valuable than ever. The supermarkets raise their game every year and the range and quality on offer this year, catering to lots of different diets, are no exception. There are excellently priced products that everyone can enjoy."
A number of supermarkets proved victorious, but it was Asda that came out on top for turkey. You can find a full list of the winning products below.
Full list of winners in the BBC Good Food Christmas Taste Awards
- Turkey - ASDA roast in the bag turkey crown with pork, sage and onion stuffing with beechwood smoked bacon (£19.95, 1.5kg)
- Pigs in blankets - Lidl deluxe pigs in blankets (210g)
- Gravy - Iceland luxury turkey gravy (£1.75, 350g)
- Vegetarian main - M&S rustic potato, caramelised onion and brie pie (£8, 500g)
- Vegan - Asda Extra Special vegan wellington (£5, 500g)
- Gammon - Sainsbury's Taste the Difference mulled cider glazed gammon (£15, 1.3kg)
- Alternative Christmas main - Joint winner: Sainsbury's Taste the Difference boneless rib of beef with mustard and horseradish glaze (1.7kg). Joint winner: Waitrose slow cooked ultimate crackling pork belly feast (£30, 1.7kg)
- Cranberry sauce - Waitrose Christmas cranberry sauce (£2.25, 300g)
- Fish centrepiece - Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Scottish salmon side (£16, 750kg)
- Smoked salmon - Booths triple-smoked salmon side (£45, 1kg)
- Christmas pudding - M&S Collection perfectly matured cherry and orange wreath (£12, 907g)
- Panettone - Tesco Finest tiramisu panettone (£10, 750g)
- Yule log: M&S Collection crackling chocolate logs (£20, 1.33kg)
- Budget sharing dessert - Co-op irresistible nuts about chocolate star (£6, 571g)
- Showstopper dessert - Joint winner: Morrison's The Best passion fruit panna cotta star (£7, 651g). Joint winner: Sainsbury's Taste the Difference festive Belgian chocolate and salted caramel wreath (£12, 650g)
- Vegan dessert - Sainsbury's Taste the Difference quadruple chocolate cookie no-cheesecake (£6, 500g)
- Classic mince pies - M&S Collection mince pies (£3, 334g)
- Flavoured mince pies - Aldi Specially Selected rum and salted caramel mince pies (£2.49, 275g)
- Gluten free mince pies - M&S Made Without Wheat gluten free mince pies (£2.50, 205g)
- Christmas cake - Waitrose No. 1 rich fruit cake (£18.50, 1.5kg)
- Stollen - M&S Collections stollen loaf (£7, 580g)
Cold canapé - Sainsbury's Taste the Difference king prawn mocktails (£5, 75g)
Hot canapé - M&S 10 mini steak sandwiches (£7)
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