The New Zealand Dairy Free Awards

Celebrating excellence in the dairy-free plant-based alternatives.

Dairy Free Awards

The 2023 Dairy Free Awards.

The future of milk products is plant-based. We hope that the government will help farmers to diversify and transition to growing plants over the coming decade. It’s time for New Zealand to once again become global leaders. We can do this, we can change our economy from meat and dairy based to horticultural based. We will meet our Paris Agreement goals if we invest in our land wisely, grow the right crops in the right environment and increase our organic inputs.

Celebrating excellence in the plant-based alternatives, the Dairy Free Awards entrants are People’s Choice so we rely on your nominations!

2023 is the fourth year that we have run the awards and we look forward to your input from the start!

You can vote on your favourite vegan products in 6 different categories:  this year we have added the exciting categories of cream and desserts!

Butter

Cream

Desserts

Ice Cream

Milk

Yoghurt

If you haven’t tried Dairy Free its’ never too late – why not kick off with our 7 day Dairy Free Challenge?  Receive daily email support full of tips and recipes!

Check out our Dairy Alternatives page and discover your favourite.

2023 WINNERS

Best Dairy Free Milk

Winner ~ Boring ~Barista Oat Milk
Runner Up ~ Boring ~ Original Oat Milk

Best Dairy Free Yoghurt

Winner ~ Raglan Food Company ~ Vanilla Bean
Runner Up ~ Raglan Food Company~ Natural

Best Dairy Free Cream

Winner ~ Little Islamd~ Cashew
Runner Up ~ Alpro Soy Single

Best Dairy Free Ice Cream

Winner ~ Magnum ~ Almond Dairy Free
Runner Up ~ Kapiti ~ Chocolate Boysenberry

Best Dairy Free Butter/Spread

Winner ~ Vutter
Runner Up ~ Olivani original

Best Dairy Free Dessert

Winner ~ Damn Good Food Co. Salted Caramel
Runner Up ~ Sara Lee “Joy” Key Lime Pie

2022 WINNERS

Best Dairy Free Milk

Winner ~ Boring Oat Milk ~ original
Runner Up ~ Otis Oat Milk – The Barista

Best Dairy Free Yoghurt

Winner ~ Raglan Food Company ~ Vanilla
Runner Up ~ The Collective Plant ~ Natural

Best Dairy Free Ice Cream

Winner ~ Little island ~ Chocolate Organic
Runner Up ~ Duck Island ~ Salted Chocolate Brownie

Best Dairy Free Butter/Spread

Winner ~ Vutter
Runner Up ~ Olivani