Winners of Scotland's Food & Drink Awards announced

The full list of category winners is as follows: Soup, Preserve, Accompaniments - sponsored by The Grocer Summer Harvest, Madderty, Crieff - Extra Virgin Cold-pressed Rapeseed Oil Fish & Seafood - sponsored by The Grocer Salar Smokehouse, South Uist - Flaky Smoked Salmon Bakery & Cereal-based - sponsored by The Grocer Border Biscuits, South Fauld Road, Lanark - Deliciously Different Range Of Biscuits Meat (Red, White & Game) - sponsored by The Grocer Simon Howie Butchers, Findony, Muckhart Road, Dunning - Scottish Dry Cure Bacon Drink (Alcoholic & Non-Alcoholic) - sponsored by The Grocer Berry Good, Tiree Cottage, Watten, Caithness - Berry Good Vodka Infused With Scottish Berries Fruit or Vegetable - sponsored by The Grocer Angus Soft Fruits, East Seaton, Arbroath - Good Natured Fruit - Strawberries, Raspberries & Blueberries Dairy, Confectionery & Snacking - sponsored by The Grocer Graham's The Family Dairy, Airthrey Kerse Farm, Bridge of Allan - Graham's Gold Jersey Dairy Products Food Service - sponsored by Sodexo Iain Burnett - The Highland Chocolatier, Legends of Grandtully, Grandtully, Perthshire - The Velvet Truffle - Gourmet Chocolate Truffle Product Innovation - sponsored by Scotland Food & Drink Carmichael Estate Farm Meats, Westmains, Carmichael, near Biggar - Venison Rashers Healthy Choices/Healthy Eating - sponsored by Food & Health Alliance Summer Harvest Extra Virgin Cold-pressed Rapeseed Oil International Business of the Year. - sponsored by Scottish Development International Gourmets Choice, Shore Street, Portsoy - Exporters of salmon products to the international food service market Marketing Initiative of the Year - sponsored by the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland Graham's The Family Dairy for Graham's Gold Jersey Dairy Products Success Through Working in Partnerships - sponsored by the Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society Argyll Food Producers - "Food From Argyll", Campbeltown - Mix of products from primary and secondary producers Environmental Sustainability - sponsored by Envirowise Macsween of Edinburgh, Dryden Road, Bilston Glen, Loanhead, Edinburgh - Makers of award-winning haggis Food Tourism - sponsored by VisitScotland Cocoa Mountain, Balnakeil, Durness, Lairg - Europe's most northerly chocolate maker Product of the Year - sponsored by Scottish Enterprise Salar Smokehouse's Flaky Smoked Salmon Business of the Year - sponsored by Scottish Enterprise Macsween of Edinburgh Congratulating the winners of last night's Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Awards in Glasgow, Mr Lochhead said: "These awards are a welcome opportunity to showcase our world-class, mouth-watering produce, and in Homecoming Year what better time to be spreading the message that Scotland truly is a land of food and drink. "We will shortly unveil the next stages of Scotland's first-ever National Food and Drink Policy. It will aim to boost business, put even more Scottish food on consumers' plates and deliver major health and environmental benefits." Paul McLaughlin, chief executive of Scotland Food & Drink, added: "These awards go from strength to strength and are a true measure of the excellence that abounds in our industry. "We are keen to get the message across that Scotland is a land of food and drink which excels on quality and innovation. Our 2009 winners exemplify that message." The Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards, now in their eighth year, are organised and co-sponsored by the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland and Scotland Food & Drink. Other sponsors include The Grocer, Scottish Enterprise, Envirowise, Food & Health Alliance, Scottish Development International, Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society, Sodexo and VisitScotland.