The Crystal Taste Awards are granted to products that have received 3 stars 3 years in a row.

These products are successfully tasted blind 3 years by 3 different panels of judges with a score of 90% or above.

This is the very highest recognition for consistent proof of excellence.

In recent years, it has been granted to the following products :

• 5J Pure Iberico de Bellota ham - 5J, Sanchez Romero Carvajal - Spain
• Aceto Balsamico di Modena Banda Rossa - Gran Deposito Aceto Balsamico G. Giusti - Italy
• Acqua Panna - Nestle Water - Belgium - Italy
• Baumkuchen - Club Harie - Japan
• Beniotome Gold - Beniotome Shuzo, K.K. - Japan
• Brohler Gourmet Medium - Brohler Mineral- und Heilbrunnen GmbH - Germany
• Coca-Cola Deutschland - Apollinaris Selection - Germany
• COEDO Beniaka - Kyodoshoji Corporation Limited - Japan
• Dooley's Original Toffee & Vodka - Waldemar Behn GmbH & Co KG - Allemagne
• Keiryu Asasibori - Endo Brewery Inc. - Japon
• Keiryu Daiginjyo - Endo Brewery Inc. - Japan
• Kikori No Wakemae 1117 - Sakurajima Co., Ltd. - Japan
• Kondrauer Mineralwasser Prickelnd - Kondrauer Mineralbrunnen - Germany
• LACTURALE whole milk UHT - S.A.T. Nº 685 NA Lacturale - Spain
• Leffe Blonde - AB InBev - Belgium
• Loscher Weißbierpils - Brauerei Loscher GmbH & Co. KG - Germany
• Mondariz Still Natural Mineral Water - Aguas de Mondariz Fuente Del Val S.L. - Spain
• Nama-Ume Jam - Plum Jam - Koubaien Co., Ltd. - Japan
• Old Amsterdam - Westland Kaasspecialiteiten B.V. - Netherlands
• OXYDENS - Tokura Industries Co., Ltd. - Japan
• Ringo Otome - Matsuzawa Co., Ltd. - Japan
• S. Pellegrino - Nestlé Waters - Belgium - Italy
• Sprudel Tönissteiner Classic Exclusiv - Privatbrunnen Tönissteiner - Germany
• Sprudel Tönissteiner Medium Exclusiv - Privatbrunnen Tönissteiner - Germany
• Sprudel Tönissteiner Naturelle Exclusiv - Privatbrunnen Tönissteiner - Germany
• Tyskie - Kompania Piwowarska S.A. - Poland
• Wembley London Dry Gin - Prodal' 94 - Romania
• Zoller-Hof Hefe-Weizen - Brauerei Zoller-Hof - Germany