Awards & Media
Award Winning flavour you can trust
Mexican Style Vince won the 2021 Food Awards (pantry), judged on flavour, taste, innovation, sustainability, and excellence. We also secured two silvers and a bronze in the outstanding food producers awards and won the Westpac Northland Business Award for innovation.
NZ Herald - Northern Advocate
Whangārei business eyes national expansion with its veggie mince ‘Vince’. Debbie and Nigel Stowe’s healthy dried veggie mince Vince is on the the cusp of making it big in New Zealand supermarkets. The brand is poised to become a core brand in Foodstuffs stores from the middle of the year
We also secured two silvers and one bronze in the Outstanding Food Producers Awards and won the Westpac Northland Business Awards for Innovation.
You can rest assured that if the judges loved Vince, you will too!
AWARDS
Winning an AGMARDT grant allowed us to carry out nutritional testing with Massey University as well as analyse our protein and fiber. Vince has loads of vitamins and minerals. Check out our nutrition section.
Vince also received a grant from the Akina Impact Investment Readiness Programme which recognized our uniqueness and focus on sustainability.
Akina assisted us in securing our first round of impact investment in late 2022 and continues to help us with driving impact and sustainability.