Oil awarded for great taste

Urlingford-based Second Nature Oils has won a gold star at the UK’s Great Taste Awards for its mandarin infused rapeseed oil.

The rapeseed oil is grown, cold pressed and bottled at Drumeen farm, in Urlingford, where Kitty Colchester infuses her rapeseed oil with green mandarin zest. Great Taste is the largest accreditation scheme for speciality and fine food and drink. Established in 1994, it encourages and mentors artisan food producers, offering a benchmarking and product evaluation service leading to an independent accreditation that enables small food and drink businesses to compete against supermarket premium own-label brands.