2017 Award Announcement
BALL® Fresh Preserving AWARD FOR ADULT LEVEL
Presented by: BALL® & KERR® Fresh Preserving PRODUCTS
Jarden Home Brands, marketers of Ball ® and Kerr® Fresh Preserving Products is proud to recognize today’s fresh preserving (canning) enthusiasts. First and Second Place Awards will be given to individuals judged as the best in designated categories.
A panel of judges will select the two best entries for Fruit, Vegetable, Pickle, and Soft Spread categories. Entries must be preserved in Ball® Jars sealed with Ball® Lids and Bands, or Ball® Collection Elite® Jars sealed with Collection Elite® Lids and Bands, Ball® Heritage Collection Jars sealed with Ball® Lids and Bands, or preserved in Kerr® Jars sealed with Kerr® Lids and Bands. In addition, soft spread entries must be prepared using Ball® Pectin: Classic, Low or No-Sugar Needed or Liquid.
Entries designated First Place from each category will receive:
• Two (2) Five-Dollar ($5) Coupons for Ball® or Kerr® Fresh Preserving Products and
one (1) Free (up to $5 value) Coupon for Ball® Pectin.
Entries designated Second Place from each category will receive:
• One (1) Five-Dollar ($5) Coupon for Ball® or Kerr® Fresh Preserving Products and
one (1) Free (up to $5 value) Coupon for Ball® Pectin.
2017 YOUTH PREMIUM FOOD PRESERVATION AWARDS
Presented by Jarden Home Brands
In recognition of youth who excel in the art of fresh preserving (canning), Jarden Home Brands, marketers of the Ball® and Kerr® Fresh Preserving Products will present First Place Awards in designated categories.
A panel of judges will select the best entry in each category for Fruit, Vegetable, Pickle, and Soft Spread. Entries must be preserved in Ball® Jars sealed with Ball® Lids and Bands or Ball® Collection Elite® Jars sealed with Collection Elite® Lids and Bands, Ball® Heritage Collection Jars sealed with Ball® Lids and Bands, or preserved in Kerr® Jars sealed with Kerr® Lids and Bands. In addition, soft spread entries must be prepared using Ball® Pectin: Classic, Low or No-Sugar Needed or Liquid.
The best entry from each category will receive:
• One (1) Five-Dollar ($5) Coupon for Ball® or Kerr® Fresh Preserving Products and
one (1) Free (up to $5 value) Coupon for Ball® Pectin.
2017 BEST-OF-CATEGORY: PICKLED FOODS AWARD
Presented by: Ball and Kerr Home Canning Companies
To promote the art of pickling foods and safe home canning, Jarden Home Brands is offering this special adult award category. Any entry meeting the following guidelines is eligible. The best pickled fruit or pickled vegetable prepared using 5% acidity vinegar, submitted by an adult and canned in a Ball home Canning jar and sealed with a Ball Two-Piece Vacuum Cap, Collection Elite Cap or Freedom Garden Cap or canned in a Kerr Home Canning jar and sealed with a Kerr Two Piece CVacuum cap, Collection Elite Cap or Freedom Garden Cap shall by designated Best of Category: Pickled Foods.
2017 BEST OF CATEGORY: SOFT SPREAD AWARD
PRESENTED BY:
BALL * KERR HOME CANNING PRODUCTS AND BALL FRUIT JELI PECTIN
To promote the art of preparing soft spreads and safe home canning, Jarden Home Brands is offering this special adult award category. Any entry meeting the following guidelines is eligible. The best soft spread prepared using Ball Fruit Jell Pectin, submitted by an adult and canned in a Ball home Canning Jar and sealed with a Ball Two Piece Vacuum Cap, Collection Elite Cap or Freedom Garden Cap or canned in a Kerr Home Canning Jar and sealed with a Ker Two Piece Vacuum Cap, Collection Elite Cap or Freedom Garden Cap shall by designated Best of Category: Soft Spreads.
The entry designated Best of Category: Soft Spreads, receives the following: * One (1) set of 48 Harvest Fruit Labels, three (3) coupons for any variety Ball Fruit Jell Pectin, one (1) complete jelly Strainer, one (1) Jelly Strainer Replacement bag and one (1) set of Ball recipe brochures.
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RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS FOR EXHIBITING HOME CANNED FOODS AT FAIRS:
• All canned foods must be in standard clear glass canning jars with self sealing,
two piece lids. Inappropriate jars include: non-standard canning jars green or blue glass
jars bail jars or jars with zinc lids.
• Jars must have a vacuum seal (except jars containing dried product
• Appropriate headspace requirements must be followed.
These are: Fruits: ½ inch Vegetables: 1 – 1 ½ inch
Sweet Spreads: ¼ inch Pickles: ½ inch Meats: 1 inch
• The size of the canning jar must be consistent with USDA guidelines:
Fruits and vegetables –pints or quarts (except cream style corn, pints only)
Fruit Juice – pints, quarts or half gallons
Tomatoes – pints or quarts
Sweet Spreads – half pints or pints
Fish – half pints or pints
Meat – pints or quarts
Pickles – pints or quarts
Relishes – half pints or pints
THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR EXHIBITING AT A FAIR
a. Foods packaged and processed following current USADA/CES, UA recommendations.
b. Paraffin sealed jams and jellies.
c. Foods that have been improperly packed or processed. E.g.: fancy packed vegetables,
NOTE: shingle pack for fruits is acceptable.
d. Jars with more than a 2 inch headspace.
e. Jars with color altered through the addition of dyes, bleach, sulfite or other agents. (For
example, baking soda may not be added to green vegetables and acids may not be
added to non pickled foods except tomatoes and figs).
2016 ADULT WINNERS
Vegetables
1st – Sandra Dorman
2nd - Betty Eubanks
Pickles
1st – Dennis Holland
2nd – Alisa Ware
Soft Spreads
1st – Doris Felkins
2nd – Ronnie Bozeman
2016 YOUTH WINNER
Vegetables AND Soft Spreads
Broderick Jackson