General News of Friday, 26 June 2009
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Ghanaian beer brands, Club Premium Lager Beer and Castle Milk Stout, won two-star Superior Taste award at the 2009 International Taste Quality Awards, held by the International Taste and Quality Institute (iTQi).
Stone Strong Lager Beer won one star.
All three beers are products of Accra Brewery Ltd.
South African premium beer brand Hansa Marzen, which won a Superior Taste award at this year's ceremony, was the only one from the continent to receive the coveted three stars.
Other African iTQi winners were scarce. Besides the three beer brands from Ghana, a brand of pasta from the North African country of Tunisia won a two- and one-star award respectively. The Brussels-based iTQi is an organisation of international chefs and sommeliers who annually acknowledge the finest food and drink from around the world. The programme is open to any branded or processed products that are sold in stores.