Handmade Amica mead wins out in Finland with its traditional flavour

Amica mead scored the best points in Iltalehti newspaper's mead test, which compared six different meads. According to the Iltalehti jury Amica mead tastes like real homemade mead!

The Iltalehti jury described the mead as follows: bubbly, sweet, cloudy. All elements of mead included and well balanced. Extra credit for raisins. Score 4.5/5.

At the end of April, there is a lot going on at Amica restaurants as their kitchen staff prepare real homemade mead for customers to take away for May Day. Amica mead, which has won first prizes in mead tests in many consecutive years, charms with its homemade flavour.

“Amica mead is hand-made in our restaurants in the traditional way. We prepare Amica mead the same way we do it at home: first we peel the lemons and boil some water and brown sugar. The mead is bottled with raisins, and then we allow the yeast to ferment. That is why it has the traditional flavour people have known since their childhoods”, explains Marianne Nordblom, gastronomy and product development director at Fazer Food Services.

Amica restaurants prepare their own mead every year using the same recipe, and it is sold everywhere in Finland at Amica restaurants. Mead is sold in 1.5 litre plastic bottles (the price is around €3.90–4.50 depending on the restaurant) and in 1 litre glass bottles (€5.60). Most people come and buy their mead during the week before May Day.

Make sure you get your own bottle – this well-loved mead is very popular!

Homemade mead is part of the annual May Day celebrations, and it is one of the most popular seasonal takeaway products sold at Amica restaurants. That is why Amica employees start to prepare it well in advance every year. Amica mead sells out everywhere in Finland by the morning of 30 April, so make sure you get your bottle in time! Check the list to find your closest sales point:www.amica.fi/meiltasimaa

Happy first of May to all our customers and people who love mead!

For more information about Amica mead:

http://www.amica.fi/en/party/mead-and-doughnuts-are-traditionally-enjoyed-on-may-day-in-finland/

Print-ready images: www.fazergroup.com/pictures, “Media_Press”, “Vappu”

Marianne Nordblom, Director of Gastronomy and Product Development, Fazer Food Services tel. +358 400 605 778
Laura Tötterman, Communications Manager, Fazer Group, tel. +358 44 711 9550

Email addresses are in the format forename.surname(at)fazer.com