Food or drink competitions reward products primarily for their "gustative worth" in the form of an award or a medal.
Finally, the international competitions test all kinds of foods and drinks available to consumers on a retail basis.
There is a variety of such food and drink competitions worldwide, where the taste and quality of products are assessed.
"[2] However, whilst both processes are anonymous, Michelin chooses the hotels and restaurants it reviews and pays for everything.
However, tastings are carried out independently and are blind-tested, where judges focus exclusively on sensory (organoleptic) features, such as taste, olfaction, vision, aspect, mouth-feel, after-taste, without being influenced by packaging, branding or marketing.