Gluten-free brand Prewett’s has had its Chocoful and Rich Triple Chocolate Cookies shortlisted as a finalist for the Free-From Food awards.

The products will be entered into the ‘tea-time’ category of the awards.

Chocoful is a gluten free and individually wrapped chocolate coated biscuit bar, while the Rich Triple Chocolate Cookies’ are all-butter cookies containing white and dark chocolate chunks, and half-dipped in Belgian milk chocolate.

The Prewett’s biscuit and cookie range is manufactured by Gateshead-based Northumbrian Fine Foods (NFF) and is available across major UK retailers.

David Wood, business development director for NFF, said that they were thrilled that these two products in the Prewett’s gluten free range have been shortlisted for a FreeFrom Food Award.

“We take great care in the manufacture our biscuits and cookies, and being selected as a finalist is recognition of the high quality of our products.”

The Free-From awards, which is the UK’s only industry awards dedicated to free-from food, is running for its 10th year and the winners will be announced in London on 28 March at an event hosted by celebrity chef Antony Worral Thompson.