Foods

August 10, 2019

Rod Zeitler of Iowa City earned the Sweepstakes Award in the Canned Fruit Butters competition, judged Wednesday, August 7, prior to the start of the 2019 Iowa State Fair.

Alice May of Cambridge and Michelle Westphal of Waterloo each claimed Reserve Sweepstakes Awards.

Fruit butters are made of fruit pulp and sugar cooked together to a thick consistency, but not to a jellied state.  Fruit butters often contain spices.

Entries were judged on flavor, consistency, appearance and food safety.

Additional results follow:

Apple

1) Alice May, Cambridge

2) Martha Kunkle, Carlisle

3) Michelle Westphal, Waterloo

Apricot

1) Rod Zeitler, Iowa City

Peach

1) None awarded

2) Rod Zeitler, Iowa City

3) Tanya K. Hardy, Osceola

Pear

1) Rod Zeitler, Iowa City

2) Tanya K. Hardy, Osceola

3) Michelle Westphal, Waterloo

Plum

1) Rod Zeitler, Iowa City

2) Michelle Westphal, Waterloo

3) Tanya K. Hardy, Osceola

Rhubarb

1) Rod Zeitler, Iowa City

2) None awarded

3) Tanya K. Hardy, Osceola

Fruit Butters Other Than Named

1) Michelle Westphal, Waterloo

2) Rod Zeitler, Iowa City

3) Mary Beardslee, Underwood

The Iowa State Fair Food Department is the largest of any state fair in the country. There are 166 divisions, 715 classes and over 7,300 entries at this year’s Fair. Food Department judging is held in the Elwell Family Food Center sponsored by Blue Bunny Ice Cream.

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The Iowa State Fair is one of the oldest and largest agricultural and industrial expositions in the country and the single largest event in the state. The Fair began over 160 years ago and is now considered one of the best events in the nation, attracting more than one million Fairgoers every year from all over the world. The Fairgrounds are located at East 30th and East University, just off the interstate and minutes from Downtown Des Moines. Nothing Compares to State Fair Favorites: August 8-18, 2019. For more information, visit www.iowastatefair.org.