More than 14,000 Australian consumers have named their favourite new products as part of the 2016 Product of the Year Awards and the results are good news for Aldi.

The budget supermarket chain continued to establish itself as a favourite brand of Australian consumers, with its products taking out 12 of the 46 award categories, including the small goods, snacks to go, pest control and household cleaning categories.

In comparison, supermarket rivals Woolworths and Coles had six and four wins respectively.

Product of the Year director Sarah Connelly said the results indicated that, despite the discounted prices, consumers are happy with the quality of the products Aldi are delivering.

“It’s all about value for money and shoppers won’t be swayed by cheap and inferior products — not for long anyway — so the quality has to be there to make an impact and result in repeat purchases,” says Connelly.

The results are good news for the company, as previous winners have typically seen double-digit sales increases.

Further to this, a recent survey revealed that more than 35% of Australian shoppers would buy a new product if it won Product of the Year.

Connelly says the weight given to the awards is because they are solely voted on by fellow consumers.

“Shoppers can rest assured that these products have been voted for by people just like them, and whether they are buying large household appliances, beauty products or everyday grocery items — that all the guess work has already been done,” says Connelly.

Other major winners included Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel, which took out the best skincare product and Nature’s Gift Organic Pet food, which won the Pet Food category.

Award winners are determined based on the results of a survey conducted by research company Nielsen, which reviews new products against criteria, including value for money, trial performance and overall satisfaction.

The survey of 14,000 consumers is Australia’s largest independent survey of household consumer innovation.

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