Tayside has stirred up the competition by scooping up two categories at the World Marmalade Awards.
Catherine Lawson from Dundee and Anne Reith from Arbroath were honoured by the competition, which attracted almost 3000 entries from across the globe.
Unable to make the awards ceremony at the Dalemain Mansion in Cumbria, they were presented with silver spoons and certificates at Mackays factory in Arbroath.
Catherine won the Stirring of the Clans category, awarded to marmalade that is inspired by clan heritage.
“I looked up my surname and it is associated with the Clan MacLaren, which has green, yellow, red and blue in its tartan,” she explained.
“I thought I’ll go with the colours – as well as the Seville oranges, I added lemon for the yellow, lime for the green, raspberry juice for the red and blueberry juice for the blue.
“The raspberries were from my own garden. The blueberries would have also been from my own garden – only I ate them.”
Anne won the Hairdressers award, for marmalade which is a “cut above the rest”.
The former hairdresser said: “My friends have been saying for years, Anne I don’t know why you don’t get your marmalade tested because it’s the best.
“It’s the first time I’ve entered the competition so I’m absolutely delighted to win one of the 16 categories.
“I make my marmalade with sour oranges, half a sweet orange and lemon. I enjoy making it and give it away to anyone who’d like a jar.”
Catherine was involved in promoting the competition in her role as a Marie Curie fundraiser, with the majority of the entry fee from Scottish entries going to the cancer charity.
“I’m quite embarrassed to have won, though it’s great that the home of marmalade has won a category for the first time in the 10 years the competition has been going,” she added.
In the children’s category of the competition Lucy Jane Birkett from Perthshire won the children’s label section.
Entries from Australia, Portugal and Japan also won some of the prestigious competition’s categories.
Martin Grant, the managing director of Mackays which is the main sponsors of the competition, said: “Scotland has a proud marmalade making heritage, however, the worldwide appeal of marmalade is undeniable and these awards are testament to that.”
