The General Agricultural Competition has existed for more than 150 years. More than 20,500 registered, all categories combined, for only 2,167 gold medalists.

7,200 jurors, including 900 amateurs, tasted the samples sent by the producers and anonymized at the time of tasting. “It gives us great visibility and reassures us in our work,” says Vincent Perrat, 28, who took part in the competition for the first time this year.. Jams from the factory, located in Vincennes, which this year received a ‘prize of excellence’ for three years in a row.