The Very Best Grocery Products for 2023, Chosen by You (2024)

For the third annual Allrecipes Community Choice Awards, we asked you, our most savvy home cooks, to vote for what you think are the absolute best brands at the grocery store. With rising costs and seemingly hundreds of new items to choose from, what you decide to add to your cart matters. Our Allrecipes community of 60+ million home cooks weighed in, we tabulated the results, and now have the final award-winning list of products that make cooking easier, food tastier, and families happier. Did your favorite finds make the cut?

How the Winners Were Selected

The 3,431 readers who responded to our summer 2022 survey were asked to choose their favorite brands across 65 different grocery and household categories. Readers had the option to select multiple brands, skip categories, and write in an answer to categories. They also had the opportunity to explain why they liked a certain brand. The winner in each category below is the brand that received the most votes.

The 2023 Allrecipes Community Choice Awards

Here are the grocery brands that found their way into our readers' carts again, and again, and again this past year. These are the products that are worth rolling out the red carpet for and celebrating. Let's give a warm welcome to our (grocery) class of 2023!

Breakfast Darlings

Starting your day with a lackluster meal is so 2022. In 2023, we're greeting each morning with a plate full of our favorite grocery finds. From the best eggs, to the orange juice you'll always find in our fridge, these are our readers' top picks when it comes to the most important meal of the day.

• Eggs: Eggland's Best
• Bacon: Hormel Black Label
• Orange Juice: Simply Orange
• Coffee: Folgers
• Breakfast Sausage: Jimmy Dean
• Cereal: Cheerios
• Out-the-Door Hot Breakfast: Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowls or Sandwiches

The Lunch and Dinner Winners (+ Drinks!)

Every home cook needs a few kitchen staples that they can rely on for easy, delicious meals. A special jar of pasta sauce can make weeknight dinners more enjoyable, a grab-and-go lunch can save you from the vending machine, and a thirst-quenching drink will round out whatever you're eating. Ready to stock your arsenal? Here are our readers' favorite finds when it comes to lunch, dinner, and drinks.

• Pasta Sauce: Rao's Homemade
• Dried Pasta: Barilla
• Rice: Mahatma
• Steam-in-Bag Veggies: Birds Eye
• Plant-Based ''Beef'' Burgers and "Chicken" Nuggets: Morningstar Farms
• Hot Dogs: Hebrew National
• Deli Meat: Boar's Head
• Sandwich Bread: Pepperidge Farm
• Grab-and-Go Lunch: Sargento Balanced Breaks
• Bottled Iced Tea: Pure Leaf
• Canned co*cktail: Bacardi Canned co*cktails
• Drink Mix: Crystal Light
• Flavored Sparkling Water: LaCroix

Frozen Assets and Pantry Keepers

We've all been there: You come home late from work. You're tired. You had a long day. You're hungry. What are you supposed to do? Easy. It's time to dig into your pantry or freezer! Turn on the oven and you'll have pizza in minutes thanks to DiGiorno, or take out the blue box (we're talking mac, of course) for a satisfying meal that everyone will love. These two magic spots in the kitchen are where easy meals, snacks, and appetizers are born—and our readers have opinions on the brands to stock up on.

• Frozen Pizza: DiGiorno
• Frozen Appetizer: Ore-Ida
• Frozen Dumplings: Mrs. T's Pierogies
• Frozen Seafood: Gorton's
• Frozen Chicken Nuggets: Tyson
• Canned/Pouch Meats: StarKist
• Boxed Mac and Cheese: Kraft
• Canned Beans: Bush's Beans
• Snack/Granola Bar: Nature Valley
• Tortilla Chips: Tostitos
• Cracker: Ritz

The Dairy (and Non-Dairy) Best

Ice cream, you scream, we all scream for....the best dairy and non-dairy finds at the grocery store! With increasingly more options, it's easy for home cooks to leave out the dairy if they need to, or embrace it when they want. Here are the brands that Allrecipes' readers turn to most for yogurt, cheese, butter, and more.

• Butter: Land O'Lakes
• Yogurt: Chobani
• Plant-Based Cheese: Daiya
• Non-Dairy Milk: Silk
• Cream Cheese: Philadelphia
• Shredded Cheese and Snacking Cheese: Sargento
• Non-Dairy Ice Cream, Treats, or Gelato: Talenti
• Ice Cream: Breyers

Baking Must-Haves

Ready to seize the sweet side of life in 2023? From boxed brownies to refrigerated pie crust, we're stocking up on these reader-approved baking essentials so we're always prepared when a sugar craving strikes (and if you don't want sugar, our readers have a favorite substitute for that, too).

• Cake Mix: Duncan Hines
• Brownie Mix: Ghirardelli
• Sugar Substitute: Splenda
• Ground Cinnamon: McCormick
• Bite-Size Chocolate: Hershey's
• Frozen or Refrigerated Pie Crust or Dough Sheets: Pillsbury

Condiment Kings (and Queens)

Raise your hand if you have more than five condiments in your fridge at this very moment. How about 10? ...15? Yeah, same. It's safe to say that our community of home cooks is pretty obsessed with condiments. From the store-bought salad dressing that makes our greens pop, to the jarred salsa that we always pair with tortilla chips, you won't catch us without these essential flavor boosters in 2023.

• Salad Dressing: Ken's Steakhouse
• Mayonnaise: Hellmann's
• Hummus: Sabra
• Soy Sauce and Substitutes: Kikkoman
• Salsa: Pace
• Jelly or Jam: Smucker's
• Hot Sauce: Frank's RedHot
• Peanut Butter or Nut Butter: Jif

Household Helpers

Our readers have strong opinions on the extra helpers that our kitchens run on. From trash bags that don't rip, to the dishwasher detergent we trust, these cleanup and pet care staples just make life better.

• Trash Bags: Hefty
• Cleaning Wipes: Clorox
• Dishwasher Detergent: Cascade
• Dishwashing Soap: Dawn
• Zip-Top Bags: Ziploc
• Hand Soap: Softsoap Liquid Hand Soap
• Wet Dog Food: Pedigree
• Wet Cat Food: Fancy Feast
• Dry Dog Food: Purina Pro Plan
• Dry Cat Food: Meow Mix