The company is an innovative food manufacturing business producing chef quality soups, sauces, stocks, gravies, porridge and other food products for sale predominantly to the UK retail market.

Their clients include large well known supermarkets, the company is always looking to develop new products for its customers whilst continuing to manufacture its soups and sauces with the sophisticated and consistent batch flavours it has become renowned for.

The Innovation

New product developments to include:

• development of ambient duchy soups for a popular supermarket
• development of new to market soups
• development of Swedish meatball sauces and the different flavours and cooking methods available
• development of a popular supermarkets current mid-tier gravy range
• developing a solution to help retail outlets who have little food service experience, allowing them to remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic, which included pouched meal concept
• development of a Jackfruit based meal pot to cater for the vegan eaters in society.

R&D claim

• £216,000 qualifying expenditure identified.
• £72,000 received as a repayable tax credit.