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Our Companies
ABF is a highly diversified group of companies who enjoy a high degree of autonomy in the running of their specific businesses. They operate in one of four sectors: Sugar & Agriculture; Retail; Grocery; Ingredients.
AB Agri
AB Agri sells animal feeds and feed micro-ingredients to farmers and purchases grain and oilseeds from them. It has facilities in the UK and China and markets products in over 40 countries worldwide.
AB Enzymes
AB Enzymes is one of the world's oldest Enzyme companies and its broad product range includes food enzymes for bakery and beverage products through to enzymes for animal feed, textile technology and the pulp & paper industry.
AB Mauri
AB Mauri operates globally in yeast and bakery ingredient production with more than 40 plants in 28 countries, supplying plant & artisanal bakers and the foodservice & wholesale channels. It is the technology leader in bread improvers, dough conditioners and bakery mixes.
AB World Foods
The AB World Foods enterprise features major brands such as Patak’s and Blue Dragon with a remit to add other authentic ethnic brands for international distribution.
ABF Ingredients
ABF Ingredients is a group of companies focusing on high value ingredients such as enzymes, yeast extracts, speciality lipids, emulsifiers, cereal specialties and proteins. It includes AB Enzymes, ABITEC, Ohly, and PGP International.
ABF Japan
ABF Japan brings the best of ABF to Japan and the best of Japan to ABF. The focus is on creating partnerships with Japanese customers in food and non-food ABF businesses globally.
Abitec Corporation
ABITEC combines synthesis and analytical expertise in organic compounds with a high quality manufacturing operation to offer a wide range of exceptional ingredients to its customers.
ACH
ACH is a significant and diverse speciality food ingredients business operating across North America. Among its market-leading products are the corn oil Mazola, corn syrup Karo and the leading corn starch brand Argo. In Mexico, ACH markets the highly successful Capullo cooking oil and also the shortening brand, Inca.
Allied Bakeries
Allied Bakeries operates across the UK, producing popular brands such as Burgen, Allinson, Sunblest and Kingsmill.
Allied Mills
Allied Mills supplies ABF companies and other bakeries with milled flour and semolina, predominantly in the UK.
British Sugar Group
British Sugar is one of the world’s largest sugar producers; employing more than 42,000 people, operating in 10 countries and producing around 5 million tonnes of sugar each year. Its operations stretch from Europe, to southern Africa, to China, encompassing climates suited to both beet and cane, and sited in countries at all stages of economic development. The Group produces a range of co-products across its operations.
George Weston Foods
GWF produces many of Australia's and New Zealand's favourite brands including Burgen and Tip Top breads, Don deli products and KR Castlemaine meats. Its diversified business includes large-scale animal feed solutions, flour milling, hygiene solutions and research and technology services.
Jordans Ryvita Company
Ryvita was started in 1925 developing the original crispbread product. Its snack range has been continually expanded to meet changing consumer demands.
Ohly
Ohly offers a wide range of products such as yeast extracts, inactive dry yeast, yeast cell derivatives, medical yeast and autolysed yeast based on bakers and/or Torula yeast as well as wine yeast, speciality powders and starter cultures.
PGP International
PGP International's high-quality food ingredients are used in a wide variety of successful brands in the bar, baking, beverage, meat, nutritional and snack sectors.
Primark
Primark is a highly successful retail group in the value fashion sector with a total of 201 stores in Ireland, UK, Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Portugal.
Speedibake
Since opening in 1984, Speedibake has grown to become one of the leading producers of bakery products in the UK with a range of over 600 products.
SPI Pharma
SPI Pharma is a leading supplier to the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and animal health markets worldwide.
The Silver Spoon Company
The Silver Spoon Company has a portfolio of leading UK brands including Silver Spoon, Billington's, Askeys, Crusha and Allinson.
Twinings
Twinings has been a major tea business since 1706 and is now an international brand with more than 200 teas sold in over 100 countries throughout the world.
Westmill Foods
Westmill Foods has grown to become one of the largest flour, rice, spices, sauces, edible oils and noodles suppliers to the UK and European ethnic wholesaler market, food service, industrial sectors and the grocery multiples.