Our portfolio of Food businesses operates globally across 52 countries, with approximately £9.8bn of annual revenue and more than 55,000 employees. Its key strengths are:
A differentiated, global food portfolio constructed to operate across the food supply chain, in order to benefit from structural trends driving future food demand;
Strong and innovative brands and ingredients platforms, targeted at sharply defined market segments, with a well-invested asset base;
A focus on long-term earnings growth delivered through a mix of long duration growth and cash generative businesses;
A devolved and networked operating model with central oversight supporting local decision-making by those closest to customers and markets, a formula which attracts and retains exceptional talent;
A strong balance sheet and significant cash generation which enables long-term, disciplined investments to build businesses and brands; and
A deeply embedded culture of sustainability and responsible behaviour which focuses on the most material risks and opportunities for its businesses and the communities in which it operates.
Our Food segments
Retail
Grocery
Ingredients
Sugar
Agriculture
Abbott’s Bakery® creations are crafted to be so full of flavour, texture and aroma they are absolutely, positively irresistible. Whether it is for sandwiches, snacking, or entertaining, Abbott’s Bakery creations can make any occasion ‘Every Bit Better’.
AB Agri China is an animal nutrition and value-added services group.
AB Agri China has been operating since 1996 and now has around 1,000 employees in operations across the north east, central and eastern regions with a rich understanding of the livestock and feed sector in the country.
AB Enzymes is an industrial biotech company specialised in enzymes and their applications in focused markets, offering quality products. Our products range from food-grade enzymes for baking and fruit juice processing, grains and vegetable oil seeds processing, to enzymes for animal feed and technical applications: pulp and paper, textiles and laundry detergents.
A specialty ingredients world leader, offering innovative, differentiated and value-added products to the food, health and nutrition, pharmaceutical, animal health and industrial sectors. Comprising a group of companies operating under their own identities: AB Biotek Human Nutrition & Health (microbiome modulating ingredients), AB Enzymes (enzymes), ABITEC Corp. (specialty lipids and surfactants), Fytexia Group (polyphenol-based active nutrients), Ohly (yeast extracts and culinary powders), PGP International (extruded ingredients and specialty flours) and SPI Pharma (pharmaceutical excipients and drug delivery systems).
ABITEC is a global leader in the development and manufacture of specialty lipids and surfactants for the pharmaceutical, nutritional, and specialty markets. We deliver the highest-quality solutions in solubilization, emulsification and lubrication. Our first-class ISO-certified facilities are committed to manufacturing products with outstanding quality control beyond cGMP regulations.
AB Mauri operates globally in both yeast and bakery ingredient production with 52 plants, operations in 32 countries and sales in over 100 countries, supporting and enabling the world's bakers, both small and large, across craft/artisan and industrial.
ABN is proud to be the leading British manufacturer of pig and poultry compound feed, providing both products and complementary solutions to the pig and poultry livestock industries.
We provide excellence in terms of nutrition, feed formulation and manufacture, meeting the varying needs of pig and poultry producers, including the organic market.
AB Neo is a neonatal business combining three international companies – Primary Diets, ASN and Agilia – into a single aligned business.
We aim to become an international leader in targeted markets in nutrition for young farmed animals. Our current portfolio consists of milk replacers, starter feeds, specialist raw materials, starter feed concentrates and feed additives.
ABF Sugar is a leading producer of sugar and sugar derived co-products in Africa, the UK and Spain. We operate 20 plants in 9 countries and have 30,000 employees. We have the capacity to produce some 4.5 million tonnes of sugar annually. Our products are sold into industry sectors including food and drink, pharmaceutical, industrial, agricultural and horticultural, power and energy.
AB Vista is a global feed additive business bringing pioneering products and technical services to the poultry, swine, ruminant and aquaculture sectors.
We use our innovative product research, technical services and nutrition expertise to gather global insights that can be used to provide new ways of thinking to feed compounders, integrators and pre-mixers.
Founded by food enthusiast Sam Jacobi, the ideas behind the Al’Fez brand were influenced by his childhood growing up in the Middle East. Today the brand offers a wide range of products from tahini to meal kits which make cooking authentic Middle Eastern food, simple.
Allinson’s is a premium bread brand founded 130 years ago by pioneering baker Thomas Allinson. He was passionate about creating tasty, wholesome bread made with wholemeal flour, providing a legacy that is embodied in Allinson’s bread today.
Allinson’s was founded over 130 years ago by Thomas Allinson and his pioneering philosophy to eat well and enjoy the simple things in life is still at the heart of what we do today. We are championing this simple philosophy by bringing the joy of home baking to the forefront of the home baking aisle with our inspirational bakes and motivating messages.
Amur is at the forefront of the Anaerobic Digestion marketplace, dedicated to driving innovation and unlocking potential in AD. We help customers improve the performance of their facilities, by optimising gas yields and providing consistent, unsurpassed feedstock supply that drives industry standards.
Azucarera is a leading sugar producer in Iberia, supplying industrial and retail customers in Spain and Portugal. With sugar beet plants, a logistics and packaging plant, a research and development centre, a raw sugar cane refinery and a power plant situated across northern and southern Spain; we also produce co-products including animal feed, agricultural fertilisers and electricity.
Billington’s is a sugar with a difference. For over 40 years, we have worked with Mauritian growers and producers to create the finest unrefined sugars in the world. Our sugars are carefully produced to lock in, rather than refine out, the natural molasses of the sugar cane. It is this difference which gives Billington’s its unique richness and natural colour.
Biotexia is a global nutraceutical business that exists to help people live better, longer, and with greater vitality through natural ingredients backed by rigorous evidence. Our ingredients are shaped around some of today’s most important wellbeing priorities, supporting brands as they meet consumer needs in metabolic health, immune health, digestive health, and healthy ageing and vitality.
The Blue Dragon journey began back in the 1970s, discovering that there was nothing in the shops to help British people recreate the authentic taste of Asian food at home. Today Blue Dragon offers authentic, simple and convenient ingredients and cooking products for consumers to create delicious dishes from China, Thailand, Japan and Vietnam.
Bodit embraces innovative and unique technology to improve the performance of animals, from birth through to full production.
By focusing on key developmental and productive stages in farm animals, its breakthrough products deliver greater commercial advantages to farmers around the world.
British Sugar is the sole processer of the UK’s sugar beet crop, producing around 1.2 million tonnes of sugar at its four advanced manufacturing plants across East Anglia and the East Midlands each year. We also produce a variety of co-products including animal feed, bioethanol, topsoil, aggregate, LimeX and electricity through our combined heat and power plants.
Bürgen® Australia’s range of healthy loaves are backed by nutrition science. Developed with nutritionists and bakers, each delicious Bürgen® loaf is carefully formulated to help your body work better.
Real Swiss chocolate, high-quality cocoa and a large portion of love and care – these are the ingredients of Caotina. Produced near Bern, we offer chocolate fans first-class cocoa powder and bread spread.
Food is at the heart of Mexican culture and ACH Mexico takes pleasure in being part of it. Capullo is our premium Canola Oil and one of Mexico’s leading cooking oil brands.
Dorset Cereals is the premium brand that revolutionised muesli in a box. With our fantastic recipes and iconic designs, we suggest an aspirational lifestyle consumers want a part of.
With 60 years of heritage, Elephant Atta is the nation’s favourite chapati atta, at the heart of the family, upholding traditions and nurturing generation after generation with our premium-quality flours. The brand is available in Medium, Chakki, Self Raising, White and Brown variants as well as Medium with added Vitamin D.
Frontier Agriculture is the UK's leading crop production and grain marketing business, recognised for its close customer relationships with farmers and grain consumers and its successful management of the arable supply chain.
Formed in 2005 as a joint venture between Associated British Foods plc and Cargill inc., Frontier has 46 sites across the UK and employs more than 1,100 colleagues.
Germains Seed Technology delivers value-added seed technology solutions to the seed industry and its growers. Specialising in seed priming, pelleting, filmcoating, polymers and health technologies, our investment in R&D continues to deliver innovative seed technologies that are compatible with ever-changing seed genetics, field conditions and regulations. Established in California 150 years ago, we now have nine locations across Europe and North America.
Our vision for Golden brand is to be the fun choice in bakery that brings a little joy to people’s lives every day. Golden is for those who cannot go without life’s simple pleasures. It allows for creativity and provides yummy, scrumptious products that are beautifully imperfect. Allowing you to feel warmth and a carefree kind of happy.
Green Dragon was established in the UK in 1968 providing a range of authentic Asian goods, including Plain and Self Raising flour as well as Thai Fragrant Rice and Prawn Crackers. The brand represents a high degree of quality, consistency, and reliability which consumers have enjoyed for years.
At HIGH5 we are committed to creating great-tasting sports nutrition with amazing natural flavours, helping you achieve your goals – however big or small. We want to give you a HIGH5 hit for every run and every race, for when you aim to win and when you don’t, for your first mile and every extra mile. We’ve got you.
Illovo is the largest cane sugar producer in Africa, with over 1.7 million tonnes produced annually. We have operations in Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia. We produce raw and refined sugar from sugar cane supplied by our own farms and independent growers, as well as a range of co-products including furfural and its derivatives, ethyl alcohol and co-generated electricity.
Under the “Trusted Quality” brand, sugar produced by Illovo Sugar Malawi leads the sector – we are proudly local and in the homes of many Malawians starting their every day with Illovo – Tseketseke!
Jacksons supplies the finest-quality teas to discerning customers in the UK through independent grocers, fine food halls, health food stores and delicatessens.
Jordans has a long, rich heritage of using traditional methods in cereal craft. We launched the UK’s first cereal bar and first granola and we pride ourselves on making delicious wholegrain breakfast cereals.
Kingsmill is all about great-tasting, feel-good bakery – from Kingsmill 50/50, a well-loved staple in many UK households and the leading brand in Healthier White bread, to rolls, crumpets and pancakes. There’s something to love for every member of the family.
KW leads the development of alternative feeding in the UK, making it the natural choice on high-performance livestock farms.
Today, the variety of alternative feeds is greater than ever, and we offer the widest possible range of dry, moist, liquid, blended and compounded feeds alongside more traditional straights, minerals, vitamins, protected fats, secure covers and silage additives.
Lucky Boat noodles are made to an authentic and traditional recipe. With the use of premium ingredients and manufactured to the highest standards in the UK, the noodle offers consistency in all the important areas. Smooth texture and firmness, great elasticity and pure colour means that noodle dishes look appetising, and consumers enjoy a genuine taste every time.
Heart-healthy Mazola cooking oils are 100% pure oil with no additives. Mazola oils are cholesterol-free and have helped families create delicious meals and cook with care since 1911.
For more than 30 years the Mazzetti brand has been one of the leading names in Balsamic Vinegar of Modena. Every bottle of Mazzetti l’Originale is a tale of the patience, practice, care and craftsmanship that we put into it – from grape to barrel to the heart of kitchens around the world.
Ohly is one of the world’s leading suppliers of yeast extracts, yeast-based flavours and culinary powders for the food, biotechnology, health and animal feed markets globally. We offer a wide range of yeast derivatives such as yeast extracts, inactive dry yeast, yeast cell wall, probiotic yeast and autolysed yeast, based on baker’s and torula yeast.
Now over 100 years old, our original Ovaltine recipe remains the mainstay of our range. Originally developed as a nourishing food beverage for children, it now has a wide international appeal with the whole family.
Patak's is the original spice-blending expert and is recognised around the world for creating authentic Indian food that is quick and easy to prepare. Our popular cooking sauces, curry pastes, meal kits, chutneys, pickles, naan bread and pappadums make it easy for food lovers everywhere to prepare authentic Indian dishes at home.
PGP International specialises in developing and producing extruded ingredients, pea protein, soy crisps, rice flours and gluten-free products in a variety of shapes, sizes and textures. Our products are used by manufacturers globally who are committed to nutrition and food quality.
Premier Nutrition is a specialist premix manufacturing business that is driven by nutrition expertise and science.
We supply the pig, poultry, ruminant, pet, equine and aqua sectors globally. Working in partnership with customers to offer safe, accurate and cost-effective micronutrient solutions, together with expertise in nutrition, feed formulation, quality control, and husbandry and management.
Primark is a fast-growing, international value retailer. We are one of the largest and fastest-growing clothing retailers in Europe, the market leader by volume in the UK and have a growing presence in the US. We have 473 stores in 17 countries and more than 83,000 colleagues.
Since 1931, Rajah has been providing authentic spices and seasonings from the finest regions so Asian families in the UK can enjoy the tastes they so fondly know as home. The range includes authentic whole, ground and blended spices as well as seasonings.
The Ryvita brand was founded in the 1920s and has built an enviable equity as a healthy, low-fat brand and is the category leader within crispbreads and flatbreads.
Silver Spoon is the only British-grown sugar. We work with farmers in the east of England meaning our sugar beets travel 28 miles on average from field to factory. As a leading sugar and sweetening supplier we offer a wide range of sweetening choices for your morning cuppa to your home-baked cake.
SPI Pharma provides the innovative solutions our global pharmaceutical and nutritional customers need to succeed. We help to solve the most challenging formulation problems – efficiently, cost-effectively, and with a focus on service. Our product lines include Antacid Actives, Excipients, Drug Delivery Systems, Taste-Masking, Vaccine Adjuvants and Drug Development Services.
Sportsman Game Feeds manufactures consistent-quality feed from the best available raw materials, produced to the highest standards. Our extensive range of feeds have been expertly designed to support exceptional levels of performance.
Sustain is AB Agri’s specialist supply chain management company, enabling retailers, brand owners and manufacturers to navigate through complex issues using industry intelligence and technology.
Proudly baking since 1958, Tip Top® is committed to providing quality bakery products for Aussie families. Whether it is our soft loaves of bread perfect for making sandwiches, versatile English muffins for breakfast and snacks, or hot dog rolls to feed the masses during footy season, Tip Top® has you covered.
The Tolly Boy rice brand was established in 1962 and has since become a traditional family favourite. Tolly Boy selects only the finest rice grains for a consistent high quality. The range includes basmati, long grain and easy cook long grain varieties in packs sizes ranging from 500g to 20kg.
Trident is the wholesale division of AB Agri Limited, providing a wide range of animal feeds to blenders, merchants and compounders across the UK.
We are the largest supplier of co-products in the country from the food, drink and biofuel industries.
For over 300 years, Twinings has been using its blending expertise to create a wide range of more than 200 high-quality teas enjoyed in over 100 countries across the world.
Sugar is sold locally under Illovo’s “Trusted Quality” brand in Rwanda and in South Africa where it leads the industrial sugar market sector. In Malawi, Illovo is the country’s leading sugar producer for consumer and industrial markets.
