Mark Anderson
This article showcases our top picks for the best English Food Processing companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Food Processing industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top English Food Processing Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Mindful Chef
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Mindful Chef delivers all the fresh ingredients you need to create delicious, heathy meals.
SimplyCook
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SimplyCook offers home recipe kits with easy step-by-step guides to cook restaurant-quality food in less than 20 minutes.
Gousto
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Gousto is an online meal-kit manufacturer and retailer, using AI and automation to provide extensive choice and personalisation.
Better Nature
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By leveraging proprietary technologies, Better Nature is one of the UK’s fastest growing clean-label meat alternative startups.
The Ethical Butcher
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The Ethical Butcher is a startup specialised in the ethical meat industry
Minor Figures
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Minor Figures is a cold brew coffee that aims to make cold brew more accessible whilst upholding the quality and values.
Weedingtech
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Weedingtech is a British company that designs and manufactures innovative weed control technologies for the amenity and utility markets.
HigherSteaks
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HigherSteaks is about providing with that juicy, tender, and delicious meat they love but without harming their health, planet, and animals.
Pip&Nut
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Pip & Nut Makers of delicious all-natural nut butter.
SafetyNet Technologies
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SafetyNet Technologies designs and builds trusted and valued solutions that enable sustainable practices in the fishing industry
Propercorn
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“Done Properly” extends far beyond our popcorn
HonestBrew
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HonestBrew is an online craft beer retailer, sourcing and stocking the best craft beers from independent breweries.
Kafoodle
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Award-winning B2B SaaS company in foodtech on a mission to improve health by connecting people with the food they need.
Livia’s
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Livia’s specialises in creating “better for you” sweet treats.
Doisy & Dam
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Doisy & Dam makes and package everything by hand in the UK, using globally sourced ingredients and the highest quality organic chocolate.
GROUNDED
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GROUNDED makes functional plant-based drinks without the cr*p.
Rubies in the Rubble
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Rubies in the Rubble is a sustainable food brand, making high quality relishes and jams out of surplus supplies.
Serious Pig
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Award-wining, all British snacking salami- all in the best possible taste.
AeroPowder
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AeroPowder is committed to ensuring that our future is built upon more sustainable foundations.
Wrap It Up
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Established in 2006 and operating in the growing healthy fast food market.
Hunter & Gather Foods
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H&G created the first Avocado Oil Mayonnaise in the UK and Europe that is free from sugar, gluten, preservatives and harmful oils.
Winebuyers
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Winebuyers is an exclusive online wine club with a simple mission.
Zotto
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Zotto is the leading provider for enterprise applications for the hospitality industries, we provide integrated cloud based system.
Coldpress
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Coldpress 100% juices and smoothies retain the pure taste,
Pronto Technology
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Healthy meals to your desk or door, fast.
Real Good Food
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Real Good Food is a Cake Decoration, Food Ingredients and Premium Bakery.
Freed Foods
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Free’d is the UK’s most exciting gluten free brand. With over 50 stockists throughout East and North London.
The Honestly Good Smoothie Company
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The Honestly Good Smoothie Company is on a mission to leverage data and bring hyper-personalised nutrition to consumers direct.
Kitchup
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Kitchup is an online marketplace for kitchen space, matching businesses that need a commercial kitchen with those who have it.
Daisy Green Collection
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The Daisy Green Collection brings relaxed and buzzing Australian food and coffee culture to London.
Mercato Metropolitano
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Mercato Metropolitano is a vibrant space where everyone shares the same passion for food and social relationships.
Emily Crisps
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Emily Crisps is a food start-up that aim to provide health-conscious consumers with the opportunity to indulge in ‘guilt-free’ snacking.
field&flower
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A UK-based company that delivers grass fed, free range meat boxes.
Raw Halo
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Raw Halo is an award-winning raw chocolate brand.
Lucy’s Dressings
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Award winning dressings inspired in Lucy’s family kitchen in Suffolk, using her own unique recipes.
BKD
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BKD provides fun baking events, classes, and parties as well as handmade and hand-mixed innovative baking kits for kids.
Tate & Lyle PLC
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Tate & Lyle plc is a British-based multinational agribusiness
HeraSpace
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Heraspace is helping to do better management for the fishing industry.
Righteous
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Their ambition is to make the world fall in love with healthy eating.
Black Bee Honey
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Black Bee Honey is a british honey brand.
POPS
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POPS is a pioneer produces a range of alcohol and alcohol-free popsicles.
NextChef
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NextChef is the intelligent kitchen assistant for recipe management, team training, automatic allergen and cost calculation.
Seedlip
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Seedlip is maker of the world’s first non-alcoholic spirits.
Purl Pops
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Purl Pops are a healthy snack made from roasted and popped lotus seeds.
Good & Proper Tea
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Good & Proper Tea are London-based, premium tea specialists.
Hummus Bros
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Hummus Bros is about feeding you homemade hummus with mouth watering toppings.
The London Jam Factory
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Homemade Jams and Preserves traditionnaly made with amazing combination of flavours.
Bang Curry
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Bang Curry is an authentic curry kit company with a focus on easy cooking.
inSpiral
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inSpiral is a London-based vegetarian restaurant that specializes in organic food products.
Bakkavor
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The leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, with a growing international presence in the US and China
Mr Sherick’s Shakes
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Mr. Sherick’s Shakes are a range of award winning luxury milkshakes distinct from any others.
Craft Clubs
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Craft Clubs offers quality food and drink brands a powerful new way to reach consumers, both in their homes and online.
Sweetly Stevia
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Sweetly™ Stevia is a London-based company specialising in high-grade stevia extracts supplied in 100% pure and 100% natural blended forms.
Pull’d
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Pull’d brings together a delicious fusion of fresh flavours, with influences from Asia, Latin American, Europe and of course, Australia.
Tate & Lyle – Sweetener
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Tate & Lyle – Sweetener is a global ingredient and solution provider for the food, beverage, and industrial markets.
The Pressery
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The Pressery will be launching a high-quality and pure, long-life almond milk for all your coffee shop needs.
Oree Boulangeries
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Oree Boulangeries is a bakery manufacturing company.
Planet Organic
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Planet Organic is a natural products retailer company.
Baker Street
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Production and delivery of bread and desserts that are tasty.
GiveMeTap
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GiveMeTap is a people-powered movement that incentives a free water refilling network to support projects in Africa.
Lexington Catering Ltd.
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Lexington Catering Ltd. provides food catering services to blue chip businesses.
Rocketo
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Rocketo is one of the world’s most upgraded dog foods.
Brake Bros
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Brake Bros are the food wholesalers in the UK and are the catering and food suppliers of choice for thousands of businesses.
Double Dutch Drinks
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Double Dutch offers a range of two premium soft drink mixers that are specifically developed to enhance the flavours of gins and vodkas.
TRS Group
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TRS Group brought the finest authentic Asian foods to the UK.
Slurp Smoothie and Juice Bars
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To roll out a retail and franchise chain of pressed juices and low fat frozen yogurt smoothies bars.
HP Foods
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HP Foods Limited, formerly based in Birmingham, England, was best known as the producer of HP, Lea & Perrins and Daddies sauce brands.
BioKind
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BioKind protein is a natural, sustainable and traceable feed ingredient for aquaculture, livestock and pets.
Eats Media
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Eats Media is a company based out of 636 Broadway, New York, New York, United States.
Chikas
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Chika’s brings you the exotic flavours and taste sensations from West Africa.
EAT.
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EAT. is a retail company producing, making, serving, and creating food products for customers.
Scratch Meals
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Scratch Meals is a company that pre-packages individual healthy and ethnic meals for grocery stores.
The Food Doctor Ltd.
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The Food Doctor is a nutritional therapists.
Heartier
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Heartier makes getting hold of ethically sourced, free-range meat easy by teaming up with Britain’s best butchers who ship direct.
Bagel Factory
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Bagel Factory is a chain of convenience food outlets specialising in the production of freshly baked and filled bagels.
Kanegrade
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Kanegrade is a food and beverage company located in London.
Potage
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Potage is a Delivering delicious and nutritionally balanced meals company.
Salad Days
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Wholesome Healthy Food Delivered Straight to your Office.
Purely
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Purely has been created to bring more adventure to your taste buds.
Haloodies
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Haloodies is a food delivery service company that deals with the online non vegetarian food delivery business service.
President Food and Drink Federation
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The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) is the voice of the UK food and drink industry.
Tavern Snacks
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Tavern Snacks sells a vast array of products such as crisps and nuts.
