What Bart Ingredients does

Bart Ingredients is a UK-based, privately held manufacturer of consumer and food-service ingredients, headquartered in Bristol and founded in 1963. The company's product portfolio spans herbs, spices, seasonings, home-baking products, and pastes — categories that straddle both retail-grocery and professional-baking end markets. With 251-500 employees, the company operates at mid-sized, specialized-ingredient scale rather than as a broad-line commodity producer.

The business model is consistent with traditional branded CPG food manufacturers: revenue is generated through the sale of packaged ingredient products, primarily to UK grocery retail and foodservice channels, though the source data does not disclose specific distribution partners, pricing structure, or revenue mechanics. The company's operating history of more than 60 years suggests long-standing category presence and stable commercial relationships. A Chief Commercial Officer (Adam Sims) is the only senior leadership disclosed in the data.

In terms of corporate activity, the most notable documented move is the acquisition of OTP Foods on 2014-04-14 for an undisclosed amount, signaling historical inorganic expansion within the UK ingredients space. Beyond this single acquisition, no funding rounds, product launches, leadership transitions, geographic expansion, ownership/parent-company changes, or financial disclosures are available in the source material, leaving significant gaps around ownership structure, current revenue, customer concentration, and forward strategy.

Name

Bart Ingredients

Legal name

Bart Ingredients

Website

https://bart-ingredients.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Bart Ingredients is a privately held, Bristol-based UK manufacturer founded in 1963 that produces herbs, spices, seasonings, home-baking products, and pastes for retail and foodservice customers, operating with 251-500 employees and a 60+ year category heritage.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Herbs, Spices & Seasonings

NAICS

Food Manufacturing (311)

SIC

Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Baking Ingredients & Desserts (Flour, Mixes, Frosting, Gelatin) (CRADAAAD)

Keywords

• Herbs and spices
• Seasonings and blends
• Home baking products
• Cooking pastes
• Culinary ingredients

Headquarters

HQ city

Bristol

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Bart Ingredients manufactures and sells culinary ingredients for home cooks, with a product range spanning dried herbs, spices, seasonings, home-baking products, and cooking pastes. The Bristol-based company produces these ingredient lines under its own brand and sells them through consumer and retail channels in the United Kingdom.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Herbs
• Spices
• Seasonings
• Home-baking products
• Cooking pastes

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Schwartz (McCormick brand): Schwartz is one of the most iconic UK herbs and spices brands, now owned by McCormick. It directly competes with Bart Ingredients in branded herbs, spices, seasonings, and recipe mixes sold through UK grocery and foodservice channels.
• Santa Maria: Santa Maria (Paulig Group) is a European spices, seasonings, and Tex-Mex ingredients brand with strong UK presence. It is directly comparable to Bart Ingredients across herbs, spices, and baking ingredient categories in mainstream grocery.
• Fuchs Group: Fuchs is a leading European spices and seasonings manufacturer serving both retail and industrial/foodservice customers. It is comparable to Bart Ingredients in product breadth, B2B/foodservice exposure, and pan-European market positioning.
• British Pepper & Spice: British Pepper & Spice is a UK-based spice and seasoning manufacturer supplying retail, foodservice, and industrial customers. It is a direct comparable to Bart Ingredients in product mix, UK-centric operations, and B2B plus B2C distribution.
• Colman's: Colman's (Unilever) is a heritage UK brand best known for mustard but with a broader seasoning and sauce portfolio. It competes with Bart Ingredients for shelf space in condiments, seasonings, and baking-adjacent categories in UK retail.

Regional players

• Wilkin & Sons (Tiptree): Wilkin & Sons / Tiptree is a UK heritage food manufacturer focused on preserves, conserves, and condiments. It is a regional peer with comparable UK heritage-brand positioning, overlapping with Bart Ingredients in pantry and home-baking adjacencies.

Broad incumbents

• McCormick & Company: McCormick is the global leader in spices, seasonings, and flavors, with a portfolio that includes the Schwartz brand. It is the dominant incumbent in the same category as Bart Ingredients, with vastly larger scale, sourcing, and R&D resources.
• Simply Organic: Simply Organic is a US-based brand of organic herbs, spices, and baking ingredients owned by Frontier Co-op. It is comparable to Bart Ingredients as a broad-spice and baking ingredient brand, though it focuses on the organic/natural channel.

Emerging players

• The Spice Kitchen: The Spice Kitchen is a UK-based specialist in spice blends, rubs, and home-baking ingredients. It is an emerging niche player that overlaps with Bart Ingredients in seasoning blends and baking-focused products for direct-to-consumer and specialty retail.
• Steenbergs: Steenbergs is a UK-based specialist in organic and fair-trade spices, herbs, and baking ingredients. It overlaps meaningfully with Bart Ingredients' product range, particularly in premium and home-baking categories, though at a smaller scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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