Flaverco

What Flaverco does

Flaverco Limited is a privately held UK flavour house founded in 1984 and headquartered in Preston, England. The company manufactures and supplies bespoke and standard flavours, food colours and essential oils to food and beverage manufacturers, operating from a single BRC Global Standard accredited production facility at Walton Summit Centre. Its product portfolio is organised into three core lines — Flavours (with Sweet, Savoury and Dairy sub-categories), Colours and Essential Oils — supplied in both liquid and powder formats, alongside a clean label and free-from / vegan range developed for dairy-alternative applications.

The technical offering centres on in-house bespoke flavour development by employed flavourists, food technologists and application technologists, with technical support provided during customers' product development cycles. Differentiation rests on the combination of in-house compounding (versus distribution), BRC quality accreditation, four-decade formulation heritage and a low minimum order quantity policy that targets smaller and mid-sized UK manufacturers. Go-to-market is sales-led, with bespoke quotation-based pricing and direct customer engagement via phone, email and a content-led company website; no app, API, public pricing or named enterprise customers are disclosed.

Revenue mechanics consist of transactional sales of flavour and colour ingredients to B2B customers across four primary use-case segments: confectionery, bakery, beverage and dairy. Pricing is opaque (per-quotation) and the geographic footprint is the United Kingdom only, with no disclosed international distribution, parent company, external funding or subsidiary structure. The addressable customer base is therefore UK food and beverage manufacturers of varying scale, served through direct sales rather than channel partners.

Name

Flaverco

Legal name

Flaverco Limited

Website

https://flaverco.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Flaverco Limited is a UK-based, privately held flavour and colour manufacturer founded in 1984, operating a BRC-accredited facility in Preston. It supplies bespoke flavours, colours and essential oils in liquid and powder form to confectionery, bakery, beverage and dairy manufacturers across the United Kingdom.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Ingredients (Flavours and Colours)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Leavening, Baking & Dough Conditioners (Baking Powder, Improvers) (CRADAOAN)

Keywords

• Flavour manufacturing
• Food colourants
• Essential oils supply
• Bespoke flavour development
• BRC certified ingredients

Headquarters

HQ city

Preston

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Flavours and Colours Sales: Flaverco generates revenue through the sale of bespoke and standard flavours and colours to food and beverage manufacturers. Products are offered in liquid or powder formats with low minimum order quantities and competitive pricing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Flaverco manufactures and supplies bespoke flavours, food colours, and essential oils for food and beverage producers from its BRC accredited facility in Preston, England. Products are available in liquid or powder format across Sweet, Savoury, and Dairy categories, with custom formulation support from in-house flavourists and food technologists. The company sells directly to manufacturers with low minimum order quantities and quote-based pricing.

Product overview

Flaverco is a flavour house offering a portfolio of three core product lines: Flavours (comprising Sweet, Savoury, and Dairy sub-categories), Colours, and Essential Oils. All products are manufactured in-house at their BRC accredited facility in Preston, England. The company provides bespoke flavour development services using their in-house flavourist and technical team, offering both Natural and Natural Identical options in liquid or powder formats. Their essential oils include a range of 'Natural From Named Source' flavourings derived from various botanical sources worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Flavours Flaverco's core flavour offering comprising bespoke Natural and Natural Identical flavours available in liquid or powder format. The portfolio spans Sweet, Savoury, and Dairy categories and is designed for food and beverage manufacturers requiring custom or standard flavour formulations.
• Colours Food colours supplied in liquid or powder form, including both natural and artificial options, meeting regulatory requirements for various industries. Aimed at food and beverage manufacturers requiring compliant colour solutions.
• Essential Oils Essential oils and natural extracts derived from various botanical sources and geographical regions, refined for desired intensity with clean label designations. Includes a range of 'Natural From Named Source' flavourings providing taste and aroma profiles for food and beverage manufacturers.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Mane: Privately held French flavour and fragrance house with a strong natural ingredients platform, comparable to Flaverco in its family-led governance and focus on customised flavour solutions for food and beverage customers.
• Robertet: France-based, family-owned flavour, fragrance, and natural ingredient manufacturer with deep expertise in essential oils and natural flavours, overlapping directly with Flaverco's product portfolio and bespoke customer service approach.
• Treatt plc: UK-based flavour and ingredient supplier listed on the London Stock Exchange, focused on beverage, confectionery, and bakery applications with a comparable bespoke flavour development model and customer base.
• Sensient Technologies: Global supplier of colours, flavours, and fragrances with a particularly strong food colours portfolio, directly comparable to Flaverco's combined flavour and colour offering.
• Bell Flavors & Fragrances: Privately held, family/founder-led flavour and fragrance house serving food and beverage manufacturers worldwide, closely matching Flaverco's independent ownership profile and bespoke development service model.

Broad incumbents

• Döhler: German privately held supplier of natural ingredients, flavours, colours, and food and beverage solutions, operating across the same beverage, dairy, and confectionery applications as Flaverco at significantly larger scale.
• Givaudan: Swiss-listed world's largest flavour and fragrance company, serving global food and beverage manufacturers across the same bakery, confectionery, beverage, and dairy segments as Flaverco.
• Kerry Group: Irish-listed multinational with a large Taste & Nutrition segment supplying flavours and functional ingredients to food and beverage manufacturers worldwide, competing with Flaverco in the same end-markets at much greater scale.
• Symrise: German-listed global flavour, fragrance, and food ingredient supplier with overlapping coverage in sweet, savoury, and dairy flavour categories that compete with Flaverco's portfolio.
• IFF (International Flavors & Fragrances): US-listed global flavour and fragrance leader offering a full portfolio of flavours, colours, and ingredients to food manufacturers across all of Flaverco's target segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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

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