Facts about our food

Potato Products

  • Potato Dextrin

    This is a type of starch, which makes our batters crispy.

  • Starch

    Starches occur naturally, for example, in potatoes, maize and tapioca and are used like flour to thicken our batters.

  • Potato Starch

    Starches occur naturally and are used like flour to thicken our products.

  • Wheat Starch

    All green plants make starch naturally and when we eat vegetables it's the starch that gives us our energy. Wheat, potatoes, maize and tapioca all contain natural starch. We use wheat starch in the same way as flour – to thicken our batters and make them crispy.

  • Modified Starches

    These starches are improved to make them work better. We use them to make our batter crispy.

  • Dextrose

    The chips are briefly dipped in hot water containing a very small amount of dextrose, a simple sugar that helps maintain the sugar levels naturally present in the potato, making sure that when you cook the chips they are a consistent golden colour.

  • Raising Agents (E450, E500)

    Typical ingredients found in baking powder used in our batter to make it light and crispy.

  • Stabiliser (Xanthan gum)

    This is a type of gum made from sugar and helps to hold our batter ingredients together.

  • Tapioca Dextrin

    This is a type of starch, which makes our batter crispy.

  • Citric Acid

    This ingredient is produced by fermentation of sugar to balance and give lemony notes to the flavour.

  • Stabiliser E464

    Comes from natural plant material. We use it to help our Rosti, Croquettes and Smiles stay in shape and minimise the oil absorbed

  • Stabiliser E450i

    This is added to keep the product bright over time.

  • Natural Colour (Paprika Extract)

    Paprika is a spice commonly used in cooking to give flavour and red colour.

  • Natural Colour (Turmeric Extract)

    Turmeric is a spice commonly used in cooking to give flavour and a yellow colour.

  • Emulsifiers (E472e)

    These are in the breadcrumbs that coat our chunky croquettes and are used when making bread, to increase the volume of the loaf.

  • Flour Treatment Agent (E300)

    These are in the breadcrumbs that coat our chunky croquettes and are used when making bread, to increase the volume of the loaf.

  • Maltodextrin

    Maltodextrin is a type of sugar made from starch and is used as a carrier for the flavour in our beer batter

  • Disodium Diphosphate

    To ensure our products don’t discolour during preparation we also use a simple processing agent called Disodium Diphosphate. This acts much like the ‘lemon juice’ you might use on the fruit and veg in your kitchen to stop them discolouring.

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