Ryvita
“Dark Rye" Ryvita
TypeRye-based Crispbread
Place of originBirmingham, England
Created byJohn Edwin Garratt

Ryvita is a brand of rye crispbread from Great Britain. The brand started in the 1920s and has been owned by Associated British Foods (ABF) since 1949. Today Ryvita products are manufactured and sold by Jordans Dorset Ryvita, a subsidiary of ABF.

Products

The Ryvita range includes varieties of baked products that the company calls crispbreads, crackerbreads and thins, some with adjuncts such as dried fruit and seeds and some using other grain flours, such as wheat.

History

The Ryvita company was founded in 1925 by John Edwin Garratt.[1] It initially imported rye crispbreads from Scandinavia but in 1932 started production in Birmingham in England.

The Ryvita factory was destroyed during the Second World War and replaced in 1949 by a new production facility in Poole in Dorset, a port on the south coast of England.[2] The site is an old one with most equipment dating from just after the Second World War when the factory opened.

In 1949, the company was acquired by Associated British Foods (ABF).[3] It is currently part of ABF subsidiary Jordans Dorset Ryvita, that also produces cereal-based foods under the Jordans and Dorset Cereals brand names.

The company held royal warrants as manufacturers of crispbreads, granted by King George VI[4] and by Queen Elizabeth II.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Court, Maria (28 June 2011). "How Ryvita has moved with the times". Bornemouth Daily Echo. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Derdak, T.; Mirabile, L. (1990). International Directory of Company Histories. International Directory of Company Histories. St. James Press. p. 466. ISBN 978-1-55862-012-4. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Food Manufacture. Morgan-Grampian. 1970. p. 81. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Royal Warrants Of Appointment To His Late Majesty King George VI" (PDF). The Gazette. London. 2 January 1961. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "The Jordans & Ryvita Company Ltd | Royal Warrant Holders Association". www.royalwarrant.org. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  6. ↑ North, Amy (20 September 2022). "Royal Warrants granted to bakeries are voided as Queen dies". British Baler. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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