FAQs

Here are some of the questions we’re often asked about our products. If you’ve got a question that isn’t covered here, then contact us – we’d love to hear from you.

Help – my kievs always leak on cooking…
I want crispy, coated products cooked in the microwave…
My customers have wide-ranging legislative requirements for their products. How can you help?
My products mustn’t contain allergens. Can you help?
I need products that only contain clean label ’store cupboard’ ingredients.
As consumers are becoming more health conscious, how can I make my products healthier?
We currently use extruded crumb on our products, but we want to upgrade. Can you help?
I want my products to look different and offer a range of textures. How can I make them stand out?
My customers want to see a range of batters. What can you do?
How can I be sure the products you develop can be manufactured in my factory?

Help – my kievs always leak on cooking…
We have a range of anti-leak coating systems as well as functional ingredients to include in your sauce that are specifically designed to stop this from happening.

I want crispy, coated products cooked in the microwave…
You’re not alone! The nature of microwave cooking makes this a constant challenge throughout the food industry. We have developed optimised batter and crumb systems, which – when used in conjunction with microwave packaging – will deliver an improved eat. Our development teams throughout the world continue to work on this challenge.

My customers have wide-ranging legislative requirements for their products. How can you help?
We are accredited to manufacture organic blended products as well as having Halal and Kosher certification.

My products mustn’t contain allergens. Can you help?
Yes we can. We have a purpose-built facility on site with strict allergen controls. This is coupled with on-site product testing to ensure final product quality.

I need products that only contain clean label ’store cupboard’ ingredients.
We have been working closely with our suppliers to increase our range of functional yet natural ingredients and have a range of clean label coating systems.

As consumers are becoming more health conscious, how can I make my products healthier?
We have responded to consumer demand for more healthy products in a range of ways. We have included ingredients with perceived health benefits in our coating systems (such as oats, seeds, wholegrains, vitamins and minerals), whilst reducing or removing ingredients with negative health associations (such as sodium, fat and sugar).
Using our ingredients and innovative processing systems it is possible to create products with a reduced fat content, whilst the development of lighter coatings (including flour breaders, marinades, glazes and crumble toppings) have created new opportunities within the marketplace.

We currently use extruded crumb on our products, but we want to upgrade. Can you help?
Every crumb in the Witwood range comes from real loaves of bread baked at our factory using quality ingredients. The fact that we bake our bread in-house has allowed us to develop a range that includes ’standard’ breadcrumbs, but we can also include herbs, oils and colours and make crumbs in a variety of different textures.

I want my products to look different and offer a range of textures. How can I make them stand out?
We have a large range of novel crumbs that will give you different visuals, textures and colours. We can also add inclusions such as tortillas, poppadoms, flaked rice, seeds and herbs…the possibilities are endless.

My customers want to see a range of batters. What can you do?
We have a vast array of batter systems, ranging from light batters and crispy Japanese tempuras through to bubbly crunchy batters (just like the chip shop) and flavoured American style beer batters.

How can I be sure the products you develop can be manufactured in my factory?
We have a pilot line facility at our UK headquarters that enables us to replicate factory conditions to test products. This available for all of our customers to use.

And finally…
We’ve been doing this for years and will have come across most problems that you are facing. Why not contact us and see how we can help? Chances are we can – and we love a challenge!

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