Skelmersdale, United Kingdom

Richard Whittaker Ltd

Contract powder blender and packer for food ingredients including dairy bases. Blending to finished consumer and trade packs.

Richard Whittaker Ltd is a family-run contract packing and dry powder blending specialist based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. The company operates a 86,000 sq ft facility running 24 hours with over 120 staff and an NPD laboratory. It holds BRCGS accreditation and maintains registrations with Sedex and the Organic Food Federation.

Packing capabilities include vertical form, fill and seal (VFFS) across 10 lines with gravity-fed options, semi-automated and manual packing for batches from 10g to 1000kg into a wide range of formats including VFFS sachets, doy pouches, paper bags, PET jars, plastic buckets, composite drums, bag-in-box, paper cups and tinware. The company offers barcoding and labelling services. Blending operations employ six separate blenders supporting ribbon blending, IBC (intermediate bulk container) blending, drum blending and bespoke recipe blending.

Specialist services include dedicated gluten-free and nut handling rooms with reserved equipment to prevent cross-contamination, along with ingredient supply covering flours, starches, additives and gluten-free blends. The company supplies and processes dry powders, cereals, baking ingredients, spices and seasonings, nuts, snacks, pulses and grains. Richard Whittaker holds subsidiary brands including Pure Gluten Free and Yeungs Chinese Foods.

Capabilities

Dairy
Milk powders (skim, full cream)Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates)
Dry
Dry blendingPowder filling
Packaging
Primary packagingRepacking

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