Savour the moment
Here at Henley Bridge, we never rest on our laurels! Our business is constantly growing and evolving in response to changing customer demands.
Whilst we’ve always been known for our outstanding selection of chocolate and sweet products, in recent years, we’ve been tentatively adding carefully curated savoury ingredients to our range, including olive oils, rice, stocks and sauces.
This year we’ve taken another exciting step, forming an exclusive partnership with olam food ingredients to offer a selection of new products from their foodservice brand, ofi professional, which has been specially developed for the professional food industries.
Sensational spices and perfect pralines
The first tranche of products from the ofi professional brand includes 25 herbs and spices, plus a selection of blends, including kebab, garam masala, Mediterranean herb, curry powder and onion and garlic flakes. All are packed in foodservice-focussed half-litre PET tubs with lids, and have been sourced from around the globe from Vietnam to California.
In addition, we have also unveiled three ready-to-use praline fillings in single nut flavours: almond, hazelnut and pistachio. They’re packed in 1kg and 5kg sizes, with the hazelnut praline also available in a 10kg variety.
The clean-label pralines boast a 60% nut content with 40% sugar (50% for the hazelnut variety), making them a game changer for pastry chefs and artisan bakers and chocolatiers looking for specific and intense flavour profiles.
Sustainable solutions
ofi professional work closely with farmers and growers across the globe to ensure a robust supply chain and sustainable working practices.
They have complete control over the crops, applying international standards and advanced technology to maintain the highest quality of sustainability.
However, the majority of the crops they purchase are grown by smallholders and they work closely with these small spice farmers, running sustainability programmes covering subjects such as improving yields and quality, diversifying crops to increase income, and improving health and education.
Growing success
Our Managing Director Tracey Hughes is thrilled that Henley Bridge has joined forces with ofi professional to bring this exclusive range of products to the UK.
She said: “ofi professional is a fantastic company and their core values are very much aligned with our own. Sustainability is at the very heart of what they do, and their global ingredient sourcing network and end-to-end supply chain enable them to closely manage the quality and provenance of the ingredients they produce.
“This launch is another exciting step into the savoury sector. We now stock over 1,500 products and are fast becoming a ‘one-stop basket’ offer for our customers.”
