Park Tonks have carefully selected which natural and nutritional ingredients we offer to the food industry.

We have an especially chosen range of natural ingredients that have no additives and many of these are gluten free. These are a range of grains and seeds that have been chosen for their flavour, colour, fibre, nutritional content or other positive attributes and currently include buckwheat, defatted wheatgerm, lupin, caraway and quinoa. They are all available in a variety of physical forms from groats (hulled grain) through to fine flours.

An exciting addition to this range is kiwi-fruit seeds. We will all have sliced open a succulent green kiwi fruit to find a host of small black seeds inside. These seeds are not only edible, but when isolated they have a pleasant flavour and contain approximately 28% oil. This oil is high in the essential fatty acid ALA (alpha linolenic acid), which is an omega-3 fatty acid. The seeds can be used as a topping on breads and other baked goods, and in health bars.

We will be adding to this list of grains and seeds as we find reliable, high quality suppliers.

We are the exclusive UK suppliers of food grade grape skin powders from Vinifera For Life. These are produced in Canada to exacting standards and can provide natural colour (from Cabernet grapes), flavour and fibre to many food products, especially in bakery, pasta and sauces.

In these days of health consciousness and the urge for us all to eat more fruit and vegetables, air dried and freeze dried fruits are a convenient and nutritious way of using fruit in a host of food products.

Freeze-dried fruits have only the moisture taken away and the nutritional antioxidants, vitamins and fibres are largely left behind. Because the moisture content is very low they are very stable in storage, they do not spoil quickly (shelf-life is 12 months) and there is no waste. No sulphur dioxide or other preservatives are used in production.

When rehydrated they taste, look and smell very similar to the original fresh fruit.

We have a large range of fruits currently available and the list is being added to all of the time; especially for the more exotic fruits. They are available as whole fruits if they are small enough (raspberry, strawberry etc.), or as slices where they are large enough (pineapple, banana etc.) and any size of dice that is best for your application (subject to minimum order quantities and seasonal availability). If it’s not on the list, it’s probably available, so please give Park Tonks a call.

Park Tonks have been at the forefront in the supply of specific nutritional and nutraceutical food ingredients since the early days of realisation that these ingredients can have beneficial effects on health. They run from the mundane to the exotic but are always in our range for a good reason based on efficacy and evidence.
Included in this section of our website is a list of nutraceutical food ingredients that we currently supply or recommend for consideration in developing functional and nutraceutical foods.

Please be aware that we can provide you with virtually any ingredient that you require – please call Paul Clark on 01234 825 515 (paulclark@parktonks.co.uk) for more information, samples and quotations.