Published Date:
23 June 2006
Kathryn Moore
THE UK's biggest independent distributor of organic food, Halifax-based Suma Foods, has launched a range of organic beers.
The beers are all CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) approved, certified organic by the Soil Association and are vegan.
The beer is brewed locally by a Dutch master brewer who the company has been working with over the past 18 months to develop the range.
The names for the beers were chosen by Suma's customers in a competition and reflect local places and
folklore in the Calder
Valley.
The beer will be sold through independent retailers and a small number of CAMRA real ale pubs.
Suma foods started life as a distributor of wholefoods in the mid-seventies, and has grown rapidly.
Today, the company is worth £20m and has more than 6,000 product lines which it supplies throughout Europe.
This is the first time Suma has introduced alcohol to its range of 1,500 own brand products – the company is more famous for soups,
pasta sauces and dried
fruit.
kathryn.moore@ypn.co.uk
-
Last Updated:
-
Source:
n/a
-
Location:
Yorkshire
