150+ Best UK Food and Beverage Startups & Companies | Best Food and Beverage Companies Award 2021

Food and Beverage is big business in the UK. We have selected the top 150 Food and Beverage companies across the size spectrum to showcase. These startups and companies are all taking different approaches to innovating the Food and Beverage industry, that diversity of innovation is what makes the UK so great. 

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

Innovation

Growth

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Societal impact

The best Food and Beverage startups and firms in the UK

We have profiled the top 150 Food and Beverage startups, companies and firms in the UK. This list is in no particular order, all of the companies showcased here are exceptional companies, well worth following. 

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Deliveroo

Deliveroo is an online food delivery service that allows users to order restaurant meals using the web and mobile.

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OLIO

OLIO is a global food sharing app connecting neighbors, volunteers, and businesses.

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Just Eat

Just Eat provides convenient and easy access to a huge variety of delivery restaurants and order food online.

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Oddbox

Oddbox is a provider of fruit and veg box delivery service intended to reduce food waste.

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HungryPanda

HungryPanda is a Chinese food and grocery delivery company with extensive market coverage.

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Too Good To Go

Too Good To Go develops an app for fighting food waste and saving delicious food.

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Taster

Taster is a food delivery company that operates dozens of restaurants that only exist on food delivery platforms.

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Karma Kitchen

Karma Kitchen is a provider of shared and private kitchen spaces used for businesses to grow and scale.

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LEON

Leon belives that food should taste good and do you good.

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Collectiv Food

Collectiv Food is an automated and sustainable food supply chain that provides businesses with transparency and lower costs of ingredients

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THIS

THIS is a plant-based product brand that provides alternative meat products for meat lovers.

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Mindful Chef

Mindful Chef delivers all the fresh ingredients you need to create delicious, heathy meals.

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Slerp

Slerp is an e-commerce platform for the hospitality industry.

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Gousto

Gousto is an online meal-kit manufacturer and retailer, using AI and automation to provide extensive choice and personalisation.

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Dishpatch

Bringing the UK's best restaurants home. Exclusive menus, delivered across the country.

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Good Club

Good Club is a Zero Waste supermarket, building the world’s biggest brand for selling groceries in reusable packaging.

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Grind

Founded in Shoreditch in 2011, Grind & Co. has since opened espresso bars, cocktail bars, restaurants and recording studios across London.

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Pasta Evangelists

Pasta Evangelists is freshly made by Italian hands every day.

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City Pantry

City Pantry is an online marketplace where users can discover interesting food for next event.

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Feast It

Feast It is an online marketplace that allows its customers to book independent caterers for their work or social events.

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Unilever

Unilever produces and supplies fast-moving consumer goods in food, home, and personal care product categories worldwide.

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YHANGRY

YHANGRY is a private chef platform where users can book a professional chef to come cook for them at home.

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Better Dairy

Building the future of food, starting with dairy.

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Deliciously Ella

Deliciously Ella is a food company based in London.

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TRIP

TRIP is a CBD drinks and oils brand with products that brings an amazing flavor for a more productive and less stressed feeling.

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Pip&Nut

Pip & Nut Makers of delicious all-natural nut butter.

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Arborea

Arborea is industrialising photosynthesis to expand the world’s food supply

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Better Nature

By leveraging proprietary technologies, Better Nature is one of the UK's fastest growing clean-label meat alternative startups.

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CleanCo

CleanCo produces low and no alcohol spirits.

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Vita Mojo

Vita Mojo's menu allows anyone to eat for anyones' individualized needs.

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Black Sheep Coffee

Black Sheep Coffee is a coffee shop chain.

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Mimica

Temperature-sensitive labels and caps that indicate food’s true freshness

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Propercorn

“Done Properly” extends far beyond our popcorn

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SENS Foods

SENS Foods aims to make sustainable insect protein super-tasty and the most affordable high-quality protein.

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Finisterre

Finisterre is a cold water surf company that designs products for cold water surfers around the world.

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mySupermarket

mySupermarket designs a supermarket shopping and comparison website that helps users to compare prices across different stores.

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HigherSteaks

HigherSteaks is about providing with that juicy, tender, and delicious meat they love but without harming their health, planet, and animals.

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Dash Water

Dash Water is a provider of mainstream fizzy soft drinks.

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Market Halls

Market Halls are elevating street food, bringing you restaurant quality food with food hall prices and convenience.

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Honest Burgers

A burger restaurant inspired by great British produce

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London Food Production

London Food Production is a food delivery business offering healthy, high-quality lunches.

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Mighty Pea

Mighty Pea provides a smooth and creamy, dairy-free alternative to cow's milk.

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Preoday

B2B pre-ordering platform for integrated e-commerce solutions for businesses serving food and beverages

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Camden Town Brewery

Camden Town Brewery is one of London’s biggest breweries.

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Pho

Pho is a UK-based independent restaurant group that specializes in Vietnamese street food.

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YETiCO

We build software for card machines that solves real world problems.

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MPowder

MPowder is a producer of high protein vegan powders for women.

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AllPlants

AllPlants is a VC-backed B-Corp on a mission to become Earth’s most forward-thinking food company.

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NOVELTEA

NOVELTEA is a premium alcoholic tea blend inspired by globetrotting travels.

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Piccolo

Piccolo is an organic baby food range and guaranteed to tickle tiny tastebuds.

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Pesky Fish

Rebuilding the global seafood supply chain through tech and the transparency it enables. Currently based in UK.

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East London Liquor Company

East London Liquor Company is a distillery producing and importing a range of quality spirits including gin, vodka, rum and whisky.

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TRIBE

Tribe Pack // Monday delivery of five nutrient-rich snacks and inspiration for runners. Run Tribe // Running community.

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Flight Club

Flight Club is the home of Social Darts, Spectacular bar, Electric atmosphere, Mind-blowing experience.

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CLUBZERO

CLUBZERO is a returnable packaging service provider for drinks

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The Vurger Co.

The Vurger Co. is one of the UK's fastest-growing vegan food brands.

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Redi

Mobile click & collect for food

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Kitche

Kitche is a free app to reduce food waste and save money.

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The Ethical Butcher

The Ethical Butcher is a startup specialised in the ethical meat industry

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Little Dish

Make perfectly nutritionally balanced food for toddlers

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Everyman Media Group

Everyman is an independent cinema group in terms of cinema venues, screens and admissions.

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HonestBrew

HonestBrew is an online craft beer retailer, sourcing and stocking the best craft beers from independent breweries.

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Change Please

Change Please is empowering the homeless community by training them as baristas and giving them jobs.

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Little Tummy

Little Tummy is a meal plan delivery programme that provides parents with fresh, nutrient-dense and balanced baby food made from organic.

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MunchFit

MunchFit is a food production company that provides customised meal plans for home delivery on subscription.

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New Motion Labs

Mechanical Engineering

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Small Giants

Small Giants is a pioneer in the development of insect-based food products.

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SUPERSONIC Food Company

Supersonic offer innovative, plant-based and fast to prepare products that take care of health, well-being and personal efficiency.

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Nix & Kix

Nix & Kix make better-for-you soft drinks for the growing craft adult soft drinks market.

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CRU Kafe

Organic, Eco-Friendly alternative to Nespresso

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ADONIS

ADONIS is an innovation focused, plant based low sugar and keto snacking brand from London with mainly UK and EU wide distribution.

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GROUNDED

GROUNDED makes functional plant-based drinks without the cr*p.

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Press London

Health food and nutrition business.

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Incipio Group

Incipio Group is a restaurant and bar chain intended to offer exciting social venues concentrated around food and drink.

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Vagabond Wines

Vagabond Wines is owns and operates wine bars and shops in the United Kingdom.

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The Five Points Brewing Company

The Five Points is one of London's best known craft breweries

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The Cookaway

The Cookaway offers an exciting range of world cuisine menus put together by our expert chefs and available to buy as a recipe box.

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BEPPS Snacks

BEPPS Snacks are chickpea snacks with black-eyed pea inclusions that pack a flavourful punch.

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Skinny Tonic

Skinny Tonic uses the most natural ingredients instead of anything artificial or ‘nasty’. Sweetened by plants instead of chemicals.

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nuUnlimited

It's about the food, not the order

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The Wine List

For the people who put off learning until tomorrow – knowledge & confidence for the wine explorers everywhere

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Eat Grub

Eat Grub source and sell edible insects, host exciting insect food events, and develop delicious new insect recipes.

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Feastr

Feastr is a family of cloud kitchens, delivering restaurant quality food straight to your door.

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Nez

Nez is a local marketing channel for the eating and drinking out of home sector

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Rubies in the Rubble

Rubies in the Rubble is a sustainable food brand, making high quality relishes and jams out of surplus supplies.

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Gunna Drinks

GUNNA is an award-winning range of craft soft drinks, with less sugar, but more flavour.

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Doisy & Dam

Doisy & Dam are on a mission to bring delicious, plant-based chocolate to the world. Chocolate that’s better for you, for the planet and for everyone who makes it. That’s why they have committed to never ever using palm oil, only including natural ingredients and sourcing only ethically grown cocoa.

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AeroPowder

AeroPowder is committed to ensuring that our future is built upon more sustainable foundations.

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Devo

Devo is connecting and powering convenience stores

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Remeo Gelato

Remeo Gelato is the leading brand of Gelato & Sorbetto in the UK.

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Sourced Market

Sourced Market Bond incredibly proud of the suppliers that They work and believe Their role is seeking out & bringing to market the best.

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Chilango

Chilango is an online mexican food ordering platform.

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Pronto Technology

Healthy meals to your desk or door, fast.

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Hackney Gelato

Hackney Gelato provides gourmet ice cream for Michelin starred restaurants.

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Cawston Press

Cawston Press is made by people who have a love & understanding for creating delicious tasting drinks that you can feel good about drinking.

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TheFoodMarket

TheFoodMarket.com has a rigorous selection process; products must taste incredible, contain no unnecessary additives

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HUN Wines

HUN Wines provides premium quality wine.

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Winebuyers

Winebuyers is an exclusive online wine club with a simple mission.

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Rejuvenation Water

Enriched in amino acids, Rejuvenation Water is specifically designed to deal with the rigours of modern life.

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Freed Foods

Free'd is the UK's most exciting gluten free brand. With over 50 stockists throughout East and North London.

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BrewBroker

BrewBroker is an online marketplace for the global brewing industry.

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Ben & Jerry's

Ben & Jerry’s is a dairy company that produces ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sorbet novelty products.

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Pod Food Limited

Pod Food Limited is one of the UK’s innovators of healthy fast-food.

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Hunter & Gather Foods

H&G created the first Avocado Oil Mayonnaise in the UK and Europe that is free from sugar, gluten, preservatives and harmful oils.

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Real Good Food

Real Good Food is a Cake Decoration, Food Ingredients and Premium Bakery.

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GoKart

GoKart is a technology platform that specialises in linking wholesale food suppliers with restaurants.

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Beelivery

The UK's largest nationwide, 15-60 minute grocery delivery service. A tech focused logistics marketplace, crowdsourcing from 10,000 drivers.

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Tuk Tuk Chai

Tuk Tuk Chai is a drink beverage startup.

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Gresham House Ventures

Gresham House Ventures is a growth equity investor and has made over 100 investments into growth businesses over 12+ years

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Something & Nothing

Something & Nothing specializes in seltzer made from natural ingredients and low in calories.

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IntelligentX

IntelligentX produces the world’s first beer brewed by artificial intelligence.

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Abokado

Abokado owns and operates a chain of food bars and restaurants in the United Kingdom.

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StreetDots

StreetDots creates smart street-trading platform.

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Aduna

Aduna is a African-inspired food brand

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Candy Kittens

Candy Kittens is an innovative, gourmet sweet range that set out to focus on quality.

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ckbk

ckbk is the ultimate digital subscription service for cooks.

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Daily Dose

Daily Dose produces 100% fresh unprocessed cold pressed juices.

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Two Days

Light & Refreshing 3% Vodka Sodas.

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Humble Grape

Humble Grape enables its clients to enjoy hand selected wines, food pairings, and discussions before deciding what to purchase.

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Gustos.Life

Fine Wine Investment Ecosystem

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Hill & Friends

Hill and Friends is a brand that produces exceptionally crafted and luxuriously functional bags, each affirmed with a subversive wink.

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Sure

Sure curates the most "Instagrammed" food and drink spots.

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Serious Pig

Award-wining, all British snacking salami- all in the best possible taste.

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Redemption Roasters

Redemption Roasters is a specialty coffee company.

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BUG

BUG develops recipe kits and provides ingredients of sustainable insect meals.

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Wrap It Up

Established in 2006 and operating in the growing healthy fast food market.

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CityMunch

CityMunch brings together restaurants and consumers, tackling under-utilised capacity at off-peak times and reducing the cost of eating-out.

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Magictab

MagicTab is a visual, interactive tabletop menu that makes food look beautiful.

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Square Root Soda

Award Winning Sodas, Made From Fruit to Bottle in East London

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We Brought Beer

We Brought Beer is a chain of craft beer stores featuring 400+ beers from breweries around the world.

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Oppo Brothers Ice Cream

Oppo Brothers Ice Cream provides a wide range of ice cream tubs and sticks including Double Salted Caramel Swirl, Double Chocolate Brownie and Cookies & Cream that are all famous for flavour, not calories.

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Soupologie

Soupologie was founded by Master Soupologist, Stephen, who discovered his talent for making soups while cooking for his family.

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Nab

Nab is an on demand food delivery service tailored for entertainment venues

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Lucy's Dressings

Award winning dressings inspired in Lucy's family kitchen in Suffolk, using her own unique recipes.

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Raw Halo

Raw Halo is an award-winning raw chocolate brand.

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HOP Vietnamese

HOP Vietnamese is an exciting, quick service Vietnamese fresh food concept showcasing a passion for Vietnam’s colourful food.

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Superfood Bakery

Superfood Bakery manufactures and sells cookie, brownie, pancake, and other baking mixes.

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Solo Coffee

Solo Coffee provides cold brew coffee.

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Fighter Shots

Fighter Shots is a producer of healthy and 100% natural energizing shots made with organic ingredients and bottled in glass.

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Love Cocoa

Love Cocoa reinvents British favorites with a contemporary twist to give the quality handmade chocolate.

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NJORI

NJORI is a creator and designer of a multi-purpose smart cooker that can be stored on a bookshelf.

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Kitchup

Kitchup is an online marketplace for kitchen space, matching businesses that need a commercial kitchen with those who have it.

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Harts Group

Parent company of critically acclaimed Barrafina and Quo Vadis restaurants.

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EarlyBird

EarlyBird is a postal snacking service that delivers healthy snacks to its users doorstep.

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Noir Food

Noir Food is a food and beverage company.

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Meal IQ

Meal IQ is an Intelligent Meal Planning and Shopping App for people on Diets or having Food Intolerances.

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No1 Rosemary Water

No1 Rosemary Water is a refreshing and tasteful rosemary extract drink.

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Daisy Green Collection

The Daisy Green Collection brings relaxed and buzzing Australian food and coffee culture to London.

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Spicebox

Giving the Indian takeaway an update.

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CityCrop Automated Indoor Farming Ltd

Grow your own food at home with just a click of a button!

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