Profura Announces the Acquisition of Framptons Ltd.
Profura is a privately owned Gothenburg-based investment company that invests across industries, focusing on long-term co-ownership. We are proud to announce the acquisition of Framptons Ltd., a renowned UK-based food and beverage company mainly known for its oat drink production.
With effect from today, Framptons will be owned by Provator, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Profura group. Provator specializes in turn-around cases, providing the knowledge, support and financial stability that will provide a platform for future growth and expansion for Framptons.
Framptons Ltd., based in Shepton Mallet, UK, is a prominent name in the food and drinks industry, with a heritage that can be traced back to 1898. Known for its locally produced high-quality products and community involvement, Framptons has been a key player in the industry, contributing significantly to the local economy.
NEW DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Here at Framptons we pride ourselves on providing commercially viable creative product solutions which really work for your customers and your business.
We have a proven track record of success when it comes to new product development (NPD) and have helped many of our customers develop products which are now placed in UK major multiples.
Our experience means that over the years we have created hundreds of unique blends based on individual concepts and business needs. So whether it’s a plant based beverage, fruit juice, milkshake or a protein shake you need some help getting off the ground, our team are able to provide the support and expertise you need every step of the way.
With Framptons, making your new product viable is simple as we offer expertise from highly trained food scientists as well as kitchen and production trials – a simple all in one solution.
Your new production development journey with Framptons will look like this:
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Define your product concept and target market and get in touch with your idea to discuss commercial requirements so we can capture the broad detail of your project in terms of feasibility, estimated timescales, approximate costs and minimum order.
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Come and see us and let us show you our facilities and meet our team and agree what you can expect from us and explore further whether we can realistically help you achieve what you want.
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Let us help you work on a recipe that is unique to you. Like to be hands on? Then come and develop it alongside us in our development kitchen. If not then just send us details of your idea (we may ask you lots of questions to make sure we understand what you want) and we will produce development samples to your instructions, with any revisions necessary, until you are happy with the results. Alternatively if you already have a recipe and know what ingredients you want to use then we can accommodate a variety of ingredients and recipes (as long as they don’t contain nuts). We can develop the process for making your product to your specification and arrange the type of packaging you want using our close relationships with carton and bottle suppliers.
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Once your recipe is finalised and you are happy with the costs then we can do small factory trial runs in plain packaging of 2000-3000L to provide samples for customer research, shelf life testing or validation of the kitchen recipe through the UHT process conditions. We can check a suite of organoleptic and physical tests internally and also send out product to a UKAS accredited laboratory for a range of nutrition and microbiological testing dependent on the product.
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Production and delivery is where everything finally comes together. Once technical approval of new ingredients, new artwork and packaging has been agreed then the product is put into our planning department. Our supply chain team will liaise on getting in any ingredients that are non -standard ingredients and packaging required and our logistic team will help with how to get the product to where it needs to go, whether chilled, ambient or frozen.
