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Ready Meals

Ready to use ingredients
for every ready meal.

We are a leading ingredient supplier to the ready meals market and continue to provide IQF ingredients in multiple cuts, shapes and sizes. e.g diced, sliced, crinkled, julienned and batons. This includes everything from locally sourced peas and roots, to leeks, peppers, spinach, garlic, ginger and chillies, into a range of dishes including Indian, Chinese and traditional English classics.

This versatility, coupled with our track record in safety has made us first choice for Heinz Weightwatchers ready meals, and Wiltshire Farm foods.  Wiltshire in particular provide large numbers of ready meals to the hospital sector and elderly people, and our ability to provide100% traceability guarantees the 100% safety this vulnerable audience demands.

Apetito and Hartleys have been successfully working together for over a decade and we consider them to be a key strategic supplier. Hartleys have a ‘farmers understanding’ of the produce they provide and are a responsive supplier who are prepared to go the extra mile in times of need. We look forward to the continued development of our relationship in the future.

Robert Eller
Head of Purchasing

The Hartleys difference:

  • We grow, source and supply standard and organic ingredients from the UK and a network of audited international growers.

     

  • We believe Our ingredients are the safest in the UK with unrivalled traceability and process transparency – guaranteeing total customer confidence

  • Our micro levels are typically 80% lower than the UK industry standard.

  • All our ingredients are packed in a chilled environment below 5’C, to meet ready to eat specs.

  • We can blanch ingredients to soften or harden to the desired ‘bite’, and create ultra-safe specialist ingredients, which require a softer bite. e.g, ready meals for the elderly.

  • We can produce bespoke cut sizes to work with specific machinery requirements.

  • We can supply blends of mixed ingredients to meet the batch requirements of our customers.

  • Read more about our approach to safety
Conventional Ingredients
Organic Ingredients