Value proposition

Manufacturer and supplier of natural flavour ingredients to the food and beverage industry #NaturallyFabulous

Lionel Hitchen Limited is an independent, family owned manufacturer and supplier of an extensive range of natural flavour ingredients to the food and beverage industry.

With nature as our inspiration, we are driven by an absolute passion for creating innovative flavour ingredients for our customers. This passion is matched by our dedication to outstanding quality and authentic taste.

From our manufacturing base in the UK, we supply our products all around the world. Since the business was founded in 1965, we have established a reputation for the high specification of our products, our flexibility, technical expertise and the creation of tailored and bespoke products to meet the needs of our customers.

Our success has seen the business grow over the years, laying down robust roots with suppliers and working closely with customers. Our business thrives on close and long established relationships with our global suppliers, our team of talented employees and strong customer relationships based on trust, ethics and innovation.

Throughout the years we have established a reputation for developing and supplying unique and natural products of the highest quality. We provide a world class service to our valued customers through the application of our technical expertise, flexibility and tailored and bespoke product development. Our aim is excellence in customer care.

We operate from two sites in Hampshire in the UK. Our manufacturing site is in Barton Stacey and is home to all our production facilities and support services. Our Virginia Works site in Andover houses our Innovation Centre as well as Customer Services, Sales, Logistics and Warehousing.

In the United States of America, our wholly owned subsidiary – Lionel Hitchen USA –provides local service to our US customers.

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