Stokes - taste, quality, responsibility

Suffolk is a natural centre for real food, real ingredients and real foodies enjoying the results. From regional ideology to a national (and international) audience of food lovers, Stokes has grown to serve and be loved by many throughout Britain and across the world.


Taste & quality - with responsibility

Rick Sheepshanks (founder of all things Stokes) declares a love for family, friends and food - good honest food that tastes great. The fundamental ethos he shares throughout the team at the Old Stables, Rendlesham are the core values of "taste, quality and responsibility".

No matter how much love you put into your ketchup, mayonnaise, chutney, sauce, preserve or jam - ingredients is the key and only the best will do. No compromise.


Food for the family

Passion occasionally pays dividends in unexpected quarters.

For Rick @stokessauces the by-product of the quality ingredients being used to create wholesome, tasty sauces created a foil to disguise rotten 'orrible' skustin' things like carrots, parsnips, kale and other evil vegetables that his children couldn't understand the point of.

With delicious sun-ripened Italian tomatoes abundant in Stokes Tomato Ketchup, the yummy foil preceded a family love of all things fresh, healthy and above all - tasty.



Ingredients - without compromise

Our tomatoes are grown by a number of carefully selected farmers on the sun drenched foothills of southern Italy. They are plump, sweet and juicy and we use lots of them, in fact a full 200gms are simmered gently to satisfy the flavours of 100gms of Stokes Award-Winning Tomato Ketchup.

The sensations of our Creamed Horseradish Sauce come from using half wild and half cultivated horseradish.

A lovely chap in Essex grows, picks, shreds and supplies both from which we create the intense flavour without the over fiery finish. It's warm and fulfilling.

We mix julienned 'shards' of beetroot (including the skins for that earthy flavour) for our Beetroot Relish. The beetroot simmers in Claret to intensify this juicy, freshly processed preserve - no pickling, pure cooking.

The extra virgin olive oil that makes our Real Mayonnaise so special, comes from the Koroneiki olives that grow in abundance on Crete. Its deep green colour adds the final extra smooth luscious depth to both its flavour and creamy texture.


Skill - with love

When simmering the beautiful cranberries for our Cranberry Sauce in the kitchens here, knowing eyes know the precise yet fine line between 'perfect' and 'oops'.

Through its qualities, Stokes have grown a broad and international audience of food lovers. Availability has spread too, from as far away as Hong Kong and the Falklands, to the shelves of Waitrose, Ocado and Sainsbury's, Booths in the North and Co-Op East of England.

Independent retailers such as Farm Shops, Butchers, Garden Centers etc often stock a wider variety of Stokes products. Stokes fits so well alongside the quality and dependability of their other fine products.


Taste - with joy

And, if you want to want to wait a couple of days for us to send an order directly to you, you can shop online at www.stokessauces.co.uk/shop.

More and more discerning pubs and restaurants now realise the importance of quality doesn't stop at the ambiance, drinks, food and service.

It can and should extend to the fine quality of the condiments they offer on the table and additional flavours Stokes gives them in their sauces, mash and gravy.




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If good food makes you happy
...adding Stokes will make you smile ;)

 FOOD MADE BETTER 

www.stokessauces.co.uk

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