Cofresh Snack Foods is a manufacturer of savoury snacks based in

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, United Kingdom. The company has turnover of £28 million. The company was founded in 1974 by an Indian family who moved from Kenya to Leicester, and used their fish and chip shop to produce snacks such as

Bombay Mix Bombay mix is an Indian snack mix (namkeen) which consists of a variable mixture of spicy dried ingredients, such as fried lentils, peanuts, chickpeas, chickpea flour ganthiya, corn, vegetable oil, puffed rice, fried onion and curry leaves. ...

. In July 2020 Cofresh was acquired by

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who also own

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and

East End Foods East End Foods is an Asian food company based in West Bromwich, England part of the Vibrant Foods Group. It was founded in 1972 by the Wouhra Brothers who sold the company in 2019. It has grown to be one of the largest Asian food companies in the ...

Products

The core range of Indian snacks includes varieties of

poppadum A papad is an Indian deep fried dough of black gram bean flour, either fried or cooked with dry heat (flipped over an open flame) until crunchy. Other flours made from lentils, chickpeas, rice, tapioca, millet or potato are also used. ''Papad ...

curls, potato grills, spiced nuts, Bombay Mix and

Ganthiya Ganthiya ( gu, ગાંઠિયા/ગાંઠીયા) are deep fried Indian snacks made from chickpea flour. Along with Khakhra, Fafda, Dhokla, and Khandvi (among others), they are among the most popular snacks originating from the Indian ...

. In 2017 Cofresh launched an "Eat Real" range of

gluten-free A gluten-free diet (GFD) is a nutritional plan that strictly excludes gluten, which is a mixture of proteins found in wheat (and all of its species and hybrids, such as spelt, kamut, and triticale), as well as barley, rye, and oats. The incl ...

snacks, predominantly made from

hummus Hummus (, ; ar, حُمُّص, 'chickpeas'; full Arabic name: ''ḥummuṣ bi-ṭ-ṭaḥīna'' ar, حمص بالطحينة, 'chickpeas with tahini'), also spelled hommus or houmous, is a Middle Eastern dip, spread, or savory dish made f ...

quinoa Quinoa (''Chenopodium quinoa''; , from Quechua ' or ') is a flowering plant in the amaranth family. It is a herbaceous annual plant grown as a crop primarily for its edible seeds; the seeds are rich in protein, dietary fiber, B vitamins, ...

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