Patak's is a UK brand of Indian-style

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pastes, sauces and spices. It was founded in 1957 by wife-and-husband team Gujarati-British entrepreneurs Shanta Pathak and Lakshmishankar Pathak, who came to Britain, penniless, with their family as refugees from Kenya, and acquired by

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in May 2007 for £200 million. left, A Patak's bread company The company supplies 75%Founding family sells Patak's
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'', 29 May 2007 of British curry houses with sauces and mixed spices, and supplies major retailers throughout Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand.

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