Patak's is a UK brand of Indian-style

curry Curry is a dish with a sauce or gravy seasoned with spices, mainly derived from the interchange of Indian cuisine with European taste in food, starting with the Portuguese, followed by the Dutch and British, and then thoroughly internatio ...

pastes, sauces and spices. It was founded in 1957 by wife-and-husband team Gujarati-British entrepreneurs

Shanta Pathak Shanta Gaury Pathak (née Pandit; 2 February 1927 – 23 November 2010) was a British businesswoman of Indo-Ugandan descent, and the co-founder, alongside her husband Laxmishanker Pathak, of the Patak's brand of Indian-style curry pastes, sauces ...

and Lakshmishankar Pathak, who came to Britain, penniless, with their family as refugees from Kenya, and acquired by

Associated British Foods Associated British Foods plc (ABF) is a British multinational food processing and retailing company headquartered in London, England. Its ingredients division is the world's second-largest producer of both sugar and baker's yeast and a major pr ...

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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