Established in 2019, Pembrokeshire Lamb run their farm and business with an ethos to promote gate to plate Welsh lamb products that have been reared and cared for with traditional farming values. The company’s meat boxes are available for delivery throughout the UK.
Following the success of Pembrokeshire Lamb, founders Steve and Kara decided to produce a range of sauces to complement their lamb. The Welsh Saucery’s Great Taste Award-winning sauces include ketchup, brown, BBQ, tikka and mango chilli.
Food Centre Wales first helped Pembrokeshire Lamb in the autumn of 2019 with a range of services including food safety system development, site visit and review, as well as support with their HACCP plan.
Pembrokeshire Lamb quickly moved onto new product development of The Welsh Saucery products with recipe formulation, HACCP, micro testing and trial production all taking place in the Innovation & Manufacturing Hub at Food Centre Wales. The team of technologists also conducted nutritional analysis and ingredient listings for the company to ensure they followed legal labelling requirements. In addition, they received training on how to manufacture on a larger scale.
Benefits of the support
Receiving support from Food Centre Wales early on in the company’s journey allowed Pembrokeshire Lamb to learn and master the correct processing systems from day one and therefore ensure they were producing food products safely and efficiently right from the start.
The company has come away with the skills needed to develop and produce their new products ready for market. They have been able to utilise the facilities and equipment at Food Centre Wales, with food technologists on hand with knowledge and expertise each step of the way.
“Food Centre Wales has been invaluable in supporting and guiding us in the production of the sauces and helping us have the confidence to launch The Welsh Saucery. Without Food Centre Wales, I doubt we would have taken the leap into sauces. Their guidance and support as well as facilities has been so useful.”