Branston (brand)
A jar of Branston Pickle when it was sold under the Crosse and Blackwell brand | |
| Product type | Pickle, sauces |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mizkan |
| Country | England |
| Introduced | 1922 |
| Previous owners | Crosse and Blackwell Nestlé Premier Foods |
| Tagline | Bring out the Branston |
| Website | bringoutthebranston |
Branston is an English food brand best known for the original Branston Pickle, a sweet pickle first made in 1922 in the village of Branston near Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, by Crosse & Blackwell. The Branston factory proved to be uneconomical, and production was moved to Crosse & Blackwell subsidiary, E Lazenby & Sons in Bermondsey, London, where it invested in new buildings in 1924 and 1926, which remained in use until 1969.
In 2004, the pickle business was sold by Nestlé to Premier Foods and production was moved to Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. Premier Foods sold the brand to Mizkan in 2013, at which time it ceased to be labelled as Crosse and Blackwell because in Europe this name was sold separately to Princes Group. Over 17 million jars a year are sold in the UK.