Manufacturers of fine food since 1900

Joined in the business by his sons - who continued to run it after Lloyd passed away in 1944 - Rakusen’s were pioneers in food development for the next 30 years. They introduced a range of new products to the UK, including bottled vegetable oil, dried pasta and instant mashed potato. They also acquired the business of Bonn and Co., the only other domestic manufacturer of matzos.

 

The company now operates from a modern factory on the outskirts of Leeds, where it combines the most stringent demands of food production with up to date technologies in producing speciality crackers in a nut and dairy free environment.

 

Rakusen’s matzo and 99% Cracker products are natural low fat, low salt foods. No added fat or salt mean they have at most 2% fat, and in the case of 99% Crackers only 1% fat – only the naturally occurring oil in the English winter wheat that we use in their production. Salt levels of 0.01% are due to the same naturally occurring process.

 

The result is a low fat, low salt cracker with no additives or preservatives. The crackers have a nutty taste reflective of its only ingredient other than water - wheatflour.