Isle of Wight-based The Garlic Farm has found increased demand for its range of over 60 garlic food and drinks products across Europe
The Isle of Wight Garlic Festival took place over the weekend (17-18 August) celebrating the UK’s most treasured pungent vegetable and one of the most popular culinary ingredients in the world.
The garlic at the festival was grown and provided by multi award-winning The Garlic Farm – a third-generation farming business based in Newchurch that is finding success across Europe thanks to its innovative range of over 60 garlic-based food and drink products.
The company has secured over £20,000 worth of sales to Germany, Sweden and Denmark over the last year with this figure estimated to grow by at least 25% over the next two.
The Garlic Farm’s most popular export product is ‘Vampire Slayer Seriously Hot Sauce’ which is flying off the shelves in the German and Swedish markets.
Barnes Edwards, Managing Director at The Garlic Farm said:
The business’s range of fresh products include white garlic bulbs, garlic grappes, garlic plaits, smoked garlic, black garlic and seasonal garlic products such as elephant garlic, green garlic and scapes, with the farm’s ambient collection including everything from garlic sauces, chutneys and butters to garlic beer, vodka and ice cream.
All recipes are developed by the farm to make the most of its garlic’s spectrum of flavours and then made by various specialist producers across the south of England.
Christina Gotzl, Founder of North Parade in Sweden said:
The Garlic Farm has 55-70 employees in the Isle of Wight which fluctuates depending on the time of year and has delivered double digit revenue growth for the past 5 consecutive years, with exporting accounting for an increasing percentage of this total.