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Network
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Network
A community of over 100 fully accredited supply partners, giving you unrivalled resilience to supply and price volatility.
About us
A trusted extension of your food sourcing team
Based in the heart of Tunbridge Wells, Food Team International is an agent & broker supplying retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers with the highest quality ingredients from around the globe, backed by Grade AA BRCGS and MSC Chain of Custody certification.
Our missionWe source sustainably today, using tomorrow's technology, to deliver long-term growth for your business.
What makes us different
Eight reasons customers stay with FTI
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Portfolio
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Portfolio
High-quality ingredients across 12 categories and 700+ SKUs, in a variety of packaging formats.
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Security
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Security
End-to-end support in S&OP, contingency planning and risk mitigation, backed by robust systems.
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Alternative sourcing
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Alternative sourcing
Bespoke solution options and multi-origin contingency to suit specific customer needs.
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Expertise
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Expertise
Technical knowledge and impartial advice, FTI is an advisory extension of your food sourcing team.
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S&OP excellence
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S&OP excellence
Proactive sales & operations planning that lets you focus on your own customers and products.
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Innovation
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Innovation
Supply partners and FTI collaborating on pioneering NPD to meet current and future consumer trends.
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Intelligent foods
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Intelligent foods
Product solutions providing efficiencies, process removal and cost reduction for our customers.
Our story
Three decades in the making
From IQF vegetables in the Netherlands to a multi-category global portfolio.
1991
Founded in the Netherlands
Food Team International is formed in the Netherlands as Food Team Processing (Amer Foods).
2005
Food Team International Ltd, UK
Established in the UK, importing IQF vegetables for British manufacturers.
2006
Exclusive pasta partnership
Appointed official exclusive representatives of Keck Pasta (now Ebrofrost Germany) in the UK and Ireland.
2008
BRC Grade A processing
Food Team Processing is awarded BRC A, processing an extensive range of conventional and organic IQF vegetables.
2015
Koch Italy representation
Official exclusive representatives of Koch Italy, IQF lasagne, gnocchi and filled pasta.
2016
BRC Agent & Broker
Certified BRC Agent & Broker for UK manufacturers and food service.
2017
Vegan range launches
Official exclusive representatives of NOFF, with the launch of our vegan range.
2018
Ambient portfolio added
Ambient ingredients join the portfolio; FTI is awarded the agency for Italian producers of dried pasta and canned products.
2019
MSC certified
FTI achieves Marine Stewardship Council Chain of Custody certification.
2020
Peppadew representation
Appointed official representative of Peppadew Manufacturing.
2021
Egg products & Dawtona
Distribution of innovative egg-based products into the UK; FTI becomes UK representative and 25% shareholder of Dawtona, a field-to-fork, vertically integrated supplier of canned, frozen and IQF vegetables.
2022
Natavo avocado
Official representative of the Natavo Avocado Company and its world-first IQF avocado range.
2023
FTI Online founded
FTI Online launches as a separate division to manage our non-food portfolio.
2024
MK Agro potato range
Official representative of MK Agro, supplying a wide range of ready-to-eat and ready-to-heat potato products.
2025
Haday soy sauces
Official representative of Haday, the world's largest soy sauce producer, adding a broad range of Asian sauces to the portfolio.
2026
Coroos representation
Official representative of Coroos, supplying a wide range of pouched chickpeas, clean-deck pastes and intelligent meat binders.
Accreditations
Held to the highest standards
BRCGS Agents & Brokers, Grade AA
The leading global standard for agents and brokers, assuring transparency, traceability and integrity in how we source, purchase and sell food products. FTI holds the highest grade: AA.
MSC Chain of Custody
Our Marine Stewardship Council certification means the certified seafood we supply can be traced back to sustainable, well-managed fisheries.
Want to know how we'd work with you?
See our three pillar sourcing model in detail.