Best Food & Beverage Products Companies in Scotland, United Kingdom
The 54 best Food & Beverage Products companies in Scotland, United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Highland Spring.
Our analysis of 50 Food & Beverage Products companies
$1.0b in tracked funding; 96% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.
Ranked: Best Food & Beverage Products companies in Scotland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland Spring Packaged water brand 55Fin. health top 20%Market top 34%Funding top 43%Tech bottom 43% All 7 signals ▾Fin. healthtop 20% Markettop 34% Fundingtop 43% Techbottom 43% Growthbottom 34% Globalbottom 32% Newsbottom 22% Fin. health: Revenue ~$140M · Revenue 2.2x total funding Market: 363 employees (top 12% of Food & Beverage Products) · Revenue ~$140M rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $64M | 47 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2011 | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | — |
| 2 | Actiph Brand of mineral water | $1M | 72 mo ago | Seed | Jamie Hamilton Founder | 2015 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyTailwind CSS+25 | 2 launchs · 2 partnerships |
| 3 | Whitebox Manufacturer & brand of carbonated & non-carbonated soft drinks 35Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Funding bottom 40%Tech bottom 40% All 8 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Fundingbottom 40% Techbottom 40% Productbottom 39% Newsbottom 32% Globalbottom 32% Marketbottom 25% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $1M | 22 mo ago | Seed | Josh Rennie Co-Founder | 2020 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyVisa+19 | 1 launch |
| 4 | Mara Seaweed Sea weed producer | $779K | 130 mo ago | Seed | — | 2011 | — | — |
| 5 | Fellow Creatures Brand of chocolate | $616K | 57 mo ago | Seed | — | 2019 | — | — |
| 6 | SuperJam Private label Jam company | $496K | 140 mo ago | Seed | Fraser Doherty Founder | 2003 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyZURB Foundation+14 | — |
| 7 | Brite Internet first brand offering plant-based nutrition drinks | $488K | 27 mo ago | Seed | Andrius Ratkevicius Founder | 2016 | Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+25 | 3 expansions |
| 8 | Hebridean Food Company Seafood company | $484K | 82 mo ago | Seed | — | 2013 | — | — |
| 9 | Tongue In Peat Internet first brand of sauces & condiments | $439K | 34 mo ago | Seed | — | 2016 | — | — |
| 10 | CHOC Plus Confectionaries manufacturer | $254K | 137 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2011 | — | — |
| 11 | Salar Smokehouse Brand of seafood | $205K | 42 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1997 | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+16 | — |
| 12 | The Drinks Bakery Manufacturer of savoury biscuits paired with beverages | $127K | 91 mo ago | Seed | Andy Murray Founder | 2016 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyBootstrap+16 | — |
| 13 | The Scottish Bee Company Brand of honey | — | 40 mo ago | Seed | Suzie Millar Co-Founder | 2016 | ShopifyEasyGiftSeal Subscriptions+29 | — |
| 14 | Dean’s Brand of shortbreads and biscuits | — | 72 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1975 | Cart FunctionalityPHPTailwind CSS+19 | — |
| 15 | R&W Scott Brand of dairy-free spreads | — | 79 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1880 | Concrete CMSPHPNginx+6 | 1 job opening |
| 16 | Highland Spring Group Brand of sparkling water | — | 82 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1979 | — | — |
| 17 | Graham's Family Dairy Multi category dairy brand | — | 146 mo ago | Funding Raised | Robert Graham CEO & MD | 1939 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+20 | — |
| 18 | A G Barr Manufacturer and distributor of branded soft drinks and related products | — | — | Public | Roger Alexander White CEO | 1875 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceLinkedin Sign-in+13 | — |
| 19 | Baxters Brand of soups, preserves, condiments, beetroot, chutneys ad sweet potato | — | — | Funding Raised | Audrey Baxter CEO | 1868 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+26 | 1 partnership |
Top 12 Food & Beverage Products companies in Scotland
#1
Seed · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2020 · 10 employees$1.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer & brand of carbonated & non-carbonated soft drinks
- Aug 2024Seed$345.7K
- Aug 2023Seed$1.1M
#2
Funding Raised · Blackford, Scotland · founded 2011 · 363 employees$64.2Mraised▾
Highland is a spring water brand. Their products include still water, spring water and more. The company sells their products through stores and retailers in Scotland.
- Jul 2022Conventional Debt$64.2M
#3
Seed · Aberdeen, Scotland · founded 2016 · 4 employees$487.6Kraised▾
Internet first brand offering plant-based nutrition drinks. The product catalog includes various flavours such as lemon, raspberry, mango, and more. The company claims that its products are made of organic matcha, guarana, and ashwagandha.
- Apr 2024Seed$487.6K
#4
Seed · Port Glasgow, Scotland · founded 2016 · 2 employees$438.8Kraised▾
Internet first brand of sauces & condiments
- Sep 2023Seed$438.8K
#5
Acquired · Lochboisdale, Scotland · founded 1997 · 6 employees$205.2Kraised▾
Brand of seafood
- Dec 2022Conventional Debt$205.2K
#6
Seed · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2015 · 8 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Brand of mineral water
- Jul 2020Seed$1.5M
#7
Seed · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2019 · 2 employees$616.2Kraised▾
Brand of chocolate
- Sep 2021Seed$616.2K
#8
Seed · Lochmaddy, Scotland · founded 2013 · 12 employees$483.9Kraised▾
The Hebridean Food is a seafood company. Their products include soup, venison, lamb, beef, shellfish, sauces in different flavors such as bacon & lentil, bacon, leek & potato, beef, ale & barley, blue cheese & broccoli, crab & sweetcorn chowder, cullen skink, smoked salmon chowder, saddle, loin, mince, diced, loin medallions, steaks, roasting haunch, sausages, organic etc. The brands are sold through their own store and own online platform across the UK. The company sells many seafood and meat including their best sellers like large scallops, oysters, hand-dived scallops, large live langoustine.
- Sep 2019Seed$266K
- Jul 2016Seed$217.8K
#9
Seed · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2011 · 10 employees$778.9Kraised▾
Scottish company based in Edinburgh selling a range of native seasonal seaweeds of Scottish and Irish provenance. product can be ordered online from their web store.
- Sep 2015Seed$778.9K
#10
Seed · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2003 · 1 employees$495.8Kraised▾
SuperJam makes claims to make jams 100% from fruits and contains no added sugars. Sales though offline stores such as Waitrose, Asda and Booths stores as well as on Ocado, Amazon and our online shop.
- Oct 2014Seed$495.8K
- 2014Seed—
#11
Deadpooled · Glasgow, Scotland · founded 2011 · 4 employees$254Kraised▾
Hopscotch Brands is a Glasgow based confectionery company, selling the CHOC+ chocolate brand and the BLOC Candy sugar candy brand. The products are available in retail stores like Sainsbury's.
- Feb 2015Seed$254K
#12
Seed · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2016$126.6Kraised▾
Manufacturer of savoury biscuits paired with beverages. These biscuits are flavour‑profiled to complement and enhance the taste of different drinks, serving as a refined alternative to conventional bar snacks. The company offers a curated range of biscuits designed to match diverse beverage preferences—from gin and tonics to craft beers—using high‑quality ingredients and carefully balanced flavour combinations.
- Dec 2018Grant (prize money)$126.6K
- 2018Seed—
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