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Your short-chain ingredients partner

Whether maintaining critical supply chain channels or seeking a solution to a formulation challenge, we help our clients deliver.

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We go beyond distribution

Providing customised solutions to optimise your value chain.

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Integrated Supply Chain

From field to factory, access a wide-range of ingredients via our network of  dedicated supply chain partners.  

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UK&I Based Distribution

Alleviate long lead-times with localised storage and distribution, helping navigate increasing volatility in global supply chains. 

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Personalised Customer Service

Our friendly team bring creativity, passion and expertise to deliver a uniquely tailor-made service.

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Safety and service without compromise

Quality is at the heart of the service we provide. As an end-to-end distributor, we ensure that our ingredients meet the standards you expect with robust safety procedures in place, giving you peace of mind that you can deliver for your clients.

Our committed team work closely with you to understand your needs whilst sharing our market insights to provide agile solutions consistently.

Lehmann’s longevity within the industry has been possible due to the long-lasting relationships we have maintained with our supply partners. We work with suppliers who share our values of providing safe, high-quality ingredients delivered with care and integrity.

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It started with Vinegar…

Guy Lehmann founded Lehmann Ingredients in 1988 after winning a distribution agreement for vinegar. With the support of his wife Mary as an administrator, our first ‘team’ was formed. Little did they know that Guy’s initially small enterprise would be here 35 years later as a multi-sector distributor of ingredients across the UK and Europe.

Our founder’s legacy is present today with supply partnerships still in place since the very first day of Lehmann. Through his son Mark, and grandson Charlie, our business today remains family owned and operated.

Pictured from left to right: Mark, Mary, Guy and Charlie

Accreditation & Membership

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Our Suppliers

Thanks to our supply partnerships, we are able to offer an extensive range of ingredients to meet your formulation objectives.

ADM

A world leader in nutrition, our partnership with ADM allows us to supply a number of starches and sweeteners to the UK and Ireland.

 

Agrana

Helping us to supply a wide range of functional and speciality starches and sweeteners derived from potato, corn and wheat.

Burg Group

Our first supplier who we have partnered with since our beginnings in 1988, Burg supply a range of different vinegar.

CFF

Supporting our portfolio with a wide range natural and functional insoluble fibre (cellulose) for a variety of applications.

Howtian

With an expert product formulation team, Howtian add’s stevia (steviol glycosides) to our portfolio which is an important ingredient for sugar reduction in applications.

Meurens Natural

Cereal processing specialists Meurens Natural support our portfolio with a range of natural and organic syrups, powders and proteins.

The iidea Company

Offering a range of agave derived sweeteners and fibre, this unique raw material offers a number of application benefits.

Ovobest Eiprodukte

With a number of different egg derived ingredients, together we can fulfill even the most demanding specifications.

PGP International

Experts in texture, PGP offer a range of extruded grain and protein crisps to meet a wide variety of applications.

Qualiriso

Specialists in rice, together we offer a wide range of rice derived ingredients to meet your requirements.

Wisconsin Spice

A partnership that has been present since the 90’s, Wisconsin Spice supply us with flour, seed and prepared mustard.

Our supply chain

There are quite a few steps that need to be taken to enable us to deliver ingredients to you. Below you can see a general overview of our Supply Chain that represents most of our ingredients.

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Cultivation

We import ingredients made from raw materials grown all across the world typically the EU, USA, Canada, and China.

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Harvesting

The raw materials for our ingredients are grown in a field and harvested for processing.

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Processing

The raw materials are sent to our Supply Chain Partners, for production into ingredients ready for use by industrial manufacturers.

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Packaging

The ingredients produced by our Supply Chain Partners are packaged and stored ready for shipment.

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Transport

The ingredients are loaded, securely sealed and transported to the UK via a container ship or truck. Together with our Forwarding Agents, we manage all aspects of importation including clearance of all the ports. This short-chain enables us to minimise the risk of potential delays.

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Warehouse

Upon arrival to port, our ingredients are transported to a BRCGS certified warehouse for storage and distribution. This step will be skipped if an order is a direct delivery to a client.

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Customer

The ingredients are delivered either direct from the port as a direct delivery, or from our warehouse for manufacturing.

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Retail / Wholesale

The finished products produced by our clients are delivered into the either wholesale or retailers, which are then purchased by the final consumer.

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Climate Positive Workforce

7,939

Trees Funded

613.75

tCO2e Avoided

We support responsible tree planting and climate projects with Ecologi

The climate crisis is something we all need to play our part in. The environment is at the heart of the ingredients industry, helping to ensure plentiful crop yields to feed the growing population. On a monthly basis, we plant trees and fund Gold Standard certified carbon reduction projects as part of our ambition to contribute.

See For Yourself

Meet the team

We have a dedicated and focused team, who are committed to understanding our customer requirements, ensuring excellence in service and providing reliability and product integrity every step of the way from the field, to manufacturer, to you.

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Kaye Stones

Sales Coordinator

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Andreea Erdei

Logistics Manager

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Charlie Helgeson-Lehmann

Director

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Gordon Ma

Sales Manager

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David Whitaker

Quality Assurance Manager

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Jackie Coulter

Customer Relations Manager

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Julie Booth

Director

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Aiden Shannon

Logistics Coordinator

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Dina Vardavas

Purchasing & Administration Executive

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Mark Lehmann

Managing Director

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Chang Niewiadomski

Sales Development Manager

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Pippa Lewis

Quality Assurance Technologist

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Alice Lehmann

Sales & Marketing Coordinator

Kaye Stones

Sales Coordinator

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Location: Lancaster Office

Kaye is here to help with daily queries, order processing and accounts queries. She also manages our samples, the first impression of our ingredients our clients receive.

Andreea Erdei

Logistics Manager

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Location: Lancaster Office

Andreea manages our inbound logistics with the support of our supply chain partners. A crucial role to ensure we can deliver to our clients on time.

Charlie Helgeson-Lehmann

Director

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Location: London Office

Charlie manages our London office, and heads our commercial activities including sales and marketing, digital and company projects.

Gordon Ma

Sales Manager

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Location: London Office

Helping our clients with recipe formulations and supply chain solutions, you can depend on Gordon to find what you are looking for!

David Whitaker

Quality Assurance Manager

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Location: Lancaster Office

David ensures our ingredient safety and defence plans are maintained to our accredited standards. On a day to day basis, David may be auditing a supplier, monitoring regulation or supporting our clients with queries.

Jackie Coulter

Customer Relations Manager

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Location: Lancaster Office

When placing an order, Jackie is likely to be one of the first people you will hear from! Jackie facilitates order processing and manages onward delivery of our ingredients from our warehouse.

Julie Booth

Director

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Location: Lancaster Office

Julie is our operations team leader and director of Finance. She ensures the team have the resources they need to facilitate their functions and maintains financial control of our company.

Aiden Shannon

Logistics Coordinator

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Location: Lancaster Office

Aiden is a member of our logistics department and helps us to maintain our service to our customers, through the support of our supply chain partners.

Dina Vardavas

Purchasing & Administration Executive

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Location: Lancaster Office

Placing purchase orders to meet client demand and processing subsequently received sales orders, Dina is here to ensure we meet your supply requirements.

Mark Lehmann

Managing Director

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Location: Lancaster Office

Mark leads our company and has overall accountability for the team. Managing internal strategy, Mark enables us to maintain our position as a trusted supplier of ingredients.

Chang Niewiadomski

Sales Development Manager

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Location: Lancaster Office

Chang helps our clients find the ingredients solutions they require and supports the operations team by processing orders and managing sample requests when needed.

Pippa Lewis

Quality Assurance Technologist

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Location: Lancaster Office

Pippa enables our team to maintain ingredient integrity to our accredited standards. Whether supporting clients with queries or ensuring legislative conformance, Pippa is here to help!

Alice Lehmann

Sales & Marketing Coordinator

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Location: London Office

Alice helps our clients find suitable ingredients for their formulations, and dabbles in marketing activities to support our wider sales operations!