Leading supplier of high performance bakery fats

Based in Glasgow and founded in 1930 as an independent family business, Cardowan Creameries is a specialist in all vegetable/vegan margarines, bread fats and shortening with a strong commitment to sustainability.

It supplies over 20,000 tonnes annually to manufacturers, food service and wholesalers domestically and internationally.

With the exponential growth in plant-based eating, Cardowan’s expertise can help you deliver outstanding quality to meet consumer demand.

Dedicated to Quality
for 90 Years

From our BRCGS accredited facilities, we expertly source, blend and pack, to specification, some of the UK’s market-leading brands in confectionery, bakery and fresh food.  

We proudly use traditional methods that guarantee a quality of product rarely surpassed. 

Our highly experienced technical team can work closely with you to create bespoke blends and applications.

Tailored to your Needs

Our extensive product range of margarines, shortenings and bread fats used in sweet and savoury baking and many other applications can be tailored to your requirements – delivering quality, cost savings and sustainability to your business.

With Cardowan you can also bake better with all our products free from artificial flavours and colours, with 100% recyclable packaging and Kosher certified.

Cake Margarine

We offer a wide range of cake margarines we can tailor to your specific needs, with adjustments to fat ratio, flavour, colour, emulsifier and salt levels – just let us know your requirements.

BENEFITS

  • All Vegetable – Vegan Accredited
  • No artificial flavours or colours
  • 100% Recyclable Packaging
  • Kosher certified
  • This is our new packaging coming soon

Pastry Margarine

We offer a wide range of pastry margarines, some of which use the traditional drum method, exceptional for puff pastry. We can tailor to your specific needs, with adjustments to fat ratio, flavour, colour, emulsifier and salt levels – just let us know your requirements.

BENEFITS

  • All Vegetable – Vegan Accredited
  • No artificial flavours or colours
  • 100% Recyclable Packaging
  • Kosher certified
  •  
  • This is our new packaging coming soon

Shortening

We offer a wide range of shortenings we can tailor to your specific needs, with adjustments to fat ratio, flavour, colour, emulsifier and salt levels – just let us know your requirements

BENEFITS

  • All Vegetable – Vegan Accredited
  • No artificial flavours or colours
  • 100% Recyclable Packaging
  • Kosher certified
  •  
  • This is our new packaging coming soon

Bread Fat

We offer a wide range of bread fats we can tailor to your specific needs, with adjustments to fat ratio, flavour, colour, emulsifier and salt levels – just let us know your requirements

BENEFITS

  • All Vegetable – Vegan Accredited
  • No artificial flavours or colours
  • 100% Recyclable Packaging
  • Kosher certified
  •  
  • This is our new packaging coming soon

Spreadable Margarine

We offer a wide range of spreadable margarines for convenience food applications. We can tailor to your specific needs, with adjustments to fat ratio, flavour, colour, emulsifier and salt levels – just let us know your requirements

BENEFITS

  • All Vegetable – Vegan Accredited
  • No artificial flavours or colours
  • 100% Recyclable Packaging
  • Kosher certified
  •  
  • This is our new packaging coming soon

ACCREDITATIONS

We undergo regular audits from independent third parties and our customers, to ensure that all our controls comply with the latest best practice standards. As testament to this, we hold the following industry accreditations and compliances:

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