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Quince Conserve

Wilkin & Sons (Tiptree)

£4.49

"They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon" - Edward Lear, The Owl and The Pussycat. The Quince is a most unusual fruit - and makes a very distinctive conserve. Grown on our own farm, the quinces are about the size and shape of a large misshapen pear, with yellow fluffy skin. When cooked with sugar, the quince takes on a character all of its own - often described as a delicate, fragrant mix of apple, pear and citrus, with a subtle, honey-like sweetness. It pairs beautifully with cheese or cold meats - try it, you won't be disappointed.

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UK company
Registered at Companies House as WILKIN & SONS LIMITED, number 00026233. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Stated by the company: "Today, the "Tiptree" estate includes farms in Tiptree, Tollesbury and Goldhanger." Source.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
Not established. Many companies file a statement rather than naming a controlling shareholder.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.