introduced 1892 markets bread website http www.allinsonbread.com allinson is a brand of bread and of flour made by allied bakeries being owned by associated british foods contents 1 history 2 production 3 allinson flour 4 see also 5 references 6 external links 6.1 video clips history edit dr thomas allinson was born in the hulme district of manchester in 1858 . he trained as a medical doctor in edinburgh graduating in 1879 . he founded the first allinson mill in 1892 in bethnal green as dr allinson s natural food company . it was the first to produce wholemeal wholegrain flour . his slogan was health without medicine . allinson was viewed as an eccentric because of his advocation of vegetarianism in particular of wholegrain bread and opposition to many medical practices of the time . two more mills were bought in castleford and newport in wales . the company was joined with six others to form allied bakeries by willard garfield weston in 1935 . the company has advertised on tv with brian glover declaring it s bread wi nowt taken out . it gave the impression that thomas allinson would have had a yorkshire accent but that would not have been the case . production edit the company is based in maidenhead in berkshire at the same address as abf . it only makes wholemeal bread not brown bread . the brand is worth around 20m . it sells two varieties wholemeal and hi bran . allinson flour edit allinson flour 1 is a separate company making flour and yeast owned by the silver spoon company 2 based in peterborough . see also edit kingsmill also made by abf makes both white and brown bread i.e. great everyday wholemeal loaf list of brand name breads references edit allinsonflour.co.uk silverspoon.co.uk external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to allinsons mill castleford . official website allied bakeries allinson flour brand identity review of easy bake yeast review of medium sliced wholemeal bread video clips edit 1992 tv advert similar tv advert retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title allinson & oldid 643148552 categories associated british foods brandsbrand name breadshidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 19 january 2015 at 03 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view