food processing founded 1954 headquarters wallingford oxfordshire area served united kingdom key people tony rowse founder products honey number of employees over 100 citation needed website http www.rowsehoney.co.uk rowse honey ltd is a united kingdom honey manufacturer . its products are stocked by major supermarket chains and other stores . they also supply kellogg s with honey for use in breakfast cereals . other products include lemon curd and maple syrup . 1 contents 1 history 2 packaging and strength ratings 3 varieties 4 references 5 external links history edit tony rowse began beekeeping in a shed in ewelme oxfordshire in 1938 and he formed the rowse honey company in the village in 1954 in 1971 it became a limited company . in 1987 the company moved to larger premises in nearby wallingford and tony s son richard took over the running of the business that year . in september 2006 the company was purchased for 70 75 million by wellness foods . 2 valeo foods acquired the company in march 2014 . 3 packaging and strength ratings edit the honey is sold in hexagonal glass jars and beehive style plastic bottles with green lids . the jars display a strength rating on the following scale mild fairly mild medium fairly strong strong . varieties edit the main varieties of everyday honey are pure & natural clear honey pure & natural set honey organic set honey organic clear honey fairtrade clear honey light & mild honey monofloral honey varieties include english wildflower scottish heather clover orange blossom acacia and manuka . honey imported from australia new zealand tasmania and greece is sold . references edit http www.foodprocessing technology.com projects rowse rowse at food technology.com . retrieved 20 march 2012 http www.rowsehoney.co.uk rowse honey official website http www.insidermedia.com insider south east 112669 external links edit rowse honey official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rowse honey & oldid 742149540 categories food manufacturers of the united kingdomhoneycompanies based in oxfordshirebritish companies established in 1954food and drink companies established in 1954hidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2013 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 2 october 2016 at 00 24 . 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