food food processing founded 1924 headquarters st. john s newfoundland and labrador canada key people doug spurrell chief executive officer products crackers cookies candies fruit preserves tea website www.purity.nf.ca purity factories limited is a food processing company based in st. john s newfoundland . founded in 1924 by c. c. pratt a. e. hickman and w. r. goobie purity is known for its cream crackers peppermint nobs candy kisses and flavoured syrups . the company also makes several varieties of hard bread hardtack a staple of the newfoundland diet formerly used by fishermen as a bread substitute and as an ingredient in fish and brewis . 1 references edit we ve grown up with you at purity factories website external links edit purity factories at wikimapia this food and or confectionery corporation or company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title purity factories & oldid 723453649 categories food and drink companies of canadacompanies based in st. john s newfoundland and labradorfood company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 3 june 2016 at 04 16 . 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