ABOUT US

Hello. We’re I.T.S. It stands for International Taste Solutions (in case you were wondering) – but what we really stand for is something a whole lot bigger. We stand for bringing innovative, tailor-made and bang-on-trend natural flavours and textures to food and drinks. For making healthy food and drink taste better – and already-delicious food and drink even healthier. Getting you in more stores, more baskets and more Instagram feeds.

We offer vegan and carbon friendly natural flavourings that are all proudly manufactured in the UK.

We’re for being easy to work with, too – taking the time to find out what you need and going the extra mile to make sure you’re 101% happy.

That’s what we stand for. And we stand with anyone else who wants to do something new.

Something different. Something…braver.

Because we’re I.T.S. And we believe in A Braver Flavour.

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OUR HISTORY

We’ve gone from a kitchen table to an international award-winning company with a host of like-minded, household name customers in just 10 years. Take a look in the squares to see how far we’ve come!

2009

I.T.S. is founded by Mike Bagshaw at his kitchen table in his family home in Newbury.

2010

Mike makes first break through with his very first flavour sale into the bakery industry.

2014

I.T.S. continues growth and expands into European market. Xavier joins to lead the business throughout Europe

2015

All the success is rewarded and I.T.S. wins West Berkshire Business of Year.

2016

The business take a step up and move into new state of the art premises at Innovation House in Newbury.

2017

I.T.S. make moves across the world and build a strong presence in the Middle East helping supply flavours.

2018

I.T.S. is awarded BRC Grade AA - setting a gold standard for health and safety in natural flavourings.

2019

I.T.S. celebrate 10 years of success and celebrate by holding a Willy Wonka party for staff, customers and suppliers.

2020

I.T.S. moves quickly during the Covid-19 outbreak to pivot operations into making hand sanitiser. I.T.S. sent much of the sanitiser to hospitals, care homes and schools throughout the UK.

2021

I.T.S. commissions a UHT processing plant at it's facility in Newbury. Running UHT trials and testing UHT suitability on flavours.

2022

We are now making flavourings that help save the planet. We have offset all our carbon emissions to make sure we operate at net-zero.

Meet the family

OUR TEAM

We don’t stand on ceremony here. So if you’d like to get in touch with any member of the team or set up a meeting, just drop us a line. We’d love to hear from you.

Mr I.T.S.

Mike founded I.T.S. at his kitchen table in 2009. With a passion for brewing & bakery.

Celebrating 10 Years

Sharon and Cristy cutting the cake at our Willy Wonka themed 10 year party.

We Know Our Buns

Carl our Head of Innovations busy baking in our in-house test bakery.

Mixing Up Flavours

Paul our Head of Operations busy making flavours in our BRC AA grade factory.

Fancy A Tipple?

Briony and Xavier making up beverage concepts in our innovation kitchen.

The Sample Master

Radu is the beating heart of I.T.S. always making sure samples arrive next day.

Mr and Mrs Wonka

Mike and Lynsey in costume at our Willy Wonka themed party.

Great Service Guaranteed

Eleni makes sure all our customers are happy.

JOIN A
WINNING TEAM

We’re always looking for new talent at I.T.S. So if you’d liske to find out more about joining us, just email hr@itstaste.com or tap the button below.

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VISIT OUR OFFICES

We’re always happy to welcome new and potential clients to our offices in Newbury, Berkshire.

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Whether that’s to have a chat about a specific project you’d like us to work on – or simply to put us on your radar by meeting the team, trying flavours in our Innovation Kitchen or getting a behind the scenes tour of our flavour production facility. Or you could book one of our free Flavour Workshops (find out more below.) So get in touch – we’ll put the kettle on.

BOOK YOUR
FREE FLAVOUR
WORKSHOP

Thinking about developing new flavours for your products? Book one of our free Flavour Workshops. They’re a great way for your team to work with our sector specialists to explore what’s possible.
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ACCREDITATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

We’re passionate about being active members of the flavour, food and beverage industries – take a look below to see our up-to-date list of memberships and accreditations.

OUR AWARDS

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