About us
Our belief is that quality of life starts with quality of food and our mission is to nourish the world’s older people through quality food and nutrition.
Our Story
My world changed forever when I watched a family member’s illness make it impossible for him to eat. The emotional impact set off a journey to uncover how other people with such challenges cope.
Our research revealed that too many people were also struggling to enjoy food and therefore get the nutrition they need. In fact, almost a quarter of older people are malnourished, meaning they are more frail, less independent and too often unhappy.
Our mission is to reclaim the true value of food by creating delicious food that will help people thrive when they are at their most vulnerable.
Sam Bridgewater, Co-Founder
Latest news
Supporting Australia’s Aged Care industry
Affordable Care Packages for Elderly
Pureed to Perfection
The Pure Food Co are the SUPREME AWARD Winners – NZ Food Awards 2019
Our Food
Our recipes, created by an experienced Chef, have beautiful flavours, delicious aromas and vibrant colours. We source high quality ingredients from all over New Zealand – for example our pork is from Canterbury and pumpkin from Gisborne.
We then blend the fresh food with natural, plant-based nutrition, to provide extra bioavailable nutrition. The result is a variety of delicious foods that are full of flavour, packed with nutrition and easy to swallow.
Our consumers have not only experienced improved health but also improved quality of life – they deserve the very best & it starts with food!
Maia Royal, Co-Founder
Our products are:
Award Winning Products
Our products are made with the finest local ingredients developed with qualified chefs to ensure only the best flavours are being made for people to enjoy. Our purees are also used as bases for soups and smoothies. Currently we have a range of soups in the New Zealand Regional Koru Lounges.
The success of taste and innovation to achieve our unique products has been recognised by many and as a result, we’ve won multiple awards for our pureed foods from leading culinary institutes and other organisations in New Zealand.
Our Founders
Our Team
Like almost everything in life, creating our delicious and nutritious food is teamwork. We are a bunch of foodies who are passionate about helping people thrive through nutrition. We love coming to work every day knowing that what we do and the food we produce makes a real difference in people’s lives. All of us work hard every day to make sure we deliver outstanding products and service to you and those you care for.
Our team of in-house dietitians and product technologists, alongside our consultant speech language therapist, work with our chefs to ensure that our delicious meals also meet the nutritional standards for protein, energy and fibre recommended by the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism and our in-house dietitians regularly contribute to New Zealand and Australian Dietitian Groups and lead the Special Interest in Nutrition and Gerontology Group.
