NL Foodspecials
- Type
- Food & Ingredient Manufacturer
- Location
- Putten, Netherlands
- Industries
- Alternative proteins, Food ingredients & products, Food reformulation, Out-of-home, Plant-based
- Domains
- Processed food products, Ice cream, Bakery, Fruit, Plant based primary products, Ingredients
About NL Foodspecials
Food Specials is a Dutch patisserie and dessert producer based in Putten. The company develops and manufactures sweet and savory products for professional foodservice customers, including hotels, restaurants, airlines, and catering companies. Its assortment spans individual desserts, bavarois cakes, ice cream cakes, dessert buffets, reception items, mini pastries for high tea, fresh ice cream, and savory products.
The company positions itself around taste, craftsmanship, and continuous innovation. It emphasizes that its products are made with care, designed to be a feast for the senses, and increasingly developed with sustainability and healthier eating in mind. Food Specials also highlights frozen production and delivery, which allows customers to order ahead and simplify logistics.
Core Values
- Taste first: The company repeatedly stresses that products should be delicious above all, including its plant-based range, which it aims to make as enjoyable as its classic patisserie.
- Innovation: Food Specials presents itself as a company that keeps renewing its assortment, from vegan patisserie development to new recipes, formats, and production methods.
- Sustainability: Its mission includes more sustainable production, reducing food waste, exploring recyclable packaging, and changing behavior through conscious production and advice.
- Healthier choices: The company works on lower-sugar products, higher fruit content, and offerings made with original ingredients, without refined sugars in some lines.
- Craft and quality: Food Specials emphasizes expert production, consistent quality, and careful attention to both flavor and appearance.
Unique Aspects
- Strong plant-based transition: Food Specials is actively developing a plant-based range and says it already has a substantial number of vegan products in production.
- Wageningen University collaboration: The company states that it works with Wageningen University on vegan patisserie development.
- Frozen logistics model: Its products are frozen, which supports advance ordering, larger batch planning, and fewer daily logistics movements for customers.
- Foodservice focus: The company serves professional channels such as hotels, restaurants, airlines, and catering businesses rather than retail consumers.
- Health-oriented dessert positioning: Food Specials offers lower-sugar and high-fruit products and explicitly frames some desserts as indulgent but healthier alternatives.