After over 34 years of service, Paul Wells, Muntons Chairman, is stepping down. Paul joined as a director in 1990 and became Chairman in 2013, overseeing decades of growth. Within that period, Muntons expanded from two to four sites (including one in Thailand), now sells in 60 countries, and nearly tripled production from 90,000 to […]

Muntons, the Suffolk-based malting company, were honoured to welcome His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk, Clare, Countess of Euston, to their Stowmarket facility in Suffolk, on Thursday 20th February. Lady Clare presented the award along with a formal citation signed by King Charles and Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Muntons won the Kings Award for Sustainable […]

An innovative malt grain manufacturer, headquartered in Suffolk, is accelerating progress on its sustainability goals by becoming one of the first recipients of HSBC UK’s Sustainability Improvement Facility. Muntons PLC secured an £83.8 million funding package from HSBC UK, which has allowed the business to invest further in its sustainability initiatives. The funding from HSBC […]

On Wednesday, 11th September 2024, our Management Team from the MITL site in Thailand participated in a community clean-up drive, collecting litter from nearby areas to ensure that recyclable materials were properly sorted and disposed of. The WHA Project WeCycle is an inspiring initiative dedicated to promoting sustainable waste management and recycling practices and aims […]

  What is UPF? Whilst there is no officially recognised definition of UPF, the most widely adopted method is the NOVA Classification system. This defines UPF as “…formulations of ingredients, mostly of exclusive industrial use, typically created by series of industrial techniques and processes (hence ‘ultra-processed’).” Are Muntons products UPF? Using the NOVA Food Classification […]

With the cocoa price skyrocketing in recent times, the market is desperately looking for a solution – and Muntons Maltichoc Dried Regular is a proving a sustainable alternative without impacting the quality of any product application. In recent years, we have seen that cocoa bean production is in an overall decline with cocoa prices surging […]

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Reeves as General Manager for Asia Pacific, leading the production, sales and technical operations in the region. With over two decades of experience in leadership positions within the food and beverage industry, and over 15 years’ experience in APAC markets, Andrew brings a wealth of knowledge […]

Muntons has been honoured with a prestigious King’s Award for Sustainable Development, recognising its excellence in world leading sustainability initiatives. The Suffolk-based malting company who supplies products to the into the food & soft drinks, brewing and distilling industries. The award recognises the monumental efforts taken to reduce their environmental impact both up- and downstream […]

Muntons, Northern Monk and Toast teamed up to brew a low carbon beer using regenerative grain and surplus bread to celebrate Earth Day 2024. Using regenerative barley from Muntons, and fresh, surplus bread supplied by Toast, this 5.0% Pale Ale, One for the Earth, commemorates Earth Day, an annual event to demonstrate support for environmental […]

Muntons has been honoured with the coveted Gold Award for Maltsters under c.350t per annum at the RMI Conference Brewing Supply Awards in Rome. This achievement, announced on March 7, 2024, showcases Muntons' commitment to sustainability and innovation within the global brewing supply chain.  The awards are regarded as a benchmark for excellence in the brewing […]

Muntons were announced winners of the SIBA Sustainable Business award on Wednesday 13th March at this year’s BeerX UK event. The award recognises businesses that take the ethics of environmental awareness and sustainable business operation way beyond the norm and minimise environmental impact. The award celebrated just some of the sustainability achievements from Muntons over […]

Muntons homebrew kits have always provided an easy way to start home brewing with little equipment or experience as well as a fun way to explore different flavours and beer styles. Now we're seeing them top the charts in terms of quality and experience with the likes of BBC Countryfile rating our own limited edition […]

Muntons has once again been awarded the highest rating of Platinum by the world's most trusted sustainability ratings platform, EcoVadis for 2023. Having been awarded a platinum medal in 2022, Muntons is delighted to have been recognised as moving their sustainability programmes on further to achieve the highest rating once again for 2023 with even […]

  The Suntory Group, headquartered in Osaka and with a diverse global portfolio of consumer beverages including whisky, beer, gin and soft drinks, has signed up to an innovative regenerative agriculture trial with Suffolk based maltster, Muntons plc, to explore how barley can be grown in a more sustainable way to reduce Green House Gas […]

Muntons Launch PlantMalt for Clean, Plant-Based Food Full of Flavour The plant-based market is booming but the challenges of meeting consumers’ high expectations in matching meat-based counterparts is keeping innovators busy. Working with an industry expert consultant and pulling on their own extensive knowledge of malt, Muntons is launching PlantMalt to help manufacturers achieve their […]

2022 Global Brewing Supply Award winners, Muntons, launched their Premium Alcohol Free Malt Extract back in March 2021 with the goal of helping all brewers easily produce 0% ABV beers that didn’t just taste good as alcohol-free beers, but tasted great as beers in their own right. Now it is more important than ever to […]

The people and organisations helping shape the future of Suffolk have been recognised in the new edition of the Suffolk 100. First produced by Archant in 2010, the Suffolk 100 profiles those who make a difference in the county. The 2022 edition features senior business leaders from many of the county’s largest firms, which make […]

Having not had access to brewery tap rooms for much of the last two years, any intrepid craft beer lover has missed being the first to share in brewers’ innovations.  This has inspired award-winning maltster and developer of leading home brewing beer kits, Muntons, to give you a way to bring the joy of the […]

Muntons is delighted to be bringing the prestigious Cow Bell Award back to their global headquarters in Stowmarket having, once again, scooped Global Brewing Supplier of the Year at the 11th World Barley, Beer and Malt conference held in Antwerp, Belgium in March. The Global Brewing Supply Awards recognise excellence in the supply of malt […]

Wioleta Butrynowska - Malt Extract Shift Leader Muntons I have worked for Muntons for 13 years now as a Shift Leader in the malt production plant and mill. Juggling shift work with family life can sometimes present its challenges but once you have the routine of a work life balance set up it becomes much […]

Muntons is delighted to be given the rating of A- for Supplier Engagement on Sustainability by the CDP.  We are extremely proud of how actively engaged we are with our supply chain championing sustainability as one of our core business values. Technical and Sustainability Director for Muntons, Nigel Davies, comments, "This is the second time […]

Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science 11th February 2022 Ever wondered how our food and drinks look and taste so good? It's not magic. It's science.  Well, with a little help from the magic ingredient of malt. We talked to Ebony-Rose Grant-Knox, who works for Muntons as a Laboratory Quality Control Analyst. […]

Behind great malt, you will find great people. At Muntons we have always understood the importance of our people in delivering the best products and services to our customers. In order to ensure our production team is made up of the best in the business we support their entire career journey. As we celebrate Apprenticeships […]

Today, Thursday 3 February 2022, is Time to Talk Day. Mind and Rethink Mental Illness have co-organised the awareness day, and it’s a day about encouraging friends, families, and colleagues to talk to each other about their mental health. Muntons and Mental Health With an easy to access Employee Assistance Programme, which provides free services […]

Nigel Davies, Director of Technical and Sustainability, is to step-down from Muntons on 5th April, following a tenure of almost a quarter of a century. Leaving in the spring, Nigel will move on to focus on his consultancy and will continue to be a sustainability advisor to the 100-year-old maltster. The long-standing Director has been […]

We're delighted to announce that EcoVadis has awarded us a platinum medal in sustainability performance. This rating puts us in the top 1% of global companies assessed and further highlights us as a leader in sustainability. EcoVadis is the world's largest independent corporate social responsibility (CSR) rating agency and assesses over 85,000 businesses in 160 […]

CORONAVIRUS 2019-nCoV STATEMENT Update December 2021 We have put in place measures designed to take care of our team members at Muntons and our partners in the supply chain. We have aligned our guidance with the UK Government's advice to ensure that we play our part in helping contain and delay the spread of the […]

Trigger Warning - the following piece talks about death by suicide and cancer.  Each year, communities around the world honour International Men’s Day on 19 November. The emphasis of the day is to showcase men who make a positive difference to society and focus on men’s health and wellbeing issues. At Muntons, we’re once again […]

Sustainability Initiative of the Year Award Muntons, the 100-year-old manufacturer and supplier of malt and malted ingredients, has won the Baking Industry Awards' newest category: the Sustainability Initiative of the Year Award (sponsored by Macphie), for its bio-energy plant at its Stowmarket site. The maltster's biomass heating system, along with the co-generation of electricity, represents Muntons' commitment […]

On World Mental Health Day 2021, we introduced team members to the first group of volunteers who've signed up to be our Wellbeing Buddies. The scheme, which is the first of its kind at Muntons, saw a recruitment drive launched during Mental Health Awareness Week in May. Since then, ten team members have kindly agreed […]

Muntons, the Stowmarket based malt and malted ingredient manufacturer, is kicking off a year of celebrations in honour of its 100th year in business. The maltster plans to mark its anniversary with a series of commemorative events to celebrate the business’ longevity. Plans include gifts and a family fun day for team members, an Olympic […]

Muntons has been presented with the Environmental Leadership Award at the 2021 Food and Drink Federation's awards, for its latest in sustainability innovation, a bio-energy plant at its Cedars Maltings headquarters in Stowmarket! The ceremony has returned to the Royal Lancaster this month (16 September) for the first time since 2019, to celebrate everything that […]

HEINEKEN UK is launching an innovative trial to explore how one of the main ingredients of beer, barley, can be grown in a more sustainable way to help reduce CO2 emissions. The trial is a collaborative effort between HEINEKEN UK, malt supplier Muntons, supply chain consultancy Future Food Solutions and Yorkshire-based barley farmers. In the […]

Monday 2 August marked the day we received the first harvest delivery day of the year at Stowmarket. A day which is important for us, our farmers and customers alike. As is the tradition since 1978, we have written the date down on a girder inside our intake building to celebrate the first crop deliveries of […]

New Team Members Join Muntons Thanks to Government Kickstart Scheme The Kickstart Scheme Muntons, one of the country’s leading suppliers of brewing and distilling malts and malted ingredients, has joined forces with the Department for Work and Pensions, as a Kickstart Scheme Employer. The scheme supports 16 to 24-year-olds who've been in long-term unemployment and are […]

The grain team at our headquarters in Stowmarket has reviewed the current crop situation and released the following report.   To view full crop report Click Here

Apprenticeships aren’t just for school leavers. How Muntons is creating the leaders of the future with its apprenticeship scheme. Muntons has been running its current apprenticeship scheme, better known as the management trainee programme with the West Suffolk College, since 2017. Ellie Smith, who’s been with Muntons for 11 years, is currently completing her Institute […]

As we wrap up our 99th year, we wanted to take some time to not only reflect on the achievements we’ve made and the obstacles we’ve faced, but also offer our gratitude and thanks to our customers. We know this has been a very tough year for many businesses throughout the industries that we support. […]

Muntons, the UK’s leading malt product manufacturer and distributor, is set to slash its carbon emissions by 23,545 tonnes per year in an exciting new partnership which will see a 14MW biomass boiler installed at its Stowmarket site. The project is being led by AMP Clean Energy which will operate the energy and steam supply […]

Muntons, one of the country’s leading supplier of brewing and distilling malts and malted ingredients has kicked off a working from home wellbeing programme. The maltster, which is based in Stowmarket and has sites in Bridlington, the USA and Thailand, is encouraging team members to take time away from their screens by rolling out a […]

The Sugar Dilemma - There is a growing lobby of people seeking to control the amount of sugar included in a balanced human diet. Often when one component of the diet is singled out for attention those involved in nutritional or medical research take strongly entrenched views that are difficult to understand for those buying […]

On Saturday 31 October, Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, announced that as of Thursday 5 November, England will be placed under a second COVID-19 lockdown. These measures will last at least until Wednesday 2 December. Muntons’ manufacturing operations are not affected by these new rules and we will continue to operate safely […]

Generating energy locally... Working in conjunction with AMP Clean Energy, Muntons, the Stowmarket based malt and malted ingredient manufacturer, has signed an agreement to install a new Energy Centre at their site in Stowmarket. The new energy centre will be located in the North-West corner of their site and will include a Biomass boiler, a […]

On Friday 4th September Liz Truss the Secretary of State for International Trade along with Muntons local MP Jo Churchill visited the company to meet with Mark Tyldesley, Muntons Managing Director, and Neil Pearmain, Muntons Ingredients Sales Director, to discuss concerns over possible Brexit outcomes. During the course of the visit, the Minister was given […]

Making malt is not enough for one UK maltster.  Muntons based in Stowmarket, Suffolk, have just announced that they have reached a genuine milestone having generated 10 million Kilowatt hours of electricity since opening their Anaerobic Digester (AD) plant in 2015, enough electricity to power 2,000 average sized homes every year. Muntons AD plant has […]

Muntons is proud to be the first maltster to commit to the Food Waste Reduction Roadmap coordinated in the UK by WRAP, a not for profit organisation and IGD research and training charity. Muntons, the malt and malted ingredient manufacturer based in Stowmarket, Suffolk, have long been recognised as the leader in sustainability within the […]

The measures we have put in place are designed to take care of our colleagues at Muntons and our partners in the supply chain. We have aligned our guidance with the UK government advice to ensure that we play our part in helping contain and delay the spread of the coronavirus.

Muntons the malted ingredient and malt manufacturer based in Stowmarket Suffolk and Bridlington in North Yorkshire has officially opened a new £6.4 million Peating plant in Yorkshire. The plant is situated in a remote rural area in the Yorkshire Wold around an hour from our Bridlington maltings which produces over 100,000 tonnes of malt a […]

Beer drinkers these days seem to be drinking less but drinking better, served by the growing number of craft breweries and the increasing diversity of beer styles on offer to the beer aficionado.  Amongst the raft of delicious new beers available is a steadily growing trend towards beer ‘sours’ which have proved to be particularly […]

Muntons Malt customers clean up at Scottish Beer Awards Muntons, the maltster and malted ingredient manufacturer, recently hosted a table of Scottish craft brewing customers at the annual Scottish Beer Awards held in Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange on 19th September, an event organised by KD Media, attracting over three hundred brewers and representatives at the ceremony. […]

Muntons take steps to limit impact of hard Brexit As uncertainty continues surrounding the outcome of Brexit, one local company has taken the decision to mitigate potential risks by applying for and achieving Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status through HM Revenue and Customs. Muntons, manufacturers of malt and malted ingredients based in Stowmarket have successfully […]

Muntons the malted ingredient and malt manufacturer based in Stowmarket Suffolk has just announced a £4.5million investment in their local plant to Increase their malt extract capacity. A new 27-metre high building is being constructed on their Stowmarket site to house the new multi stage evaporator, which will demand involvement from both local design, mechanical […]

Originally constructed as a Joint Venture operation, on 22nd March 2019 Muntons completed the full purchase of their malted ingredients vacuum band drying manufacturing plant in Thailand. The plant is now wholly owned by Muntons PLC and the facility is called Muntons Ingredients (Thailand) Limited. The purchase cements our position as a global manufacturer and […]

In light of the uncertainty surrounding Brexit, we are doing all we can to mitigate any potential risks which may arise. To that end, we are currently working hard to achieve an HMRC recognised accreditation which will enable us to become an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO).  This is a status which exists across the UK […]