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Olive JarThe Olive Jar Foods

Our story

From our kitchen to your table.

Small batches, real ingredients and food made to be shared. That was the whole idea, and it still is.

A warm Olive Jar kitchen atmosphere with products and natural ingredients

The Olive Jar started the way most good food does — cooking for people we know. A brewing crock on the counter, a pot of fudge on the stove, and platters put together for family gatherings that somehow kept growing.

Kombucha came first: brewed slowly, tasted often, adjusted until the balance was right. Health shots followed, pressed fresh for mornings that needed a hand. The fudge has always been there, cooked the traditional way and cut by hand.

Catering grew out of the same kitchen. People asked us to feed their gatherings, and we found we loved the work — the planning, the platters, the moment a table is set and everyone stops talking for a second.

We still work in small batches. We still use ingredients you can name. And we still write the tags by hand, because it matters who made the thing you're about to open.

Small batch

Short runs, tasted and adjusted rather than scaled and standardised.

Real ingredients

Fruit, root, flower, tea, butter and sugar. Nothing artificial.

Made to share

A bottle with lunch, a jar handed over, a table set for everyone.

Stay in touch

A short note when
something good is ready.

Seasonal flavours, gifting seasons and catering availability. A few emails a year, no more.

We'll never share your address.