The Ryvita company was founded in 1925 by
John Edwin Garratt. It initially imported rye crispbreads from Scandinavia but in 1932 started production in
Birmingham in England. The Ryvita factory was destroyed during the
Second World War and replaced in 1949 by a new production facility in
Poole in Dorset, a port on the south coast of England. The site is an old one with most equipment dating from just after the Second World War when the factory opened. In 1949, the company was acquired by
Associated British Foods (ABF). It is currently part of ABF subsidiary Jordans Dorset Ryvita, that also produces cereal-based foods under the
Jordans and
Dorset Cereals brand names. The company held
royal warrants as manufacturers of crispbreads, granted by
King George VI and by
Queen Elizabeth II. ==See also==