Whitworths Walnuts

Whitworths is one of the United Kingdom's best-known brands for baking essentials, dried fruit, seeds, and tree nuts, including shelled walnuts. Founded in 1886 by John, Herbert, and Newton Whitworth in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, the business began as a flour milling operation before expanding into dried fruits and edible nuts.

While Whitworths packages, inspects, and processes nuts at its central facility in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, walnuts (Juglans regia) do not grow commercially in sufficient volumes within the UK. Instead, Whitworths sources raw walnuts from key walnut-producing regions globally—most notably the United States (California), Chile, and Eastern Europe—before packing and distributing them across British supermarket shelves.

In 2016, Whitworths was acquired by Anatolia Tarim (Anatolia A.S.), a prominent dried fruit and nut supplier headquartered in Izmir, Turkey. Whitworths continues to operate in the UK market as Whitworths Limited under Anatolia's ownership, representing a key household name in British grocery stores.