Purity Factories
{{Verification|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Purity Factories Limited
| logo = Purity Logo.png
| logo_size = 100px
| type = Private
| foundation = {{start year and age|1924}}
| founders = {{plainlist|
- C. C. Pratt
- A. E. Hickman
- W. R. Goobie
}}
| location = St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
| key_people =
| industry = Food (food processing)
| products = crackers, cookies, candies, fruit preserves, tea
| homepage = {{url|https://www.purity.nf.ca|www.purity.nf.ca/}}
}}
Purity Factories Limited is a Canadian food processing company based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Founded in 1924 by C. C. Pratt, A. E. Hickman, and W. R. Goobie, Purity manufactures traditional Newfoundland foods including cream crackers, hard bread (hardtack), Peppermint Nobs, Candy Kisses, Jam Jams (sponge cookies with apple jam filling), flavoured syrups, and jams made with local ingredients like partridgeberries.[http://purity.nf.ca/?page_id=598 "We've grown up with you"] at Purity Factories website{{Cite web|last=Keating|first=David|title=Purity has been feeding Newfoundlander's love for partridgeberries for more than 50 years {{!}} SaltWire|url=https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/lifestyles/purity-has-been-feeding-newfoundlanders-love-for-partridgeberries-for-more-than-50-years-100641530/|access-date=2021-11-15|website=www.saltwire.com|language=en}} Their hard bread has long been a staple in Newfoundland's fishing communities, where it served as both a bread substitute and an essential ingredient in fish and brewis.
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.purity.nf.ca}}
- [http://wikimapia.org/4043614/Purity-Factories Purity Factories] at Wikimapia
Category:Food and drink companies of Canada
Category:Companies based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Category:Food and drink companies established in 1924
Category:1920s establishments in Newfoundland
Category:1924 establishments in North America
Category:Cuisine of Newfoundland and Labrador
{{food-company-stub}}