A Brief History Of HP Sauce 

Ever since I was a child I have loved HP sauce. In fact I would have it on every meal that gets served up to me by my mum. No meal was complete without it, and now that I am a dad nothing has changed. Let’s be honest Heinz HP Sauce is every dad’s favourite brown sauce.

What I never realised was how long Heinz HP brown sauce has been around. HP Sauce is the original and best brown sauce which since 1899 has been a firm favourite by dads all over the UK. It was orginally made by HP Foods in the UK and it was named after the Houses of Parliament

HP sauce was invented by Frederick Gibson Garton, a grocer from Nottingham who then sold the recipe to Edwin Samson Moore, the owner of Midlands Vinegar Company which would eventually become HP foods for the £150 because he needed to settle some bills he had.

HP Foods launched HP sauce in 1903 and I guess the rest is history. For many years the bottles were in English and French and had a picture of the Houses of Parliament on it.

HP sauce comes in a variety of flavours including BBQ and this is the best selling BBQ sauce in the UK today. It’s also available in HP Guinness sauce which includes the famous Irish stout. It is sold all over the world in number of other varieties. It can still be brought in the iconic glass bottle and also the squeezy bottle and the top down bottle.

I bet that Fredrick Gibson Garton when he invented HP sauce all those years ago, never thought that it would still be all dads favourite sauce.

One major talking point over the years that definitely has caused its fair share of debate is the bacon roll V sausage roll! Which one suits HP brown sauce the best? I actually prefer both with HP Sauce, but if I was pushed to choose it will always be a bacon roll.

If you are looking for recipes, inspiration and ideas to use HP sauce check out their website here. 

Thanks to HP sauce for sending me my own personalised bottle. It’s all mine and I’m not sharing, haha!

Would you rather put HP sauce on a bacon or sausage roll? I would love to know.

This is a collaborative post.