Retail Stocks & Jus

Bring professional-quality flavour to your home kitchen with our chef-crafted retail range. Made in New Zealand using real ingredients and traditional methods, our stocks and jus deliver consistent depth of flavour with no preservatives, additives or artificial thickeners.

Chef-Crafted for Everyday Cooking

For more than 25 years, Foundation Foods has been supplying professional kitchens across New Zealand. Our retail range brings the same quality and consistency trusted by chefs into home kitchens, giving you a reliable foundation for soups, sauces, slow cooking and everyday meals.

EXPLORE THE RANGE

100% Natural Ingredients

We carefully select high-quality New Zealand bones, vegetables and ingredients wherever possible. Our products are slowly reduced using traditional open kettle methods to develop natural flavour and consistency.

No preservatives
No additives
No artificial thickeners
No added gelatine

EXPLORE THE RANGE

Where to Buy

Foundation Foods retail products are available through selected specialty stores and supermarkets across New Zealand

Farro Fresh
Moore Wilson
Selected New World stores
Selected Pak’nSave stores
Selected FreshChoice stores

Interested in Stocking Foundation Foods?

If you would like to stock our retail range, our team can help you with product information, distribution options and ongoing supply.

BECOME A STOCKIST

Begin with the Best

Our retail stocks and jus are made using classic recipes and traditional open kettle methods, gently reduced for hours to achieve consistent flavour and performance. Whether you’re cooking at home or creating something special, you can begin with the best foundation.

Beef Stock

500g pouch (6 per carton)

Begin with the best when using our versatile, heavily gelled gourmet beef stock.
Made with fresh New Zealand ingredients, Foundation beef stock has exceptional taste, colour and clarity.

This stock provides the high quality taste and consistency professional chef’s demand, and is now available for chefs at home. Slow cooked for up to 20 hours Foundation beef stock has all the health benefits of broth but absolutely no added salt.

Vegetable Stock

500g pouch (6 per carton)

Begin with best when using our versatile, plant-based vegetable stock. Made with the freshest natural ingredients from New Zealand. Foundation vegetable stock is a classical mirepoix with the addition of tomatoes. This stock provides a great base for any soup, sauce or vegetarian dish that requires depth of flavour.

Beef Jus

250g pouch

Reduced from our Foundation beef stock by 1/3 to achieve the perfect taste. With rich colour and robust flavors most of the work is done saving time.

We have also included our own special blend of red wine. A fresh flexible foundation for creating a really flavorsome and distinctive sauce or gravy, or adding to any dish for enhanced flavour.

Chicken Stock

500gm

Begin with the best when using our versatile, lightly gelled chicken stock. Made with the best natural fresh ingredients from New Zealand, Foundation chicken stock has great clarity and a delicate flavor.

This stock provides the high quality taste and consistency professional chef’s demand, and is now available for chefs at home.

Have a question? Our team is happy to help.

What’s New

Discover recipes and kitchen ideas that show how our stocks, jus and glazes help deliver depth of flavour and consistent results. From everyday meals to professional favourites, see how a great foundation brings every dish to life.

FAQs

Foundation Foods is a New Zealand food manufacturing company specialising in natural stocks, jus and glazes for food service, retail and food production. Our chef-crafted products are made to deliver consistent flavour and performance across a wide range of applications.

Yes. We supply wholesale food products to restaurants, hospitality businesses, caterers and food service operators across New Zealand, with reliable delivery and consistent quality.

Foundation Foods is a trusted restaurant food supplier, providing fresh stocks, jus and glazes that save preparation time while delivering consistent flavour for professional kitchens.

Yes. Our products are available through a network of food distributors and wholesale partners, making it easy for food service businesses to order through their preferred supplier.

Yes. We partner with food manufacturers and production facilities to provide large-volume supply of natural stocks, glazes, tallow and fats, ensuring consistent quality for commercial food production.

Yes. We work with food companies to develop customised products and provide reliable contract manufacturing, allowing you to focus on your finished product while we manage this key ingredient.

All Foundation Foods products are manufactured in our purpose-built facility in Mt Maunganui, New Zealand, using high-quality locally sourced ingredients wherever possible.

Our products are made by chefs, for chefs, using traditional open kettle methods and slowly reduced to develop natural depth of flavour. We focus on quality, consistency and reliable supply for food service and food manufacturing.

Yes. Our products are available through selected specialty retailers and supermarkets, as well as through food service distributors and wholesale partners for commercial customers.

Our stocks, jus and glazes are 100% natural and contain no preservatives, additives, artificial thickeners or added gelatine, making them suitable for food companies and kitchens focused on clean-label products.