About & Description

Rutherford & Meyer is a New Zealand company producing innovative gourmet food products that are exported around the world.

The idea for our range of gourmet food products started in rural Canterbury, New Zealand in 1996 by two farming wives, as a way to use surplus fruit from the summer harvests. They began with an old family recipe and adapted it into an award winning formulation when in 1997 they won a prestigious food award for their fruit paste and pate. Ownership of the company changed in 2001 and today Rutherford & Meyer is a small and dedicated team of foodies who are passionate about creating products that enhance the lives of our customers. Our ever expanding range of gourmet products has transformed the company from a fledgling cottage industry into a thriving export company with export markets in the U.S., Canada, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, Mexico and China. As part of our international focus we have three North American based sales people. For us, the best type of food is food which is shared with family and friends. We search the world for food traditions that are about fun, friendship and celebration, exotic tastes and flavors, unique recipes and fantastic taste experiences. We rediscover food traditions perhaps long forgotten. We like our products to be natural, contain minimal ingredients and we make them from ingredients that people know - nasty artificial colours, flavours, or preservatives. Where possible our products are also gluten free. We bring those ideas, and the finest quality ingredients, back to New Zealand to create products for you to enjoy with friends.