Allinson is a brand of bread and flour manufactured by Associated British Foods.
History
Dr Thomas Allinson was born in the Hulme district of Manchester in 1858. He trained as a medical doctor in Edinburgh, graduating in 1879. Between 1880 And 1884 he worked as an assistant in a General practice. In 1889 he released a book, The Advantages of Wholemeal Bread.[1]
He founded the first Allinson mill in 1892 in Bethnal Green as Dr Allinson's Natural Food Company. It was the first to produce wholemeal/wholegrain flour. His slogan was Health without Medicine. Allinson was viewed as an eccentric because of his advocation of vegetarianism (in particular of wholegrain bread) and opposition to many medical practices of the time. Two more mills were bought in Castleford and Newport in Wales.
The company was joined with six others to form Allied Bakeries by Willard Garfield Weston in 1935.
The company has advertised on TV with Brian Glover declaring it's Bread wi' Nowt Taken Out.