What is "patak's"

Patak's is a brand of Indian-style curry pastes, sauces and spices. It was founded by Lakshmishankar Pathak, a Gujarati-British entrepreneur. The company is now owned by Associated British Foods.

The company supplies 75% of British curry houses with sauces and mixed spices, and sells ready meals to all the major UK supermarkets and other major retailers throughout Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. Patak's was sold to Associated British Foods on 30 May 2007 for £200 million.