Company

Name: Gato & Co.

Legal: Gato & Co. Ltd.

Location: London, UK

Founded: 2016

Founder(s): Charlotte Dauzat and Kim Lamza

Website: https://www.gatoandco.com/

Social Media: 2862 followers on Twitter, 166 followers on Linkedin, 1483 followers on Facebook , 18.5k followers on Instagram

INDUSTRY: Vegan Food Industry 

Size: USD 12.69 billion

Projections: CAGR of 9.6% from 2019 to 2025 (Source- Grand View Research)

Introduction

Gato & Co. is a revered UK brand known for its delicious desserts that are made from natural ingredients and enriched with protein, fiber, and superfoods. Their artisanal desserts are handcrafted and praised for their great taste despite lower sugar content. These plant-based delicacies are vegan, gluten-free, and low in calories and sugar. 

The Product

Gato follows an entirely vegan and cruelty-free recipe for all their products. Flour, eggs, sugar, and butter are replaced with oats, almonds, aquafaba, vegetables, and nut butter to make the products vegan and gluten-free.

Their decadent dessert range includes salted caramel and chocolate ganache, salted caramel hot sticky toffee, molten chocolate fondant, and coconut brownie. Their menu also includes a range of hazelnut butter double chocolate cookies, peanut butter chocolate chip cookies and, almond butter, and raspberry cookies. Adding to the lip-smacking collection, Gato also offers a nut butter cookie customizable box that contains two pouches, one each of the cookie flavors.

Cashing-in on the success of their delectable offerings, they launched a new line of products called ‘Cookies ‘n’ Cream.’ A cookie sandwich wherein a pair of cookies are filled with flavored cream in between them. With a wide range to choose from vanilla cookies with salted caramel filling, chocolate cookies with vanilla cream filling, chocolate cookies with a peanut butter filling, and chocolate cookies with hazelnut butter filling, Cookies ‘n’ Cream is already a hit among dessert connoisseurs.

Gato & Co., a pioneer in the gluten-free food industry, is reviving the traditional handmade methods of making desserts and wishes to promote healthy indulgence for those with a sweet tooth.

Origin and Founding Team

Founders Charlotte Dauzat and Kim Lamza were fed up with healthy and gluten-free desserts that were lacking flavor and failed to satiate their cravings. Charlotte grew up on her family’s fruit and vegetable farm in Provenance and developed a massive love for all things sweet. Inspired by her experience studying patisserie at the renowned Cordon Bleu cookery school, Charlotte wanted to create delicious healthy puddings. On the other hand, Kim’s mother, a dietician, taught her how to treat herself every day without affecting her gut health. Charlotte’s experience and Kim’s expertise helped turn Gato’s philosophy into reality.

Derived from the French word “Gateau,” meaning cake, they coined the term Gato to offer desserts with a twist. By combining the best of plant-based and healthy options, Gato has risen to be a trusted and loved brand among UK dessert-lovers.

Performance and Trends

According to The Telegraph, Gato is one of the top 3 dessert brands in the UK. Daily Mail has rated Gato’s products a 5/5. Gato has also been featured on BBC ONE, Daily Express, Emerald Street, The Sun, The Sunday Post, BBC Dragons’ Den, and ShortList.

Gato is available on leading retail brands like AmazonFresh, Sainsbury’s, Ocado, Holland and Barett, Whole Foods Market, Fortnum and Mason, and As Nature Intended. Gato is successfully leading the gluten-free food industry in the UK and is promoting good health.