A warm welcome to the Award Winning Scottish Haggis Website. This is the  home of  McKean's of Scotland -  haggis makers since 1850.  Here we tell you a little bit about the products we make - Scotland's traditional food - Haggis - and provide an easy way for you to buy on-line and have it delivered directly to your door.  Please note our  member to the "McKean Family of Haggis" - Smoked Venison Haggis" - a traditionally smoked haggis made from the finest Highland Venison reared on the Royal Balmoral Estates..........and bowing to popular demand we now bring you our legendary Black Pudding and Fruit Pudding available on-line for the very first time....... mouth-watering Clootie Dumpling soon to be available also - watch this space!

Our order system is fully  secure using 128bit encryption powered by Actinic. If you wish to place an order just click on one of the padlock or shop icons dotted around the site.

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McKean's of Scotland ........ "A Brief Overview"

Based on the outskirts of Glasgow in the heartland of Scotland,  McKean's  have been manufacturing Haggis - Scotland's traditional food -  since 1860. With over  30 employees, McKean's use only the finest  wholesome  ingredients, combining traditional home - grown Scottish oats and barley with the finest of delicate meats.

Spurred on by our "on-line" success we are delighted to announce the completion of our       state-of-the-art cook, chill and packing facility at our operation at  Balmore - specifically designed to keep up with the growing demand for our Scottish Puddings.  

Use the Haggis Website  to find out more about us and the products we make. Order on-line or make contact - it's all here. We even have a page devoted to our national bard Robert Burns  whose praise for our product in his  "Address to a Haggis " is recited at the start of Burns' Suppers the world over. We hope you enjoy the experience. next

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Company Profile

McKean Foods have been satisfying the most discerning of Scottish palates  with their famed Haggis for over 140 years. The fourth generation haggis maker in his family, William Watt McKean has been the staunch protector of the McKean recipe, ensuring only the finest ingredients are sourced and used in the making of the  McKean Haggis. The mixing and blending process has remained unchanged throughout ~ "Bill" McKean insistent that the process of manufacturing  is every bit as important as the ingredients that go into it. Although officially "retired", Bill has been anything but(!) - overseeing as he has the construction of the new Cook, Chill and Pack facilities at the Company's factory at Balmore.

Long serving business partner responsible for Sales and Marketing, Peter Galloway Donald  ("PGD") is well known throughout the Food Industry in Scotland and beyond. His early days at McKeans were supposed to be temporary as he filled in time to help fund his training as an accountant at University. He enjoyed it so much that he decided to stay and forego the Accountancy profession and quite frankly - who can blame him!!  Traditional Scottish Fayre is in his blood being a direct descendant of the notorious Galloway baker's family in Falkirk ( more about that some other time!!).

Our  other "partner-in-crime" is  fifth generation haggis maker William Gordon Wallace. Gordon himself is no stranger to the traditional  values so important to Haggis-making. More than 150 years ago Gordon's ancestors moved from the village of Straiton in Ayrshire, Burn's country, and set up shop as retail pork butchers in Glasgow's Argyle Street,  becoming "friendly competition" to  McKean's  for over  a  century.  "Wallace's Sausages" became the principal diet for Glaswegians during the 1900's and members of each of Gordon's past generations have continued in the Scottish Pudding-making  tradition, having upheld the traditions of quality and consistency throughout.

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The Haggis Tradition

The McKean cooking process involves the simmering of the haggis in large open-top vats containing the stock, rich in flavour and absorbed by the natural casing of the Haggis, all elements which,  when coupled with the carefully guarded blended recipe of Herbs and Spices,  lift the McKean Haggis to a higher plain than  it's younger pretenders. 

Here-in you will find a plethora of the finest  Haggis products - 140 years in the making - known affectionately as "The McKean Family of Haggis" each of which have differing applications. Each product page has full details on the product to help you decide the best, most suitable product for your own use. If you have any problems finding your way round our Website or have any questions not answered within, please let us know by using our Feedback page. next

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The Combined Marks of Quality           

 ~  EFSIS ( European Food Safety Inspection Service ) "Higher Level" Accreditation.

 ~   Full audited  BMMA ( British Meat Manufacturers Association) members as recognised by the British Retail Consortium.

~   THE BOAR'S "HEID" - This has been our very own  mark of quality for over a century. No product receives this unless it has satisfied our own internal quality systems.

~ "SCOTLAND the BRAND " - McKean Foods are one of a select band of Scottish Businesses to be accepted as a "Scotland the Brand" licensee. - the marque which represents the highest standards of products and services available in Scotland  today.

~ McKean Foods were awarded "Investors in People" (IIP) status in April 2002 establishing the business as being committed to supporting the development of it's people. The Standard's success is such that it is soon to become an International standard. For further details click on the IIP logo.

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Recognised  for Enterprise

It's official!! Best On-Line Small Business - nothing like blowing your own chanter!! Thanks to all our friends old and new for the huge support given to our Website and more importantly, our products. Awarded to McKean's by Scottish Enterprise and promoted by Scot FM .

- McKean Foods were awarded the Home Grown Cereal Authority (HGCA) Enterprise Award in conjunction with Food from Britain and the Meat and Livestock Commission.  

Fresh from his warblings on Canadian Radio and Radio Wales, our esteemed Partner, Gordon Wallace, now  moves up a gear to hone his media talents (!) on Scottish Television's "Business Bites" - a programme geared towards outlining some of Scotland's more Enterprising businesses.

McKean's were delighted to play host to BBC 2's weekly magazine programme for the deaf and hard of hearing "See Hear" when their presenter Lara Crooks came to Scotland to see how Burn's Anniversary was celebrated. In her pursuit to find out how to make a haggis, there was only one place to come!! (click  on the " See Hear" graphic for more)

McKeans were delighted once again to be selected to operate a workshop at the Scottish Food & Drink Conference held in Edinburgh's Heriot Watt University ~ many thanks to all for their most generous and positive feedback.

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Contact Details

Telephone

+44 (0)141 336 6543

FAX

+44 (0)141 336 4857

Postal address

The Balmore Estate, Glasgow G22 7UB

Electronic mail

  scottishhaggis@mckean.co.uk

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