I lost six stone drinking broth

Rachel Down Weight Loss

Boil and Broth, now British Broth Company, was founded back in March 2018 by Rachel Down.

“I started making bone broth back in 2017 when I was unwell after my children were born. I had Candida overgrowth and my symptoms were frequent urine infections, food intolerances, bloating, IBS, and I was really overweight. I spent three years visiting the doctors, but they only offered me pharmaceutical drugs. I felt like they weren’t getting to the root cause of my issue. I tried many methods to stop my frequent thrush and UTOs, but eventually gave up on the NHS, as I was unable to find support from the GPs. I eventually turned to my own research and discovered gut health, gut microbiome, bone broth and kefir water. I made bone broth for myself and kefir water, drank them every day and followed my own nutrition program to get rid of the Candida overgrowth and within 12 weeks I was completely symptom free. I lost 2 1/2 stone in 12 weeks, and then over 2 years I lost six stone. Since then I haven’t looked back, I transformed my health and other people wanted to know about it.

Using one slow cooker in my home kitchen, I started to make bone broth and kefir water for my friends and family. I grew busier and busier and eventually had to move my family into a bigger home so I could cook more.”

Growing the Business

Rachel started to organically grow the business at home whilst looking after her two small children aged 2 and 3, whilst her husband Simon went to work to support the family. The business was quickly growing after an increase in demand for the products, so Rachel set up a website and started to ship products all over the UK. Rachel started to study a BSc Health Science degree, keen to get some answers about the power of bone broth and also so she could develop a bone broth back by science and research.

Bone broth for pets pouches

Our Story
2019

Boil and Broth became the first UK bone broth manufacturer to obtain a dual license to produce bone broth for pets and for humans. Using the same recipe and the same ingredients, Boil and Broth extended their range into the pet food industry. Rachel discovered many of her customers were pet customers, seeing similar issues within the pet health industry, she wanted to help everyone in their family understand the importance of gut health.

Bone broth for pets pouches

Our Story
2019

Boil and Broth became the first UK bone broth manufacturer to obtain a dual license to produce bone broth for pets and for humans. Using the same recipe and the same ingredients, Boil and Broth extended their range into the pet food industry. Rachel discovered many of her customers were pet customers, seeing similar issues within the pet health industry, she wanted to help everyone in their family understand the importance of gut health.
Candida overgrowth client
2020

Boil and Broth’s business grew by 200% overnight when the pandemic hit the UK, as people desperately explored ways to improve their immune system and support their gut health. This further advanced our business in the health space.
Rachel was also helping other people with their Candida overgrowth. Overleaf is an image of weight loss after Rachel's Candida program.
Bone broth powder launch
2021

The pet industry exploded for Boil and Broth. Our stockist and customer base grew from 3 stores in the UK to 80 by the end of 2021. It was at this time that Rachel became concerned about the rising costs of the business and the inability to be able to ship frozen goods to end customers in Europe. She then innovated the bone broth into a powder by dehydrating the broth. A new process which includes drying the broth to remove the water.
EARLY 2022

Boil and Broth’s dehydrated bone broth range went viral thanks to support from some highly respected vets here in the UK, forcing the business to move from their family home to a factory. This hugely exciting time enabled Simon, Rachel’s husband to join the team and expand our family business.
Simon Down joined the team

Venison bone broth

Venison bone broth
2023

Boil and Broth for pets launched more dehydrated bone broth flavours and are now actively selling these all over the UK, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Dubai with further locations coming soon.

Rachel decided to split the two brands and created British Broth Company so that they could better serve those who are interested in gut health for themselves.

Boil and Broth are on a mission to ensure that millions of homes have their bone broth stocked in customers cupboards all over the world.

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