Beauvais (brand)

Beauvais is a Danish brand of condiments, snacks and readymade meals now owned by Norwegian food company Orkla ASA.

The brand was founded by and is named for Jean Baptiste Desiré Beauvais, a French immigrant, who established a production of canned food in Copenhagen in 1850.

Jean Desiré Beauvais established a production of canned food on his father's estate in Vangede in 1850.

The company ran into economic difficulties in 1905 and was at the initiative of Privatbanken merged with Fåborg-based De Dansk Vin og Konserves Fabriker, M. Rasmussen (1856–1916) under the name Akts.

[3] Products sold under the Beauvais brand include tomato ketchup, salad dressing and other condiments, snacks and readymade meals.