It is sold in pear shaped bottles with a flip top and the brand is currently owned by Mizkan.

James Thomas Sarson was a vinegar maker living at Brunswick Place, Shoreditch in 1841.

[3] In 1893, the company was trading under the name of Henry Sarson and Sons from "The Vinegar Works", Catherine Street, City Road, Shoreditch, London.

In 1968, British Vinegars purchased a site from the Co-op in Middleton, Greater Manchester and production moved there.

A print of a cartoon dates from 1893 entitled "The Irony of Circumstance", featuring 'acetic faced women' in front of sign which reads "Virgin Vinegar".