TWO leading North Yorkshire food companies this week launched a joint product range.

The Wensleydale Creamery, Hawes, has joined forces with Leeming- based Yorkshire Provender Soup.

The Creamery is supplying its Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese for Yorkshire Provender's Tomato and Red Pepper with Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese soup, which features new packaging with the Wensleydale Creamery logo.

The new soup appeared in Waitrose, Co-op, Budgens, Ocado, Tesco (north of England), Booths and Nisa stores from October 14.

David Hartley, creamery managing director, said: “We’re delighted to have partnered with another iconic Yorkshire brand and are proud to have our brand displayed on the soup packaging."

Belinda Williams, co-founder of Yorkshire Provender, said her company is committed to sourcing the highest quality ingredients directly from local suppliers and British farms.

She said: "Growing up in Wensleydale, the Creamery has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. We felt using the Wensleydale brand reinforces our choice of the best tasting ingredients, with the creamy, crumbly and full flavour taste of Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese contrasting perfectly with our sweet tomato and red pepper base.

“We’re delighted to have The Wensleydale Creamery as a key partner and we have more new products planned for the range as part of the partnership, scheduled for launch over the next 12 months.”