Carr's Flour Mills
Making Great Baking Moments — the flour behind the World Shortbread Championships 2026.
Our headline sponsor
Carr's Flour Mills is the headline sponsor of the World Shortbread Championships 2026. They have been milling in the UK for almost 200 years, and their mill at East Bridge in Kirkcaldy, Fife supplies bakers the length of the country — home bakers and commercial kitchens alike.
“We've been milling in the UK for almost 200 years so we know a thing or two about what bakers need… that's our promise: to mill the finest flour to help you make your own great baking moments.”
Carr's Flour Mills
Why a miller
Traditional shortbread is made from three ingredient groups and nothing else: flours, fats and sweeteners. Every entrant in the championships must enter the Traditional class, whatever else they choose to bake. With so few ingredients permitted, the flour is doing a large share of the work, and the judges will taste the difference.
A Scottish mill backing Scotland's shortbread championship also makes sense on its own terms: Carr's mill in Kirkcaldy, our championships in Inverness.
What they mill
Carr's range covers the everyday and the specialist:
- Plain, self-raising, wholemeal and strong white flours
- Speciality flours, including pizza and pasta
- Sauce flour
- Cake mixes
- Breadmaker mixes
Bake with Carr's
Browse the flours, mixes and recipes on Carr's own site — then put them to work in the championships.