Richard Godley, who led the project, said the group had run a trip to the Dungworth dairy farm Our Cow Molly with pupils from St Joseph’s School in Ainsworth.
He said: “Kids don’t necessarily know where food comes from, so we wanted to highlight that – we got to show them what dairy farming is about and they had an ice cream.”
Our Cow Molly is one of many local food businesses which “were very family-run, family-orientated and still are,” Mr Godley added.
“That’s the core to many of them.”
He said the book, which is available online, was for anyone with an interest in the history of both food and local industry.
As well as the well-known links to Henderson’s Relish, Sheffield was home to the manufacture of Bassett’s sweets, Thornton’s chocolates and Simpkin’s traditional sweets.
Catherine Croney, who researched for the book, created the trail and the children’s activity pack, said she was “absolutely delighted” with the project.