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INGREDIENTS
ADM signs up local partner
Rosella spreads its wings
Rosella has partnered with Kagome to take vegetable-based sauces into new territory.
INGREDIENTS company Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is entering into a new distribution partnership with Savannah Bio Systems in Australia that will boost its presence in the local food and beverage market.
Savannah Bio Systems will supply ADM’s portfolio of specialty ingredients including proteins, sweetening solutions, Fibersol, plant sterols, Vitamin E, edible beans, hydrocolloids, and WILD flavours, colours and extracts to selected food and beverage companies.
The distribution company specialises in categories such as dairy (including infant formula), meat and poultry, confectionery, beverages, bakery, savoury, fine foods and health and nutrition.
“We are very excited about the new partnership, as it will allow us to service a wider group of customers than before, delivering taste, texture, nutrition and function within one broad portfolio,” ADM Nutrition national sales director Australia Nigel Doyle said.
Savannah Bio Systems commercial manager Scott Trethowen said, “We believe there is excellent synergy between the ADM portfolio and the current Savannah product range. The new partnership places us in a strong position to provide customers with a suite of ingredients to help them create delicious foods and beverages consumers prefer.”
ADM has more than 32,300 employees in more than 160 countries. Its global value chain that includes 428 crop procurement locations, 280 food and feed ingredient manufacturing facilities and 39 innovationcenters. ✷
SABRANDS and Kagome Australia have joined forces to take the Rosella brand into Australia’s foodservice market with the added promise of paddock-to-plate traceability.
The Rosella foodservice range, which includes 1kg or more packs of tomato paste, tomato puree, pizza sauces, tomato sauce and Napoli sauce, comes with Kagome's ‘paddock- to-plate’ branding tag to enable each product to be traceable to the region it was grown and made, informing customers and consumers about the precise quality and location of their produce.
Rosella is one of the country’s oldest brands. It was bought by
Sabrands in 2013 off Gourmet Food Holdings. Kagome Australia, which grows non-genetically modified tomatoes in Echuca and the Murray Valley region, will supply and manufacture the range at its recently constructed Echuca processing plant, which processes 4000 tonnes tomatoes a day and employs 300 people during peak season.
Sabrands CEO Anthony Davie said the Australian-owned company was proud to be sharing its household reputation as a champion of Australian- grown produce to cafés, pubs, clubs, institutions, restaurants, and major quick-service restaurant brands.
“Having provided consumers with quality, locally grown produce for over a century at Rosella – it’s hugely exciting to now bring that same opportunity to commercial kitchens – and their customers,” Davie said.
“It’s a great partnership that will continue to build a bright future for one of Australia’s oldest and favourite brands.”
Kagome Australia CEO Jason Fritsch said, “We aim to make sure the food industry and consumers consciously choose to buy and eat at places that support local produce.”
Rosella’s consumer range will continue to operate as usual. ✷
CCA’s sweet strategy
COCA-COLA Amatil has made the switch to 100 per cent sustainably accredited sugar right across its Australian non-alcoholic beverage range, with all of its sugar now being sourced from independently accredited growers.
Amatil’s sugar purchases are now a mix of Bonsucro and Smartcane Best Management Practice (BMP) certified sugar. Bonsucro and Smartcane BMP are production frameworks which aim to increase on-farm productivity while reducing environmental and social risks.
Group managing director Alison Watkins said the decision was based on both environmental and commercial factors.
“We have responsibilities to
the community on resource use and renewal, and we’ve also heard customer feedback in favour of greater sustainability in the products we sell.
“The switch to sustainably accredited sugar is a step forward for our overall operations, and also in meeting that customer demand.”
Wilmar Sugar Australia is a certified supplier of accredited sustainable sugar, and a major supplier to Amatil, and Wilmar executive general manager North Queensland John Pratt said the company continually looked at opportunities to improve the sustainability of its operations.
“Our commitment to continuous improvement is good for our business and also the
environment,” Pratt said. “The Great Barrier Reef is a vital part of our global environmental heritage. We are pleased to be able to make a positive contribution to its health.”
The switch to sustainably accredited sugar in Australia also reflects a global commitment by The Coca-Cola Company to source all priority ingredients from sustainable sources by 2020.
The news comes as the company also seeks to reduce its use of the sweet ingredient. In Australia, volume sales growth for the second half of 2018 was driven by Coca-Cola No Sugar and the trend towards low- and no-sugar choices, the company said. ✷
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