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• 2015 Food Magazine Awards winners • Sustainable Food Manufacturing • Health Foods • Packaging & Labelling • Motors, Drives & Controls

arlier this week, we learnt that the ABC was being sued by A2 milk for misleading and deceptive statements made on a segment of The Checkout, which interestingly quoted this magazine during the segment.

Being a publisher, I know better than to comment on an ongoing lawsuit, so instead I’m going to stir that hornet’s nest that is the issue of trust. While A2 and the ABC argue over the legalities of who said what, the real issue is whether the absence or otherwise of an ingredient, that consumers had hitherto no knowledge of, is actually an issue they should be worried about or whether they care.

Alongside issues like country or origin labelling, free-range chicken densities and “fresh” frozen bread, a number of trust issues abound; but what is the true cost impact of trust to the bottom line?

Aside from the $2.5 million fine, what was the real cost to Coles of the breach of trust with its customers over the “fresh” bread episode? The question of trust in milk production appears unchallenged as

exports enjoyed growth of nearly 40 percent on last year, so outside our shores, do export markets care much about which products contains A1 and which contains A2? Apparently not. Australia has a strong reputation for good quality and standards, which impart a high degree of trust in manufactured goods.

However, we ought not to test these trust boundaries if we’re to be anyone’s breadbasket.

In other news, recruitment consultant Hays reported that the Food and Beverage sector was showing positive growth signs, but highlighted that a shortfall in highly skilled workers continues to force companies to source talent from Europe.

While small growth may be present in Food manufacturing, there’s an expectation that the sector, as well as one or two others, can pick up the slack left in the wake of the Mining boom.

We’d like to hear from you if the latest budget’s accelerated depreciation is helping with that; or if you have an opinion on this or anything else from this year’s budget, please drop me an email martin.sinclair@cirrusmedia.com.au

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FSANZ has updated the Code

Finding the sweet spot for exporting to China

The benefits of a purpose-built facility

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44 ON THE SHELF

We reveal the finalists for the 2015 Food Magazine Awards

12 New products to keep an eye on

40 MATERIALS HANDLING

We put the spotlight on the latest products

6 BUSINESS Understanding how your business will be valued will help you recognise a fair deal

8 SCANNING Image recognition technology can help reveal the why behind the buy

How to minimise pallet wrapping costs

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NEWS

Updated Food Standards Code FSANZ has reviewed the Food Standards Code and released an updated version, which will take effect on 1 March 2016, with no transition period.

FSANZ has advised that all involved in producing, manufacturing or selling food should review the requirements that relate to their products and ensure they meet all the requirements of the Code.

FSANZ reviewed the Food Standards Code to make the requirements clearer and to ensure it better meets the needs of stakeholders. Another reason for changing the Code was to ensure it was more closely aligned with the food Acts of the Australian and New Zealand Governments and Australian states and territories, which rely on requirements to be clearly stated. The changes will reduce uncertainty when it

comes to code enforcement issues.

Most of the changes were made to chapter one and two and FSANZ says while the code will look different, there have been no major changes.

The changes that have been made include updating the wording to clarify key areas, such as: • the Code’s requirements; to make it clearer who has to comply • provisions relating to food additives, processing aids and nutritive substances • food composition requirements, to clarify when a requirement is legally required for the sale of a product, or is a prerequisite to a permission, for example to add a food additive.

A dictionary of defined terms is also included in the revised Code.

In brief Baiada accused of exploiting migrant workers Foreign workers in the fruit picking and food processing industries are allegedly enduring slave-like conditions, according to an ABC Four Corners report. Baiada responded by saying it was 'surprised' by the allegations and that the claims are inconsistent with prior checks and audits on their contract labour providers. Shortly after, Aussie Farmers Direct stopped buying Lilydale Free Range chicken, after they contacted Baiada regarding the allegations, but decided their response wasn't satisfactory.

Budget to help some The 2015-16 Federal Budget has delivered a tax break for small businesses and money to promote trade and encourage foreign investment. But not everyone is a winner, with Grant Thornton Australia calling upon the government to provide real incentives to mid-size operators and export opportunities that extend beyond small businesses.

SPC opens snack line SPC has opened a high speed snack line as part of the company's $100 million investment program. The new line can produce any of SPC's food products in cup format.

The news comes shortly after Coca-Cola Amatil appointed ex-Bulla Dairy Foods CEO, Reg Weine as the managing director of SPC.

Matthews takes on Compact agency Matthews Australasia has been appointed the Australasian agent for Compact Labelling Systems.

Source of Hep A outbreak contested The Department of Health and Patties Foods have come to conflicting conclusions on the source of the Hepatitis A outbreak linked to Nanna's 1kg fresh frozen mixed berries. The Department of Health said there is 'very strong evidence' linking Nanna's recalled berries with an increased risk of developing Hep A, but Patties Foods found no Hepatitis A or E.coli on recalled products after completing their microbiological and viral testing.

Kellogg's announced the Health Star Ratings will appear on Kellogg's cereal in Australia and New Zealand from early June and will be on the full cereal range by the end of 2015. Assistant Minister for Health Fiona Nash said she is extremely pleased with the uptake of the system, with "the vast majority of breakfast cereals now set to display the health stars."

Coles to pay $2.5 mill for bread claims The Federal Court has ordered Coles to pay penalties of $2.5 million for its misleading "Baked Today" and "Freshly Baked In-Store" bread promotion. The Federal Court has ordered Coles Supermarkets Australia to pay penalties of $2.5 million for making false or misleading representations and engaging in misleading conduct, in proceedings brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

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Health Star Ratings gain momentum

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4 ways

to value a business Understanding how your business will be valued by potential buyers will allow you to better evaluate offers and recognise a fair deal. By David Baveystock and Ben van der Westhuizen.

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commercially rational valuation will provide the business owner with a realistic assessment of what can be realised and prepare them for the on-going negotiations throughout the sale process.

Buyers use a number of approaches when valuing potential acquisition targets, including: discounted cash flow (DCF) methodology; multiple based valuation approach; and replacement cost or liquidation value approach.

1. Discounted Cash Flow A common approach to value a business is the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) valuation methodology. The DCF takes into account the future cash flows the business is expected to generate and the risk associated with those cash flows. The future cash flows are discounted back 6 Foodmagazine | Jun/Jul 2015 | www.foodmag.com.au

to ‘today’s value’ using a discount rate that reflects the future earnings risk and cash flows of the business. The business is valued on a standalone basis and any personal expenses of the current owners are reversed (or normalised). Similarly, historical once-off income and expense items that are not expected to be repeated in the future are not included in the forecast of free cash flow. In practice, the current year’s budget and future forecasts are used as a starting point for determining future cash flows.

The choice of discount rate can dramatically change a valuation. Corporates often use the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) as a discount rate for investment decisions. The WACC represents the minimum required rate of return (or hurdle rate) that investments made by the corporate should achieve.

The discount rate can also be viewed as an opportunity cost, e.g. what rate of return do available investment alternatives with similar risk profiles earn in the market place? The rate of return an investor can earn on an investment of comparable size and risk, is the opportunity cost and therefore the discount rate for the DCF valuation. A DCF valuation can be a complex calculation and small changes in certain input variables can impact the end result.

2. Multiple based valuation A multiple based valuation is normally used to corroborate a valuation obtained using the DCF methodology. One of the more common approaches used is to apply to the earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of the business an appropriate multiplier

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Common mistakes made when valuing a business: 1. Using an aggressive sales and earnings growth forecast, without testing the underlying assumptions. Any future growth assumptions should be supported by the cost and investment required to achieve this forecast.

2. Normalisation adjustments that remove expenses of owners but not including market related salary costs for senior management.

3. For a DCF valuation, after tax cash flows should be discounted using an after tax discount rate.

4. Market derived valuation multiples are applied to the previous year’s earnings. Market based valuation multiples are based on forecast financial performance and should not be applied to historical earnings numbers.

est), the valuation multiple will include a control premium to reflect the value of obtaining control of the business.

3. Replacement cost or liquidation value approach Where a business owns unique or specialised machinery, the buyer may also consider the replacement cost of plant, equipment and property to corroborate the other valuation approaches. The replacement cost method is rarely used as the primary valuation approach.

assist this process by creating an Information Memorandum (IM) that is tailored to specific industry players and outlines the potential value creation opportunities.

David Baveystock (L) (david@ cometlineconsulting.com.au) and Ben van der Westhuizen (ben@cometlineconsulting. com.au) are with Comet Line Consulting, an advisory business that specialises in acquisitions and divestments within the Australian food & beverage industry.

0400 217 471 www.cometlineconsulting.com.au

4. Value of synergies

to arrive at the Enterprise Value of the business. The Enterprise Value is then adjusted for the net debt of the business to calculate the equity value for the business.

Business owners frequently ask why valuation multiples vary greatly between transactions; this is driven by a number of factors including: • Size – listed businesses are normally larger with diversified products and income streams, implying a lower risk profile and therefore a greater multiple; • Quality of earnings – businesses with high quality earnings and good prospects will attract a higher valuation multiple than businesses with low quality earnings and bad prospects; • Control premium – where a purchaser acquires control of a business (more than 50 percent shareholding inter-

Buyers with existing businesses in the food and beverage sector may benefit from cost or revenue synergies when combining an acquired business with their current business. Examples of synergies include access to new customers for cross selling, increased raw material purchasing power or a reduction in the overall number of employees required. When valuing a business, trade buyers will first determine a standalone valuation of the acquisition target. The buyer then calculates the present value of the expected synergy benefits that will flow from an acquisition of the target.

The sum of the standalone value of the business and the value of the synergy benefits represent the maximum value that the buyer can get from an acquisition. Generally, buyers are not keen to pay more than the standalone value of the business, but in a competitive situation buyers may be required to share part of the synergy benefits with the seller in order to complete the transaction.

Understanding the potential synergy benefits, a business owner can highlight these to a potential buyer who may have existing interests in the food and beverage industry. The external adviser can

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SCANNING

The why behind the buy Image recognition technology can help food manufacturers understand the marketplace and react in real-time, Joel Bar-El writes.

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nderstanding what and why consumers buy is a tricky science. While purchase patterns can be obtained from cash registers with relative ease, understanding the consumer’s behaviours and preferences and the circumstances behind the purchase is much more complicated but equally important. As much as 80 percent of the consumer’s purchase decisions are made while he or she is in front of the shelf.

In a complex and competitive landscape such as retail, food manufacturers are grappling with audits that are expensive, manual and time-consuming, with shelves and store promotion lagging behind real-time changes and customer demands. To audit one food product category takes approximately 15 minutes and involves physical measurements that are prone to human error, 8 Foodmagazine | Jun/Jul 2015 | www.foodmag.com.au

inaccuracies and inconsistencies. The number of food brands and sub-brands, design changes (for example, regular versus “Limited Edition”) and SKUs make auditing a colossal and very costly task. Food and beverage manufacturers can spend as much as US$12 million annually in a single market to employ a sizeable sales force to undertake these audits.

Despite the massive efforts and costs, food manufacturers can only be content with basic statistics and KPIs, which offer little value to the business. Even if reports can be generated from the data collected, they can take weeks or months to produce, rendering them of little or no use to manufacturers. Such limited reporting not only hinders timely and effective responses to tackle the ever-changing taste buds of fussy consumers, it prevents

manufacturers from making more intelligent, accurate and profitable business decisions in a highly competitive marketplace.

Businesses around the world are realising that technology is paramount to driving growth and enhancing customer engagement. Having the ability to capture and manage huge amounts of customer or product data and transform them into pieces that can be actioned upon, will give them a leg up over the competition. It is no different for food manufacturers. They are beginning to see the benefits of image recognition technology and are starting to aggressively pursue the technology to allow for greater efficiencies in their audit and execution processes and drive more intelligent and profitable business decisions as a brand.

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SCANNING Reducing auditing time Image recognition technology—a combination of finegrained recognition algorithms and contextualisation models—allows manufacturers and retailers to leverage and manage the huge amount of data collected in-store to understand the marketplace and react in real-time.

Food sales representatives simply use a smartphone to take photos of relevant store shelves, which are stored, analysed and reported in real-time. Within minutes, the food sales rep has actionable reports in the store, detailing key metrics such as share of shelf, competitors’ share, shelf standards, planogram compliance, pricing and promotional materials.

The use of the technology can save up to 60 percent of audit time in stores, freeing the reps’ time for other sales activities. Imagine the cost savings food manufacturers such as Nestle, which have as many as 6,000 brands, can achieve in just one grocery store.

have to contend with today’s auditing methods that only consider merely four or five KPIs.

Unearthing more opportunities to sell Food manufacturers are facing shrinking margins and limited opportunities for horizontal growth. As competition intensifies, the emphasis has turned to vertical growth or new customer segments.

Image recognition technology can support this strategic focus. A rep can identify and process all the category opportunities available for the store in realtime to upsell, cross-sell and provide range extensions in-store. In some markets, companies like Coca Cola have successfully leveraged the data they have gained through the use of image recognition; they have seen three percent gains in market share, better performance of their brands in-store and a positive impact on their bottom-line.

Accurate, multi-faceted data in real-time

Future of image recognition apps is bright

Not only does image recognition remove human error out of the equation, it also delivers accurate and reliable data on product distribution and availability. Using image recognition can provide at least a 20 percent improvement on the accuracy level achieved by manual auditing and can reach an accuracy level as high as 99 percent.

By leveraging image recognition, a rep can get over 50 different measurements, such as share of shelf (market share), planogram compliance, pricing and competitive insights, just from a few images of the shelf. This is a giant leap for food manufacturers, who

Newer and more innovative technology such as image recognition on all smartphones, tablets, analytics and wearable electronics are quickly becoming a reality. The technology is also leveraging video capabilities, which is better suited for modern trade channels, i.e. big supermarkets with long aisles, as it does not require reps to take as many images and they can simply scan the shelf.

Although current applications of image recognition are mainly benefitting businesses, it is evolving into the consumer space, enabling them to shop faster in a timepoor world. Mobile applications with real-time information on shoppers’ favourite food and other products in

the store are available to help them make smarter and more informed purchase decisions. It allows shoppers to check if their favourite products are in stock and receive targeted promotions and discounts. For consumers, wearable electronics allow them to engage directly with manufacturers at the shelf, make informed purchase decisions and receive targeted sales promotions.

While the retail market is huge, the industry’s ability to grow and compete has been challenged by infrastructure, increased competition, and most importantly, ineffective tracking and analysis tools at the shelves within stores.

Image recognition not only resolves these challenges but also provides a better yardstick of how consumers react to brands.

Joel Bar-El is the CEO of Trax Image Recognition info@trax-tech.com www.traxretail.com

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China’s taste for Australian products Australia has an edge in the alcoholic beverages, enhanced soft drinks and fresh grocery markets in China due to our heritage, expertise and geography. By Joel Bacall and Andrew Kuiler.

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here are many new ways Australia can diversify its product offerings and capitalise on the growing number of Sino-Australian partnerships in agribusinesses which are benefiting SMEs and MNCs alike.

Alcoholic beverages According to a British medical journal, The Lancet, when excluding non-drinkers, Chinese middle class consumers now drink more litres of alcohol annually than their Western counterparts, including Australia, the U.S, the U.K and Germany. The report cites rising wages and high-pressure workplaces for the rise in

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consumption. Chinese consumers drink a far greater share of spirits compared to the international average, and though the alcoholic beverage industry has faced challenges due to anti-corruption prosecution on luxurious gift giving, China still consumes a quarter of the world’s beer.

But Australia’s main opportunity is in the wine category, which is expected to grow by 10 percent from 2011-2016, driven largely by Chinese middle class families and the young urban elite. Of all Chinese wine imports in 2011, Australian wine came

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in second (after France), at 19 percent of market share. France has benefited from an early perception of quality in the market, but as China’s wine market grows in conjunction with the ChinaAustralia Free Trade Agreement, there are significant opportunities for Australia.

The Australian Grape and Wine Authority noted that the market share for Australian wine in China grew by 20 percent last year. A significant trend for Chinese consumers is the increasing desire to appreciate a brand experience whilst consuming wine. For example, Spanish producers capitalised on this and inspired interest amongst Chinese wine drinkers with three month classes at a Guangzhou school for consumers to learn all there is about Spanish wine.

Red wine enjoys a good reputation both for containing less alcohol compared to Chinese spirits and because of its luxurious connotations. The (fruity, antioxidant) health claims also appeal to older Chinese, while younger, welltravelled consumers are drawn to the flavour. New players in this category must also decide whether to tap into China’s growing e-commerce mass market, or at the other end of the scale, take advantage of China’s luxurious gift giving culture.

Tapping into craft beer Another less-conventional avenue of opportunity is the rise of niche alcoholic

beverages. China, as the world’s largest beer producer and consumer is seeing domestic production slow in tandem with the rising popularity of foreign beers amongst young consumers. In fact, China saw a 66 percent increase in beer imports in 2013. The Shanghai Beer Festival held last Autumn even included beers made with purple rice and Sichuan peppercorns. To tap into this market, Australian craft beer producers such as the Balmain Brewing Company in Sydney have entered China (after initially entering Hong Kong) by signing a deal with a Chinese distributor to position high end craft beers to wealthy consumers in hotel bars and restaurants.

To get this right, the consumer must be understood. In an interview with The Silk Initiative, Daniel Taytslin of Gotham East, a Shanghai based spirits importer and brand developer, said that the strategy isn’t about ‘going to a traditional Chinese restaurant and presenting them with one-of-a-kind gins where they’ll just drink beer and baijiu… but more about holding an education session to have bartenders act as de-facto brand advocates’.

Enhanced soft drinks Coca Cola’s recent purchase of a Chinese multi-grain drink maker (Cu Liang Wang) is an example of the dynamic nature of China’s soft drink industry. As the interest in sodas wane

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(the market saw a 3 percent decline in 2012), China’s fruit and vegetable soft drink industry is currently growing at 20 percent annually. There is a lot of variety in this sector, with soft drinks flavoured with fruits, vegetables and even traditional Chinese medicinal ingredients. The industry has also seen products combining different market categories, such as Super Milky Pulpy Juice, a drink developed by Coca-Cola that mixes dairy and juice.

Tapping into China’s $66 billion soft drink industry (2013) with annual growth of 15 percent requires a deep understanding of the consumer due to its flavouring and distribution challenges.

The opportunity here for Australia, particularly smaller producers, is to focus on product ingredients and how these are processed. Instead of competing with conglomerates such as

Coca Cola and Suntory, who are jostling with Chinese groups such as Wahaha, Australian producers should focus on strategic-in-market partnerships. For example, Zhu Xinli, the head of Huiyuan Juice (which holds 51 percent of the juice market in China), has been eyeing investments in Australian agribusiness. He suggests that there are “1.3 billion Chinese consumers crying out for premium Australian products,” whilst also emphasising the importance of co-operation between Australian and Chinese producers on “all aspects, including technology.”

Fresh groceries China’s $1 trillion grocery market is transitioning to suit the changing

Instead of competing with conglomerates such as Coca Cola and Suntory, who are jostling with Chinese groups such as Wahaha, Australian producers should focus on strategic-in-market partnerships

demands of China’s 600 million online customers. Consumers are demanding fresh groceries to their door. Already, Australian steak is available through online retailers such as T-mall, and fruit and vegetable producers, such as Australian nectarine farmers, are eagerly awaiting approval to sell their goods through online retailers.

Fruit and vegetable imports do not necessarily have to target high end consumers. This month, Canada’s Mucci Farms sent its first shipment of

‘cutecumbers’ (mini cucumbers) to a wholesaler in Shanghai, with the CEO saying the terrific reaction to the product is due to the fact that it’s new and interesting and has a crunchy and sweet taste with no seeds. Chinese consumers are known to try new products, particularly foreign, and with fruits and vegetables still a common snack in China, new interpretations of traditional groceries such as cucumbers will attract curious consumers.

There is also value in agricultural expertise which should not be overlooked as a key point of positioning

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Taylors Wines is one Australian winery that has found success in China.

in a country dominated by sub-par wet markets. For example, Jiang Quan of the Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, has sought out Australian producers in particular to improve the production of Chinese pears. Pears are indigenous to China though there is growing awareness that Chinese growers can benefit from modern techniques and technologies.

Let's go organic With regards to production techniques, the $500 million ‘niche’ organic industry in China is actually the fourth largest organic market in the world. Recently, the market has been growing at over 30 percent a year as concerns over pollution continue to rise. Larger foreign producers who have applied early for China’s elusive organic license include Fonterra, Anchor and Angove (wine), though Australian fruits, particularly citrus, will benefit from superior perceptions of quality and safety.

John Moore of Summerfruit Australia says that marketing to the whole of China makes no commercial or logistical sense when it comes to

organic produce. Instead, he says to focus on the upper middle class in tier one cities where 48 percent of consumers look for, and are willing to pay for, imported fruits. He also notes that as it only takes 14 days for the products to reach Shanghai by sea, Australian producers have no competitors to rival their fruits for quality, sweetness and taste. Australia also benefits from its location in the Southern Hemisphere and can provide fresh counter-seasonal crops, such as apples, to northern producers.

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Beverages Baked Goods Dairy Organics Ready Meals Snack Foods Prepared Foods Food Safety and Innovation in Non-Food Health and Wellness Ingredient Innovation Packaging Design Sustainable Manufacturer Meat and Smallgoods Label Design Community Engagement Employer of the Year

Judges ¥ Sandra Pereira Marketing and Innovation Director at SPC Ardmona

¥ Andrew Penton Senior Brand Manager at Sanitarium

We’ve got an exciting new venue, two new categories and a whole lot more in store for you at this year’s awards!

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ow in its eleventh year, the Food Magazine Awards have generated a huge amount of interest, with nearly 200 entries across the 16 categories. This year we saw a massive response for the Snack Foods category – a shift from last year, where the Health and Wellness category dominated. The final day of nominations was frantic, with the storms setting many of you back, but we did it and now we’re ready for the big night!

As one of the most highly anticipated nights in the industry’s calendar, this year’s event will not disappoint.

This year we’ve got a brilliant new venue and will be kicking back on Sydney’s largest floating event venue, The Dockside Pavilion. If the views of Darling Harbour and the city skyline aren’t enough to win you over, we’ll be starting the night with our ever-popular Product Showcase. Each finalist will be invited to spruik their wares and demonstrate why they’re worthy of their seat at the awards presentation. But don’t fill up on too many goodies because a feast awaits and then we’ll get down to business and crown the 2015 Food Magazine Awards winners.

Of course if you haven’t been named a finalist or you didn’t get your nomination in on time, you’re still more than welcome to join us at the gala dinner.

All you need to do is head to our awards’ website for tickets: foodmagazineawards.com.au.

I look forward to seeing you at the big reveal – and hearing all about what you’ve been up to for the past 12 months.

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¥ Paul Squires Director at Sensory Solutions

¥ Ralph Moyle Director at Packaging Solutions Director at Australian Institute of Packaging

¥ Craig Young Senior Marketing Manager at SunRice

¥ Peter Day Executive Director at NSW Food Authority

¥ Joanne Cockerill Associate Central Director, NSW Vice Chair at Australian Institute of Packaging

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Flavour Makers - Platinum sponsor The Right Food Group Newly Weds Foods Kerry HACCP Australia Earlee DTS Food Laboratories The Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association

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Meat and Smallgoods

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Created with Jamie Crunchy Cajun Chicken Pieces

Coles Made Easy Slow Cooked Ready to Pull Range

This product uses free range chicken piecesskinless thighs and drums plus wings tossed in cajun herbs and spices. It includes a sachet of breadcrumbs seasoned with cajun herbs for the customer to mix with a small amount of oil and toss over all of the chicken pieces in the blend.

This range targets the everyday customer looking for meal items which provide restaurant standard quality but without the time and effort required in the kitchen. By slow cooking the meat in seasoned rub and sauce, the products maintain a moist texture.

PALATE

WOOLWORTHS

Citrus-Infused Miso Salmon

Created with Jamie Beef Meatballs & Wagyu Chorizo

Designed for fast, easy reheating, each CitrusInfused Miso Salmon portion comes vacuum-sealed in a Palate pouch and pre-cooked in a miso dressing. By cooking the Citrus-Infused Miso Salmon in a vacuum-sealed pouch, it ensures the dish retains all of its natural moisture, flavour and nutrients and is heated evenly at its optimal temperature.

Created with Jamie Beef Meatballs & Wagyu Chorizo is a convenience product in an oven ready tray. The consumer pre-heats the oven, removes the top of the packaging and pours the sauce over the top and places onto the oven. The meatballs come ready to bake with cherry tomatoes, a herby tomato sauce and cheddar cheese to melt on top.

COLES SUPERMARKETS

GEORGE WESTON FOODS

Coles Brand Graze Porterhouse Steak Coles’ new range seeks to respond to the growing interest in understanding more about the way food is produced, who produced it, and where it was produced. The cattle are reared and fed on pasture and the cattle are free to roam. It is 100 percent Australian and the meat is aged for 14 days.

PALATE Grass-Fed Eye Fillet Steak The grass-fed, six-week aged eye fillet is cooked in the sous vide style, providing customers a failsafe method for serving up an eye fillet. Using premium, local beef, Palate chefs season and sear each steak. The eye fillet is then vacuum-sealed in a sous vide pouch and slow-cooked to medium rare.

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KR Castlemaine 100% Australian Pork Yiros KR Castlemaine Pork Yiros is the first pork Yiros to hit supermarkets. An alternative to chicken and lamb, KR Castlemaine Pork Yiros also dials into the trend of ‘healthier choices’ with less than two percent fat and is gluten free.

George Weston Foods Limited (GWF) is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest food manufacturers, employing over 6,500 people across 58 sites. GWF is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with operations across sugar, agriculture, retail, grocery and ingredients, employing over 100,000 people in 46 countries.

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Beverages

BARKER'S OF GERALDINE

DAYLESFORD & HEPBURN MINERAL SPRINGS CO.

Orange & Barley with Passionfruit Fruit Syrup

Naturals

Barker’s of Geraldine created this product after finding they had a limited range of Summer thirst quenching flavours.

Many customers had suggested they make the popular Orange and Barley flavour but as Barker’s of Geraldine were known for innovative and exciting flavour blends, it didn’t feel right to make a flavour that was already on supermarket shelves.

The company decided to brainstorm and use the family favourite Orange & Barley as a base. While still holding true to values of innovation and after some flavour crafting, testing and experimentation, Barker’s decided to add tropical passion fruit to create the Orange & Barley with Passionfruit.

The ‘Naturals’ range includes five flavours that are a blend off Run Forest’s sparkling spring water and real fruit juices.

The flavours include: Sparkling Apple, Sparkling Blood Orange, Sparkling Lemon, Sparkling Orange & Passionfruit and Sparkling Pink Grapefruit.

Daylesford & Hepburn Mineral Springs Co was founded after Mitch Watson and Brylie Rankine moved to a Victorian region known as Spa Country. Working within the town’s hospitality culture, the duo was alarmed at the proliferation of imported mineral water, in a region that possessed the highest number of mineral springs in the country.

H2COCO

BARKER'S OF GERALDINE

Cocoespresso

Lite Squeezed New Zealand Blackcurrant Fruit Syrup

Cocoespresso combines H2Coco’s coconut water with a full shot of espresso coffee.

Cocoespresso is made with pure coconut water, making it a healthier alternative to traditional flavored milks, as it is 100 percent fat free, gluten free, lactose free, dairy free and free from concentrates. The company wanted to reduce a third of the sugar and a third of the calories of traditional iced coffees whilst maintaining levels of hydration and electrolytes the same as their current coconut water range.

After listening to customers on both sides of the Tasman, Barker’s began exploring alternatives to sugar. Barker’s only uses natural sweeteners and they have reduced sugar in this product by using the natural sweetness of the Stevia plant to replace half the sugar in their fruit syrups. This allows them to make fruit syrups with half the sugar of their regular range and no compromise on flavour.

This positioning makes the product unique on Australian supermarket shelves as it is the only fruit syrup (or premium cordial) sweetened with Stevia.

INSIDE OUT NUTRITIOUS GOODS

REBELLO WINES

Unsweetened Almond Milk 1 litre

"Street Food Series" Cider

Inside Out Nutritious Goods’ unsweetened almond milk is the first non-dairy beverage to utilise High Pressure Processing (HPP) which enables the product to be more flavoursome, despite having only three ingredients (filtered water, almonds and sea salt). Unlike nutrientdamaging heat treatment (UHT), HPP is a revolutionary technology that uses extreme pressure to kill nasties, without damaging the flavour, texture and nutrients of the product. Every other product add emulsifiers, stabilises, oils and other unnecessary additives because of the side effects of UHT.

“Street Food Series” Cider was created by Matt and Ruth Gallace of Mornington Peninsula cider house Rebello, who wanted to create something to pair with the increasingly popular street food movement. The pair got together with cider maker Wayne Hewett and spent hours playing around with all manner of ingredients including chilli, lime, mint and Sunny Ridge strawberries from their family farm, to find just the right combination of flavours.

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Baked Goods

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SWEET BY NATURE

DELLA ROSA FRESH FOODS GROUP

Jarcake range

Santino Ultra Premium Stonebaked Pizza Range

The Jarcake range comprises of three flavours: Berry Trifle, Heaven Sent Nougat, and Caramel Apple Pie. The lidless recyclable plastic jars come ready-toeat with a bamboo spoon, designed for catering or dessert on the go. The ability to see each ingredient layered with the next allows customers to mix and merge each spoonful.

The Pesto Chicken and Chorizo pizza is blend of pesto chicken, fresh chorizo and roasted peppers with mozzarella cheese. The Fire Roasted Peppers and Feta pizza uses fresh roasted peppers, spinach, feta cheese and basil pesto and mozzarella cheese and the Salami Capricciosa range is a combination of salami, mushrooms, olives, shaved parmesan cheese and mozzarella.

Della Rosa is an Australian-owned business, which was founded approximately four years ago.

BITE SIZE COFFEE TREATS

WOOLWORTHS

Lemon & Poppy Bite

Macro Wholegrain, Oat & Rye, and Macro Super Grain Bread Rolls

Lemon and Poppy Bite combines fresh lime zest, with cold-pressed lemon oil. The product infuses sugar with fresh lemon to give the hint of lemon and sugar crepes – only crunchy.

Whole black poppy seeds are kneaded into the dough once the natural citrus oils have infused with the flour, to add a savoury element to the product. The Lemon & Poppy Bite is only 25 calories and loaded with the health benefits of natural lemon and black poppy seed. It has been specifically designed as an accompaniment for herbal teas and dairy free coffees.

The Woolworths Macro Bread range was launched to provide customers with a healthier everyday bread choice at an affordable price point. The Macro Super Grain range is packed with ancient whole grains including quinoa, buckwheat, millet and sorghum in the loaves and the rolls have crunchy sunflower seeds.

The range is designed for customers who want the health benefits in a simpler loaf of bread.

Baked fresh in-store every day, these products are specifically formulated to deliver key nutritional benefits and are high in whole grains.

NOSHU

LA TORTILLERIA

Guilt Free Donuts

Corn Tortillas

NOSHU Guilt Free Donuts are not made to conventional methods; they are not made from wheat, yeast-leavened and deep fried, nor are they sugar-coated. The NOSHU is baked, made without gluten, grains or sugar, created without seed oils, and packaged in individual 45 gram portions with a 28 day shelf life when refrigerated. NOSHU baked donuts are trans fat free, low carb and made with no added sugar or artificial sweeteners making them suitable for diabetics and those with allergies to nuts and dairy.

La Tortilleria’s corn tortillas are made from scratch using the traditional ‘Nixtamal’ process. The process starts with cooking the corn in limewater, soaking it overnight, then stone-milling it wet to form a dough before baking it on hot griddle conveyors at 250˚C. By using the whole grain of corn freshly ground, it means the tortillas are stronger, more malleable and have an authentic corn taste.

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Health and Wellness

KEZ'S KITCHEN

FOOD FOR HEALTH

Kez's Free & Naked Choc Mud Bars

Gourmet Protein Muesli

Kez’s Free & Naked Gluten Free Choc Mud Bars are a cold pressed, gluten free bar made from nothing but five natural ingredients: dates, cashews, cocoa, sesame seeds and chia seeds. This product is unique to market being one of the first to display a 4-Star Health Star Rating. They are a source of fibre, have no added sugar and are low in sodium.

This product was created to provide people with a healthy breakfast cereal that is high in protein, gluten free and low in sugar. The muesli is packed full of blueberries, coconut, seeds and grains including the superfood teff. Teff is a nutritious super seed, which is high in protein and fibre, providing eight essential amino acids.

FIVE:AM

FIVE:AM

Organic Raspberry, Honey + Chia Yoghurt

Organic Vanilla Bean, Honey + Chia Yoghurt

The Organic Raspberry, Honey + Chia Yoghurt is made with organic milk, combined with organic raspberries. It contains bush honey that acts as a natural sweetener and chia seeds that are rich in plant based fibre, protein and Omega 3. The ingredients used in five:am products are natural and certified organic and free from “nasties” such as hormones and antibiotics.

This product uses fresh organic vanilla beans, organic milk and probiotic cultures to promote healthy digestion. Five:am’s Organic Vanilla Bean Yoghurt is gluten-free and contains no gelatine, preservatives, artificial colours, flavours, stabilisers or sweeteners.

The company vision is to promote healthy living and environmental sustainability and support family farms.

WARD MCKENZIE'S

BARKER'S OF GERALDINE

SuperBlend

Lite Squeezed New Zealand Blackcurrant Fruit Syrup

McKenzie’s SuperBlend range combines lentils and beans with ancient grains to provide a protein, energy or fibre boost. The all natural blend can be used in soups, casseroles, salads and sides or as a rice replacement.

SuperBlend is available in three variants, SuperBlend Protein, SuperBlend Fibre and SuperBlend Energy.

Barker’s has reduced sugar in this product by using the natural sweetness of the Stevia plant to replace half the sugar in their fruit syrups. This allows them to make fruit syrups with half the sugar of their regular range.

This positioning makes the product unique on Australian supermarket shelves as it is the only fruit syrup (premium cordial) sweetened with Stevia.

MORLIFE

AUSTRALIAN FUNCTIONAL INGREDIENTS

Protein Body Food Bar

LIFE (Lyophilized Indigenous Food Essentials)

The Protein Body bar caters to a growing consumer demand for protein.

The issue with high protein intake is that after digestion it leaves an acid residue, where cell enzyme activity is lowered.

The Morlife bar aims to rectify this over acidifying effect. It does this by using plant protein and by including alkalising greens and minerals and glutamine, all which have a mildly alkalising effect.

LIFE has 14 freeze dried, Australian wild foods and 13 other global superfoods. It provides a wide range of antioxidants, anti-inflammatories, enzyme regulators, adaptogens, micro-sugars and other essential food components so often missing from modern foods and diets.

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Dairy

FIVE:AM

COLES SUPERMARKETS

Organic Cacao Yoghurt

Coles Brand Ice Cream Tubs - Gooey Brownie Choc

five:am has blended cacao with their organic yogurt to create five:am Organic Cacao Yoghurt. five:am produce a range of Australian made and certified organic food and beverage products.

All products are free from preservatives and chemical additives. The five:am vision is to promote healthy living and environmental sustainability and support family farms. five:am is Australia’s fastest growing organic food and beverage brand and is also B Corp certified, which recognises their constant drive to change business for good.

Coles 500ml Gooey Choc Brownie Ice Cream has ribbons of chocfudge ripple with crumbles of baked brownie mixed in with rich chocolate ice cream. The range of Coles Brand 500ml ice cream tubs offers flavour profiles typically found in gelati. The product range has become easily identifiable with its unique packaging design.

FIVE:AM

COLES SUPERMARKETS

Organic Raspberry, Honey + Chia Yoghurt

Coles Brand Ice Cream Tubs - Caramel Popcorn

Free from all the nasties such as hormones, antibiotics, herbicides and pesticides - the ingredients used in five:am products are natural and certified organic. The company supports organic family farms and sustainable farming techniques. five:am minimises the number of ingredients used, necessiting the selection of premium ingredients which includes; organic dairy, organic milk, organic fruits and live cultures.

Launched in 2014, Coles 500mL Caramel Popcorn Ice Cream has ripples of Murray River salted caramel within a creamy caramel flavoured ice cream, and chewy caramel coated popcorn.

TEMPO FOODS

YUMMIA

Allure Yoghurt Coffee

Fruit & Vegetable Yoghurt

The entire Allure Yoghurt range is made from 100 percent fresh milk. The yoghurt is made to the original pot set recipe using live culture and minimal ingredients.

This creates a full bodied yoghurt, that is smooth and creamy and healthy. The Allure Coffee flavoured is made with real coffee and it presents a combination of healthy yoghurt and a coffee boost.

Tempo Foods is a privately owned Australian Dairy company located in Mordialloc, Victoria.

Yummia’s yoghurt range includes vegetables and fruit in layered yoghurt products to appeal to consumers looking to increase their vegetable content in a convenient format. All yoghurts are packed full of protein and fibre from the fruits and vegetables. The inclusion of fibre is a new addition to yoghurt products, which are often low in fibre content.

The flavour combinations complement each other; Strawberry & Beetroot, Cinnamon & Sweet Potato and Apple & Carrot.

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Snack Foods

FINALISTS

NOSHU FOODS

THANKYOU

NOSHU Guilt Free Donuts

Individual bars

NOSHU Guilt Free Donuts are an on-thego snack designed to give consumers the pleasure and enjoyment of snack foods, without all the guilt. NOSHU recreates traditionally unhealthy, nutrient-poor foods and redevelops them into sugarfree, gluten free, better versions.

The new range includes four flavourss with two gluten free bars. The snack bars feature a wide range of high quality, nutritiouss ingredishew nuts, ents including fruit, almonds and cashew eed and and superfoods like chia seed, flaxseed nd contain quinoa. They are a source of fibre and no artificial colours or flavours.

NOURISH FOODS

CAMPBELL-ARNOTT'S

Whole Kids Organic Little Munchkins Rice and Corn Puffs - Apple

Shapes Light & Crispy

The Little Munchkins Certified Organic Rice and Corn Puffs are low in fat, sodium and sugar and fall into the ‘green’ zone, according to the Choice dietary guidelines.

The Corn Puffs contain simple, natural ingredients and are designed to be finger food for toddlers. Corn Puffs will not hurt gums and will dissolve easily in the mouth.

Shapes Light & Crispy delivers the real-food flavour consumers expect from Shapes but on a lighter biscuit, which has 75 percent less saturated fat than chips cooked in 100 percent palmolein oil. Shapes Light & Crispy is oven baked for a thinner, crispier, lighter texture.

TUCKER'S NATURAL

MORLIFE

Quinoa Multifibre Snacks

Coco Hydrate Food Bar

A wholegrain flour cracker packed with greenwheat freekeh, inulin and quinoa, Quinoa Multifibre Snacks are a savoury snack that are a nutritious high-fibre replacement for conventional snack foods.

Multifibre Snacks are made with a combination of soluble and insoluble fibres and contribute to digestive health by nourishing gut microbe colonies.

Morlife Coco Hydrate food bar is a functional bar, offering a snack with a far higher nutritional intake than health food bars. The bar includes coconut water, electrolytes and minerals and contains 88 percent of the daily required intake for magnesium.

FIVE:AM

FIVE:AM

Organic Vanilla Bean, Honey + Chia Yoghurt

Organic Cacao Yoghurt

This product uses fresh organic vanilla beans, organic milk and probiotic cultures to promote healthy digestion. Five:am’s Organic Vanilla Bean Yoghurt is gluten-free and contains no gelatine or preservatives or any artificial colours, flavours, stabilisers or sweeteners.

five:am has blended cacao with their organic yogurt to create five:am Organic Cacao Yoghurt. Cacao is the purest form of chocolate made by cold-pressing cocoa beans, resulting in a raw powder. This process retains the living enzymes but removes the fat. five:am produce a premium range of Australian made and certified organic food and beverage products.

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Organics

ALTER ECO

BAKE MIXES

Dark Salted Burnt Caramel Organic Chocolate

Chewy Cacao-Chip Muesli Bars Mix

Alter Eco’s Dark Salted Burnt Caramel Organic Chocolate is made from dark Ecuadorian chocolate blended with a golden caramel of organic unrefined cane sugar, organic cream and heirloom butter, and is sprinkled with sea salt.

All Alter Eco products are USDA Certified Organic, Fair Trade Certified, Carbon Neutral Certified, Non-GMO Project verified and Certified Gluten-Free.

The Chewy Cacao-Chip Muesli Bars mix is packed with certified organic, nourishing, whole food ingredients including rolled oats, raw-cacao nibs and coconut, these muesli bars are suitable for vegans and anyone with dairy, egg and wheat intolerances. With only the addition of coconut oil and honey or pure maple syrup required, these muesli bars are easy to make.

BAKE MIXES

H2COCO

Cacao-Chip Chia & Oat Cookies Mix

H2Coco Organic Virgin Coconut Oil

This product is a nourishing alternative to sugarladen commercial chocolate chip cookies. Packed with certified organic, whole food ingredients including ground almonds, raw-cacao nibs and rolled oats, these cookies are suitable for vegans and anyone with dairy, egg and wheat intolerances.

H2Coco’s Organic Virgin Coconut Oil (OVCO) is made from 100 percent all natural, unrefined and cold-pressed coconut oil. It is the only OVCO in the market that portrays the multi-purpose use of coconut oil. The slogan is “eat, drink, cook, spread, feel” which demonstrates the various ways consumers can use their oil, and allows H2Coco to market to a diverse demographic.

MORLIFE

MORLIFE

Organic Ginger Digest Tea

Organic Green Tea Antiox

Morlife’s Organic Ginger Digest tea is a functional herbal beverage. This is a certified organic product and is developed to aid digestion and settle the stomach.

The tea is designed to be sipped after a meal to enhance digestion and to sooth the stomach. Ginger is believed to increase saliva and other digestive fluids and to have anti-inflammatory qualities.

Morlife’s Organic Green Tea Antiox is a blend of herbs combined with green tea. This tea has a rich characteristic green tea taste and aroma. The herbs blended with it include Red Bush, Hawthorn Berries, Grapeseed and Rosemary.

HEILALA VANILLA

FIVE:AM

Virgin Coconut Oil

Organic Cacao Yoghurt

Heilala Vanilla’s coconuts are collected, husked and split before being grated and weighed. The grated coconut is then dried and pressed for oil. Heilala Virgin Coconut Oil is made using fresh coconuts, which are grown using sustainable, organic agricultural methods. Oil is extracted using the cold pressed method, not heated or fermented.

five:am has blended cacao with their organic yogurt to create Organic Cacao Yoghurt. Cacao is the purest form of chocolate made by cold-pressing cocoa beans to create a raw powder. All five:am products are free from preservatives and chemical additives. five:am aims to promote healthy living and environmental sustainability and support family farms.

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Prepared Foods

PASSAGE FOODS

MORELIFE

Street Kitchen - Rogan Josh - Scratch Kit

Chia Pudding

Passage Foods has launched the first authentic Rogan Josh Scratch curry available in Australian supermaror kets. The Rogan Josh Curry has broken the three major elements of the curry into three smaller packs - the dry spice, the garlic and ginger paste and the sauce so the consumer can easily create a street food dish from scratch.

Morlife Chia Pudding is a nutritional, ready to go pudding. It’s high in Omega-3 fatty acids, is a source of calcium, magnesium, iron and is high in fibre. The Coconut Cocao pudding has goji berries and cocoa; The Coconut Mango pudding has mango and coconut pieces, with coconut water and all varieties have bromelain.

SPICE VINE Butter Chicken Simmer Sauce The Butter Chicken Simmer Sauce Kit comes with a marinated spice rub and a creamy tomato based sauce. While most simmer sauce kits require unmarinated meat to be cooked in the gravy, Spice Vine chicken is cooked (grilled or roasted) first and then simmered in the tomato gravy. This gives the dish its smoky flavour.

MCKENZIE'S FOODS Quick Cook Soup

COLES SUPERMARKETS Coles Made Easy Slow Cooked Ready to Pull Range The Coles new Slow Cooked Ready to Pull range taps into the growing demand for convenience, for more variety and for value. By slow cooking the meat in the seasoned rub and sauce, the products maintains its moist texture.

MORLIFE Mediterranean Herb and Tomato Quinoa Risotto

McKenzie’s Quick Cook is a wholesome meal that can be ready in 15 minutes. The range is prepared by mixing water and the enclosed stock sachet and cooking it for 15 minutes. For a heartier soup, fresh vegetables may be added. The range includes: Quick Cook Country Chicken Soup, Quick Cook Hearty Vegetable Soup and Quick Cook Minestrone Soup.

Morlife Mediterranean Tomato Quinoa Risotto is an easy to prepare, highly nutritious meal. It has high vitamin, mineral and fibre concentrate from the quinoa, and improves digestion and nutrient absorption from the herbs - black pepper, garlic, paprika and other functional herbs. Extra fibre and essential fatty acid, Omega-3 is added by chia seeds.

HELLS BREATH

FOOD FOR HEALTH

Jalpeño Sauce Hells Breath Jalapeño Sauce combines the flavour and heat of the chillies with lime and fresh coriander all wound together in the tang of green tomatoes. All of the ingredients are Australian grown and have no artificial colourings, preservatives or flavours.

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Coconut Cacao & Chia Muesli Pods Food for Health’s Coconut, Cacao & Chia Muesli Pods are a convenient and healthy graband-go breakfast. Each muesli pod contains a shot of milk powder, so all you need to do is add water and with a spoon included, it’s ready to eat on the go.

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Ingredient Innovation

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GOURMET GARDEN HERBSS & SPICES

CO YO CORPORATE

Revolutionary System of Herbs erbs & Spices

CO YO Coconut Yoghurt Alternative Chocolate

Gourmet Garden’s range is made re with organically grown herbs that are washed, roughly chopped and dried ce so they stay fresh for four weeks once hilli, opened. The range includes basil, chilli, coriander, ginger and parsley and is sold in two packaging formats.

CO YO Coconut Yoghurt and Ice Cream Alternatives are Australasia’s first commercially produced, nondairy yoghurt and ice cream alternatives made with coconut. The addition of the cacao required adaptions to the recipe, which combines the coconut cream with natural sweetener stevia, tapioca pectin, and probiotic and vegan cultures.

SPICE VINE

CO YO CORPORATE

SpiceVine Marinades

CO YO Coconut Ice Cream AlternativeTamarind & Sticky Date

SpiceVine’s fresh ingredients are ground in locally sourced extra virgin olive oil filled in clear pouches that are convenient to carry and resealable with the ability to eliminate air and hence retard product deterioration. The results are products that maintain their fresh vibrant colour, intensity of flavour and nutrient density.

CO YO Coconut Ice-Cream Alternative – Tamarind & Sticky Date, is a unique flavour combination that utilises CO YO’s coconut ice-cream alternative recipe, which combines organic coconut milk, organic raw cane sugar and stabilisers (pectin, organic guar gum), with tamarind pulp and dates.

AT ONE FOODS

ANATHOTH FARM

Raw Superbar range

Lemon Curd

With a need to add sweetness, One Foods found that adding mesquite powder enhanced the flavour of the products as desired. It also came with the added nutritional benefits of Mesquite powder which has a slightly sweet, nutty, caramel flavour, and which which is useful as a totally natural, low-glycemic alternative sweetener.

Anathoth Farm was driven to create the Lemon Curd product after realising there was a market opportunity to make a curd with true creaminess and uplifting lemon zest whilst also being shelf stable. Lemon Curd is a traditional topping for toast but is also used on top of pikelets, pancakes and waffles. Lemon Curd can used as a filling or topping in cakes, tarts and parfaits.

MORLIFE

BONNE MAMAN

Fibre Klenz Powder Fibre Klenz has all the key nutrients for bowel function, an absolute must to gain wellness.

Fibre Klenz includes concentrated nutrients for optimum functionality, for example herbal extracts to stimulate bowel movement and aloe vera for healing the gut wall. It uses both insoluble fibre, phyllium and soluble fibre for improved digestion.

Blueberry and Lilly Pilly Conserve Accustomed to sourcing ingredients closer to their manufacturing facility in France, Bonne Maman travelled to Australia in search of the perfect Lilly Pilly fruit for this product, Bonne Maman’s Blueberry and Lilly Pilly Conserve embraces the natural, tart flavour of the Lilly Pilly, coupling it with naturally sweeter flavours of the Blueberry.

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Ready Meals

MORLIFE

VALCORP

Goji Antiox Multigrain Porridge

La Zuppa Just Add Water Soup

Goji Antiox Multigrain Porridge has wholesome ingredients that makes it nutritionally superior to a regular natural porridge.

The multigrain approach was taken by adding rolled rye and barley to the instant oats. Added chia seeds provide a source of essential Omega 3 fatty acids, and pumpkin seeds further fatty acids and zinc. The adding of goji berries and blueberries provide antioxidants, this was measured and found to be 4000 ORAC units per serve, which is four times that in any other porridges.

La Zuppa has launched an all natural alternative to soup in a cup, that is gluten free, dairy free, low in fat, sugar and calories. The new La Zuppa instant soup range is made from premium quality liquid stock concentrate that uses all real ingredients that you can see, with no additives or preservatives, and all you need to do is empty the sachet into a 250ml cup, add boiling water and stir. The five flavours are: Chicken, Vegetable & Rice, Lentil, South American Style Chicken & Corn, Tom Yum and Vegetable & Bean.

MORLIFE

PALATE

Protein Body Food Bars

Citrus-Infused Miso Salmon

The Morlife Protein Body bar offsets the acid residue left after digestion by a high protein intake. It achieves this using using plant protein, alkalising greens and minerals and glutamine, all which acts to bring back the protein acidifying effect, creating a PRAL of -3.65 (alkaline). This shows a mildly alkalising effect, while still delivering essential protein, along with other key nutrients essential for digestion, fat metabolism, speeding up metabolism, antioxidants and energizing.

Palate’s Citrus-Infused Miso Salmon is designed for fast, easy reheating. Each salmon portion comes vacuum-sealed in a Palate pouch and pre-cooked in a miso dressing. To reheat, customers place the pouch in a pot of water preheated to 65°C, wait 15 minutes and serve.

The dish taps into the Japanese flavour concept “umami”, which is defined as a “a pleasant savoury taste” and is considered one of the five basic tastes.

YOL'OATS

DELLA ROSA FRESH FOODS GROUP

Yol'Oats

Santino Ultra Premium Stonebaked Pizza Range

Yol’Oats is an oat cereal that has been pre-soaked in coconut water, covered with a layer of creamy coconut set yogurt and topped with a 100 percent fruit compote.

Hand made in Melbourne, Yol’Oats is currently available in 4 flavours: Apple & Cinnamon, Strawberries & Cream, Fig & Macadamia and Pineapple, Coconut & Lime and sold in a 240g Tub.

The Pesto Chicken and Chorizo pizza is blend of pesto chicken, fresh chorizo and roasted peppers with mozzarella cheese. The vegetarian pizza uses fresh roasted peppers, spinach, feta cheese and basil pesto and mozzarella cheese and the Salami Capricciosa range is a combination of Salami, mushrooms, olives and shaved parmesan cheese along with mozzarella.

Della Rosa is an Australian owned product manufacturer, innovator and designer, which was founded four years ago.

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Taste & Nutrition like Kerry Today’s food and beverage companies are challenged to deliver winning consumer products with a balance in taste, nutrition, texture, convenience and value. As the world’s leading supplier of innovative taste and nutrition systems, Kerry is uniquely positioned to help food and beverage companies deliver that balance.

By partnering with Kerry, you will benefit from our wide portfolio of ingredients and flavours supported by our strong expertise in ready meal solutions.

Unique Connected Innovative

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Label Design

CHARLIE'S COOKIES

RAWTANICA

Bikkie Bites

Organic Baobab Fruit Powder

Charlie’s Cookies wanted to develop a range that still portrayed the quality that Charlie’s is known for, but that customers felt they could enjoy every day.

The Bikkie Bites range is designed for both the hamper market as well as the gourmet grocer market.

This means the label design needed to be; contemporary, friendly, appealing and accessible. The Charlie’s Cookies philosophy is that you should take your pleasure seriously and the company lives by that motto every day. No preservatives or other nasties are added to the mixes and everything is made from scratch.

Rawtanica’s Organic Baobab Fruit Powder uses bright and bold, eye-catching colours and pattern on brown kraft paper doypack which reflects the company’s environmental consciousness.

Rawtanica chose a traditional African wall pattern with bright distinctive colours which represent the vibrancy of Africa and conjure feelings of culture and adventure.

A very distinctive African stylised font was chosen, similar to The Lion King font, so people could easily recognise the African intention.

THE ROCKY ROAD HOUSE

ISOWHEY

Rocky Road Bars

Wholefoods Pea + Brown Rice Protein

Rocky Road Bars were developed for allergy conscious consumers who are sensitive to egg, peanut and gluten.

The Rocky Road House needed to develop packaging that spoke to the universal consumer, and communicates that the product is egg, peanut and gluten free. The company wanted the packaging to tell a story. To bring this to life, they introduced the characters Mr Marsh & Mrs Mallow, who live in The Rocky Road House and created a rocky road graphic pattern, and added to this with a very strong vibrant colour palette.

The objective when developing the branding for the IsoWhey Wholefoods Superfoods range was to convey the natural nature of the products while also incorporating a modern element. The key priority was that the pack’s design be clean and easily convey the products key messages, and that the earthy Aztec pattern is contrasted with bright colours and clean typography. This is important as the target market are health-conscious individuals who need to be able to quickly identify key features including what the product is free from to aid selection.

CO YO

MORLIFE

Coconut Ice Cream Alternative- Tamarind & Sticky Date

Dark Chocolate 5 Berry Mix

CO YO has two product lines (coconut ice cream and coconut yoghurt) that target different needs in our customers so they needed to take this into consideration when re-designing our packaging.

CO YO employed numerous design agencies before we turned to Jonathon Gosling, Founders Henry & Sandra’s son. He and his partner Jessica Thurecht, an Australia swimwear designer, re-worked both product lines to represent the values of CO YO visually. The design uses water colour paints to create the flavours and the palm tree. CO YO chose a hand drawn font to accompany the logo to give it a handmade feel.

The Morlife chocolate coated 5 Berry Mix is a unique design, as it links imagery that consumers know to be high in nutritional value, berries, to that of the indulgent look of swirling chocolate, to depict the chocolate coating. This new design shows the Morlife are makers of functional food, and that a key feature of this product is its antioxidants strength. The proof of the antioxidant content is on the pack shown by a bar graph comparing the antioxidant strength to other similar foods.

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Community Engagement

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HEILALA VANILLA Heilala Vanilla is a South Pacific partnership, based in the Vava’u Islands (in the Kingdom of Tonga) and New Zealand; growing, processing and marketing a range of vanilla products.

The partnership between Heilala Vanilla and the people of Vava’u, Tonga started as an aid project in 2002 with various building projects on the island that followed after a cyclone.

The Heilala Vanilla story began with a gift of land from a Tongan

chief to a NZ family and the first harvest in 2005 was a mere 45kg. In 2014, Heilala Vanilla harvested five tonne from the community cooperative of vanilla growers.

From Heilala Vanilla’s New Zealand base, a range of pure Vanilla products are created and marketed to specialty food retail, food service and food manufacturer customers in seven countries.

The full range of 100 percent pure vanilla products include vanilla

beans, vanilla extract, vanilla paste, vanilla sugar, vanilla syrup, ground vanilla bean powder and virgin coconut oil.

Heilala was established on the principles of fair trade.

Due to the remoteness of the island and its lack of access to resources and equipment, the Heilala Vanilla Foundation was launched in 2013 and registered with the charities commission to deliver real solutions to the people of Vava’u.

BITE SIZE COFFEE TREATS

SPC ARDMONA SPC has been providing packed fruit, vegetables, spreads and sauces to Australians for nearly 100 years. It is one of the largest fruit and vegetable processing companies in Australia.

SPC has overhauled its iconic family of brands to create a new packaging campaign called #MyFamilyCan. The campaign aims to communicate that the company is proud to make food in the Goulburn Valley region in Victoria and make it clear to consumers who grows the produce that goes into our products.

The product labels have been changed to feature six Victorian farming families who grow the food for SPC; this new family of cans has made it easier for consumers who are passionate about Australian grown produce to know where their food comes from, but they also have the reassurance that they are supporting an Australian community.

The new labels aim to transform the routine purchase of packaged fruit into an emotional decision. Instead of perhaps shopping for the cheapest alternative, SPC says consumers are willingly supporting the farming families sitting on the shelf, despite the price premium verses cheap imports.

Bite Size Coffee Treats is a boutique biscuit manufacturer specialising in the production of bite size accompaniments to be served complimentary to clients within the hospitality, service, tourism and corporate sectors.

In September 2014 Bite Size Coffee Treats, aware of the importance 2015 played in the centenary of Anzac, proposed an initiative to create an elegant product to commemorate the occasion aforementioned and generate funds for Legacy Australia. Bite Size Gallipoli Range used an 8 0z. double ply paper cup to be use in functions and in beverage service in hospitality businesses throughout the month of April, but particularly on Anzac Day. The cup was decorated with the Red Poppy symbolising bloodshed and remembrance and contained the message ‘100 Years since Gallipoli Landing, 1915’ alongside the Ode. Whilst the cups are recyclable, the response from the public was that the cups were too special to throw away. The range also contained a two piece Anzac biscuit pack, labelled with an identical design to be used in conjunction with the cups.

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Packaging Design

KELLY CUBE

SPICE VINE

Kelly Cube Wholefood Meal Kit

SpiceVine Marinades

Kelly Cube Wholefood Meal Kit is a wholefood meal kit containing portioned ingredients and a recipe to cook dinner in 10-15 minutes from opening the cube.

The packaging design holds the humidity and temperature, keeping the produce fresher for longer.

The packaging is reusable and recyclable and local councils return the packaging directly back to the local manufacturer.

The material is greener than cardboard and breaks down in sunlight.

SpiceVine Marinades are packaged in food grade clear stand up pouches (PET/NY/PE 145micron) with a tamper evident screw top spout. The pouches SpiceVine use gives full visibility of the product inside, showcasing the textures and vibrant colours of the marinades. It also keeps the products fresher for longer by limiting the amount of air within the pouch, without the need for expensive inert gas treatments.

DAYLESFORD & HEPBURN MINERAL SPRINGS CO.

BAIADA POULTRY

Mineral Water Eco-Kegs

Cooked to Go

Mindful of their carbon footprint and large on premise customer base, the company sought to find a solution to providing bulk water whilst still retaining the integrity of the product. The custom-made kegs are made from recycled plastic, which are filled with DHMSCo. water from the mineral spring.

These are then transported to the venues, who are encouraged to return the eco-kegs for refilling. They are packaged in 30L kegs and 100 percent recycled cardboard boxes, cutting down product weight by 65 percent.

The Cooked to Go range featuress eight products that are hot, cooked and ready to consume immediately or take away. The objective of the packaging is to reduce staff interaction with the product saving labour costs and time involved in cooking and serving food at the hot deli. After extensive research on packaging options, a new packaging was created for the Cooked to Go range which is a bag in a box format that can withstand frozen and high temperatures.

BOTANICAL FOOD COMPANY

AMCOR

Revolutionary System of Herbs & Spices

Easy Care, Easy Open

The Lightly Dried herb range is sold in two packaging formats. The first is an organised series of resealable pinch pouches with flavour-matched, colour-coded name tabs allowing busy cooks to find the right herb easily and sprinkle straight from the pack with their fingers. The pouches are designed for storing in a fridge door friendly caddy which allows cooks to mix and match Lightly Dried pinch pouches with Gourmet Garden tubes, The second packaging format is stackable pots designed to be compactly ranged on supermarket shelves and also stack neatly in the fridge door.

In conjunction with Kellogg’s, Amcor has developed an easy opening packaging format that allows the elderly and impaired to be self-sufficient in opening packaging without the need of cutting implements. The sachet has a larger than normal tear notch to ensure that the tear in the film is easily commenced, with the film tearing in a straight line to ensure easy opening. The depth of the seal where the tear notch begins has extra width to ensure gripping the product is suitable for those with dexterity issues.

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Sustainable Manufacturer

B.-D. FARM ARM PARIS CREEK B.-d. Farm Paris Creek was set up in 1987 with the need in mind for clean, healthy, environmental friendly, dairy products for health conscious families. B.-d. Farm Paris Creek has proven that processing/production can be sustainable, financial viable and successful. It has done this by: reducing cleaning detergents and water-usage, eliminating harmful additives (colours, flavours, stabilisers, preservatives, etc.), recycling all waste and saving energy by implementing systems and reducing usage of fossil fuels.

All B.-d. Farm Paris Creek’s products are made using natural production methods. There are no unnecessary processes that harm the nutritional values of milk. Even though the company has continuously increased production over the years, it still regards itself ‘hand-made and artisan’, due to the natural methods retained. All products are certified biodynamic-organic.

In 2013/14, B.-d. Farm Paris Creek was the largest certified organic dairy manufacturer in Australia, processing milks, yogurts, butter and cheeses.

In 2014/2015, the company is investing in an expansion which will double production in 2015/16. The expansion includes a new milk-bottling line for ESL-milk (domestic and Asian market), a new yogurt filling line and extended storage capacity.

THE DECOR CORPORATION The Décor Microsafe range has been purpose built for quick microwave cooking and re-heating. The range eliminating the need to decant food from one container to another, as Microsafe storers can go straight from fridge to microwave by simply popping open the lid vent button. They are made from re-usable and durable materials and won’t chip or splinter. They are a safer and more sustainable choice over disposable single use Chinese takeout containers. The storers are modular, stackable and recyclable and the range is made in Australia.

Decor is an Australian-owned homewares company that originated in Melbourne, Australia, in 1958. Research and development is ongoing, with new products continually being introduced. There are around 450 products in the Decor range, including kitchenware, picnicware, gardenware, brushware and baby-care products.

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CST WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS CST Wastewater Solutions has been involved in projects, technologies and services that increase environmental sustainability since its inception over 25 years ago. Its expertise includes designing, supplying and installing wastewater treatment plants for the mining, food and beverage industries.

The company is a supplier of wastewater treatment solutions throughout Australia and New Zealand, with projects also completed in Europe, Asia, Africa and America.

CST Wastewater Solutions’ broad range of proprietary wastewater treatment equipment – which is manufactured to ISO9001 and EEC standards of safety and design – includes: water and wastewater screening; grit removal and dewatering; septic receival stations; dissolved air flotation; sedimentation systems and clarifiers; shaftless conveyors; sludge dewatering; silo systems; continuous sand filters; microfilters and screens; UV disinfection and anaerobic treatment.

CST represents Global Water Engineering (GWE) technologies in Australia that are at the forefront of waste-to-energy initiatives, turning a problem, wastewater, into a profit, biogas, which can be used to power boilers, reduce fossil fuel use and converted to electricity.

The technology involved in a project with Oakey Beef Exports in Queensland includes a world first GWE Covered High Rate Anaerobic Lagoon (COHRAL) and a green energy orb for biogas storage. The COHRAL plant will extract green energy biogas from its wastewater streams to replace millions of dollars’ worth of natural gas. Closed lagoons such as the one installed at Oakey Beef Exports provide a sustainable solution, without any of the negative side-effects, such as foul odours being emitted into the air.

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Food Safety & Innovation in non-food

AERIS ENVIRONMENTAL

AUTHENTICATEIT

Aerisgard Rangehood and Duct Membrane

Authenticateit Solution

The cleaning of range hoods and associated duct surfaces is an onerous, dirty, messy and often perilous undertaking because of the slippery oils, fats and ladders involved. For this reason the intervals between cleans is often left much too long leading to compromised hygiene and potential fire hazard. The new product is simple to use. After cleaning the areas to be coated the product is quickly and simply sprayed onto the surfaces with airless spray equipment. It is formulated to ensure minimal if any overspray. Upon the completion of spraying cooking operations can commence. The product is HACCP accredited, water based and virtually odourless.

Authenticateit has developed a powerful new authentication method that enables consumers to identify counterfeit and recalled products in a format that requires no previous education and doesn’t disrupt shopping activities. By using the Authenticateit app to scan a product’s barcode, consumers gain access to product recall verification, an authenticity check and product insights.

CHEP PALLECON SOLUTIONS

COOLSAN AUSTRALIA

Blue Co-Extruded Liners

ChillSafe

The Blue Co-extruded Meat Liner bag range is an innovative addition to the CHEP Pallecon range of solutions available for the meat industry. The liner range ensures food safety through the use of an approved blue tint whilst using a co-extruded film technology as opposed to the commonly used monolayer films in the Australian liner bag market. The liners are packed individually in cartons or half bulk bins and are Australian Standard, FDA, IMS, Kosher & Halal food compliant.

The ChillSafe Sachet is an environmentally activated Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) generator.

The ChillSafe sachet is environmentally activated within a cool room by absorption of water vapour, and once activated continuously releases highly reactive oxygen species into the air of the cool room for up to one month.

The ROS produced by the ChillSafe sachet continuously works against the two agents mainly responsible for damage to, and contamination of fresh produce; Ethylene and Bacteria.

In addition to the direct benefits of the ROS for reducing degradation of fresh produce, the antibacterial action of the ROS vapour provides an additional layer of protection against contamination of produce by pathogenic organisms that might present in the storage space by continuously treating the air in the cool room and reducing the bacterial load in the forced draft chiller units.

SARAYA AUSTRALIA Saraya Smart-Step Footwear Sanitiser The new HACCP SmartStep Footwear Sanitizing System adds an additional layer of pathogen protection for food processing facilities, nutraceutical plants, pharmaceutical plants, and high risk facilities by reducing cross-contamination from footwear before employees enter the production area or other critical control zones. Saraya Smart-Step Footwear Sanitiser uses compressed air to deliver an atomized mist of Smart-San D2 Surface Sanitizer providing ample coverage of footwear soles.

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Employer of the Year

THANKYOU

H2COCO

Thankyou is a social enterprise designed to empower everyday Australians to change the world through a simple purchase in their everyday lives.

Thankyou’s three product ranges – water food and body care – each exist for the sole purpose of funding safe water access, food aid and hygiene and sanitation projects for people in need.

Positive culture and values have been implemented since the inception of Thankyou in 2008, and is filtered from the top down. Human resources is managed in-house with the company’s People & Culture team. A strong focus in placed on personal and professional development through the Learning Engagement and Achievement Plan (LEAP) initiative. LEAPs ensure everyone is on track for their professional growth goals and KPIs and provides vision and direction while encouraging ownership over the process. Each team member is also encouraged to find mentors and meet with them regularly to seek guidance and grow in their roles.

To date, Thankyou has funded safe water access for 150,939 people, hygiene and sanitation training for 190,957 people and 12.1 million days’ worth of food aid on top of long-term food solutions to people in need. Thankyou has 24 products, including muesli, oats, muesli bars and bottled waters.

H2Coco offers a range of coconut based products that appeals to a wide demographic. H2Coco’s current product range includes; Coconut Water, Coconut Oil and the most recent range, Cocoespresso.

“Candor” is an internal business concept is discussed regularly as a team, and staff are encouraged to be a part of contributing to company values, direction and a team culture.

Company growth is a large motivator for staff, both because it offers constant change but also opportunity for learning and development in staff members, in order for the company to keep up with growth. The company encourages and funds educational training programs for each staff member to pursue. H2Coco strives to instil a culture of innovation into the team. This plays a role in motivation, as employees are encouraged to be autonomous and push the boundaries in the work they do. As a part of an employee’s induction, they are trained in the capabilities of the new SAGE reporting system. As the company grows, tasks and responsibilities become more segregated.

Senior staff members now play a role in coaching and passing on knowledge to newer team members.

This encourages a sense of teamwork, while also providing learning opportunities for employees.

HEILALA VANILLA

MORLIFE

Heilala Vanilla is a South Pacific partnership, based in the Vava’u Islands and New Zealand; growing, processing and marketing a range of Vanilla products. The Heilala Vanilla story began in 2002 with a gift of land from a Tongan chief to a NZ family, starting as an aid project following a cyclone. The first harvest in 2005 was a mere 45kg and in 2014, Heilala harvested five tonne from the community cooperative of Vanilla growers.

Bringing team members from Tonga to New Zealand, and taking their New Zealand and Australian team to Tonga strengthens the team and the connection to the company.

In New Zealand, a growing range of pure Vanilla products are created and marketed to specialty food retail, food service and food manufacturing customers in seven countries. They also conduct team workshops to ensure everyone’s ideas and thoughts are heard and incorporated into the company strategy.

The full range of 100 percent pure vanilla products include vanilla beans, vanilla extract, vanilla paste, vanilla sugar, vanilla syrup, ground vanilla bean powder and virgin coconut oil.

Morlife is a Gold Coast functional food company that manufactures high density nutrient formulated foods. Morelife believes that their staff must share the goals of their consumers and that of the Morelife business; to improve their own wellness, improve their lifestyle and get more out of life.

Three years ago, Morelife rewrote their job descriptions, giving clarity to job outcomes. Training was committed to team goal setting and job outcome appraisals. The key to this was for each person to evaluate their own outcomes and setting their own improvement goals.

The goal was building to build a business with a strong point of difference – that every job description was linked strongly to their overall goal – formulating functional foods.

Morlife functional foods are formulated to contain superfoods, be fulfilled with key nutrients and to provide consumers with an improved lifestyle.

Morlife’s functional foods are in the following categories: confectionary, snack foods, food bars, herbal teas, breakfast cereals, juices and powders.

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MATERIALS HANDLING

Minimising pallet wrapping costs All industry uses packaging in some way and many, many businesses need to wrap pallets.

Matt McDonald looks at a pallet wrapping system that promises to keep costs way down.

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usinesses looking to minimise the amount of money they spend on pallet wrapping need to seek out the best possible price for stretch film. It all comes down to price per roll, right?

Wrong, says Tim Salisbury, Managing Director of AAA Packaging.

“A lot of companies have been blinded as to what their real expenditures are. And it all comes back to one point, which is how much does it actually cost to wrap you pallet,” Salisbury told Food Magazine.

“It’s got nothing to do with how much a roll of film costs. Or how much the machine costs or how much time it does or doesn’t take.”

It comes down to the total cost it takes to wrap your pallet, Salisbury said. And the best way to keep the total cost low is to use as little stretch wrap as possible.

Salisbury explained that research by his company concluded that more than 75 per cent of stretch wrapping equipment tested performs below acceptable levels. This leads to companies wasting tens of thousands of dollars on the stuff.

The system The company has developed a pallet wrapping system that reduces unnecessary wastage.

“It offers not just a little saving. It offers a very substantial saving… and heavily reduces the wastage used in film,” Salisbury said. “At the end of the day that’s what the bean counters are looking for.”

Dubbed the ‘The Perfect Wrapping System’, it involves the use of the C-One Stretch Wrapping Machine range and Euro Stretch Film.

The C-One machines are available in semi-automatic, automatic, and fully automatic models.

The semi-automatic machines are normally used in low volume applications where no more than 30 loads an hour need to be wrapped. These machines require that the load be brought to the machine either by forklift (high profile) or by pallet jack (low profile). An operator then has to attach film to the load before wrapping can begin.

With the automatic models, it is possible to load pallets onto the wrapping machine using a forklift (without getting off the forklift).

And the fully automatic machines don’t need an operator at all. Loads are transferred to the machine via a conveyor system into the wrapping area where it begins to wrap the pallet.

as the work is done before it comes to that.

“We put a proposal together. We go out to a new prospect with… computerised measuring gear and we’ll find out what they do…do cut and weighs, ask lots of questions, take a full report…”

“We’ll do a lot of testing of the current ability of whatever film they are using to hold and retrain movement within the pallet and test that against our own [film] and then we’ll offer them a proposal which includes the documented report of what they’re currently using against what we could supply them.”

According to Salisbury, C-One Stretch Wrapping Machines aren’t prohibitively expensive. Depending on what options choose, the price per machine lies somewhere between $11,000 and $17,000.

Counting the savings

Who can use the system

AAA Packaging claims the system will save customers more than 20 per cent on wrapping costs and more than 50 per cent on stretch film usage. Salisbury pointed out that, on top of that, they can expect further savings in the area of waste disposal.

Asked if the company offers a money back guarantee on these assurances, Salisbury said this is not necessary

Salisbury said that businesses spending 50 – 70 thousand dollars a year still stand to benefit from having the systems installed. “Their savings are not going to be as big as some of the bigger ones, that’s all.”

Salisbury said that provided a business intends to regularly use the system and they’re spending $4000 – $5000 every month, they stand to benefit from it.

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The C-One Plana Pallet Wrapper is part of the C-One Stretch Wrapping Machine range.

Apart from cost savings, Salisbury pointed out that the C-One Stretch Wrapping Machine Range also performs well in terms of safety, reliability, environmental waste and time saving.

Asked if the ‘perfect’ wrapping system can be improved upon, Salisbury said he expected to see further advances in the industry in coming years. He said suppliers which intend to continue selling their current products and systems into the future, will not be around in five years’ time.

“We’re proud to be the company that’s shaking the foundations of some of these prior producers and suppliers,” he said.

Matt McDonald, Manufacturers’ Monthly Editor, writes on a broad range of topics. His special interests include Safety and Industrial Relations.

Contact him at matthew.mcdonald@ cirrusmedia.com.au AAA Packaging Supplies 1300 764 963 www.aaapackaging.com.au

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FACILITIES

Starting from scratch Building a purpose-built facility can have a phenomenal impact on the ability to manage efficiency and quality, Jasmine O’Donoghue reports.

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anufacturer of dessert and beverage bases, Frosty Boy Australia, makes the equivalent of two million serves of soft serve ice cream daily for the domestic and international market, with capacity sitting at a mere 60 percent.

“We outgrew our previous location last year and moved into our purpose built facility in Yatala,” says Dirk Pretorius, CEO, Frosty Boy. “When we designed this facility we had the advantage of sitting down and looking at the issues that we had in previous facilities and saying ‘how can we do it better?’”

“The main advantage for us here is the flow through the facility. We were able to say ‘where do we want the production plants in relation to raw material and finished goods and what’s going to work best for us?’”

what the reason was for that. The guys record it on the floor through codes and then we can analyse it and say this piece of equipment or that piece of equipment that is causing us the issue on the line and if we spend money on it, replace it or we do some more training, we can eliminate that, so it’s a constant process of bettering.”

Frosty Boy’s manufacturing process is now entirely computer controlled, from the measurement of raw material, through to the latest robotic technology used for packing, wrapping and palletising.

Efficiency

“What we use here is a system where ingredients are all barcoded as it comes in through our ERP system called Sanderson.

Sanderson will then tell the guys which raw materials to fetch, and where to fetch it in our warehouse. They scan that barcode into the production system and from that point onward; it’s recorded as part of the batch. The barcode is used to basically start the system so that they can activate the scales and work through it, so if they fetch the wrong carton, or the wrong flavour, the process won’t start. It’s all these things that you bolt in to make sure that you have consistency in your product,” he says.

Frosty Boy has a strong focus on efficiency, driven by a business plan to service both big and small customers.

“We intend to do small batches because we want to help our customers when they’re small and help them grow until they are large. To do that, we calculate our efficiencies daily and report daily on what we call an OEE program.

We split our time in the plant between planned downtime and unplanned downtime and we measure both of those to see how efficient we are,” Pretorius says.

“We want to know for every two minutes that the plant has been standing,

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Naturally Nood is a new range of wholefood fruit and nut snack bars made from dates and nuts, with some varieties featuring other fruits or cocoa. The range includes Banana Bread, Berrylicious Flavour, Cashew Crush, Cheeky Cocoa, Cocoa & Orange Tango and Cocoa Lamington.

Manufacturer: Sanitarium Health & Wellbeing Shelf Life: 10 months Packaging: 35g plastic flow wrapped bars Website: www.naturallynood.com

The From the Kitchen Soup Pouch range has three flavours: Country Pumpkin & Lentil Soup, Rustic Vegetable & Quinoa Soup and Hearty Vegetable & Lentil Soup. The range provides 2.5+ serves of vegetables per portion and is a source of fibre and protein.

Manufacturer: McKenzie’s Shelf Life: One Year Packaging: 400g Pouch Website: www.mckenziesfoods.com.au

Maggie Beer’s new Game Stock is made rich with kangaroo & venison bones, vegetables & herbs and has the natural flavour of game. It’s aimed at consumers who don’t have “time on their side” but don’t want to compromise the base of their meal.

Manufacturer: Maggie Beer Products Shelf Life: 18 months Packaging: Pouch Website: www.maggiebeer.com.au

4 - Rosella Soup

5 - Down 2 Earth dips

6 - COCOESPRESSO

Rosella has two new additions to its ‘Classic Australian’ range. The ready-to-serve Creamy Tomato & Herbs and Chicken & Vegetables within the Rosella ‘Classic Australian’ range combines fresh product sourced from Australian farmers.

Manufacturer: Rosella Group Pty Ltd Shelf Life: Over 2 years Packaging: Ring Pull Can Website: www.rosella.com.au

Chris’ Dips have released a new range of dips made from wholefoods, spices and superfoods.

The range includes; Sweet Potato & Harissa Hommus; Spiced Roasted Carrot & Turmeric; Mexican Style Bean & Corn Salsa and Japanese Style Eggplant & Miso.

Manufacturer: Chris’ Dips Shelf Life: Two weeks Packaging: Plastic Pots with Foil Seal Website: www.eatloveshare.com.au

Cocoespresso brings together a shot of coffee and the hydration that coconut water is known for.

Using robusta coffee beans with pure H2Coco coconut water, Cocoespresso can be a substitute for a morning coffee. Cocoespresso is lactose and dairy free.

Manufacturer: h2coco Shelf Life: 12 months Packaging: 330mL tetra pak Website: www.h2coconut.com

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8 - five:am Organic Cacao Yoghurt

The Desert Tribe Tropical Raw Bar is free from added sugars, dairy & gluten. It contains ethically sourced native fruits from Australia that indigenous people have been consuming for over 50,000 years. Kakadu Plum has the highest vitamin C concentration of any food.

Manufacturer: The Australian Super Food Co. Shelf Life: One year + Packaging: Snack Bar Wrapping Website: www.austsuperfoods.com.au

Five:am’s Organic Cacao Yoghurt is made by cold-pressing cocoa beans and blending the powder with their organic yoghurt. The process of creating the raw powder retains the living enzymes but removes the fat. The product is designed to be a pick-me-up snack or treat.

Manufacturer: five:am Organics Shelf Life: 42 days Packaging: Recyclable 170g tub Website: www.fiveam.com.au

9 - 100% Organic Cane Sugar Free Sweet Balsamic Reduction

10 - McCain Pizza Toasties

11 - Harry's Ice Cream

12 - Five Whole Grain Muesli

McCain’s category-first Pizza Toasties are a hot pizza snack that is heated in the microwave and then finished in the toaster. The toasties are available in Ham & Cheese, Cheese & Tomato and BBQ Beef.

Manufacturer: McCain Foods Australia Shelf Life: 12 months Packaging: Plastic wrapped aluminium tray inside a cardboard box.

Website: www.mccain.com.au

Harry’s new Triple Choc Brownie Ice Cream has brownie pieces throughout milk chocolate ice cream, with a swirl of chocolate sauce distributed throughout. Harry’s Peanut Butter Fudge has peanut butter flavoured ice cream with peanut butter pieces and swirls of peanut butter.

Manufacturer: Harry’s Ice Cream Shelf Life: 15 months Packaging: 475ml Tub Website: www.harrysicecream.com

Kellogg’s Five Whole Grain Muesli is a blend of whole grain oats, wheat, triticale, barley and rye; each selected to provide a wide variety of nutrients. The two variants blend the selected grains with fruit pieces, nuts, seeds and a hint of spice.

It designed to be eaten with yogurt or fruit.

Manufacturer: Kellogg’s Australia Shelf Life: Nine months Packaging: Re-sealable PET/ PE bag Website: www.kelloggs.com.au

This product is made with Organic Balsamic Vinegar sourced from Modena in Italy, barrel aged and then blended with Organic Brazilian Coconut Sugar. It’s designed to be used over raw salads, quinoa, meat, fish or a vegetable side dish.

Manufacturer: Jomeis Fine Foods Shelf Life: Five years Packaging: 250ml Glass bottle Website: www.jomeisfinefoods.com.au

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Flexible package leak detector Bestech Australia’s bench top model TSE6086B conducts leak testing after packing to ensure the quality of finished products, improve their shelf-life, and, therefore, contribute a greater guarantee of product compliance.

It can detect holes (leaks) as small as 10 microns in diameter, allowing sensitive measurement without stressing package contents thanks to the unique chamber design. This leak testing equipment is used to test biscuits, snack foods, salad, MAP packs, milk powder, medical bandages, pharmaceuticals etc.

Results are displayed with pass or fail lamps, along

with a quantitative measure of the leakrate. The test run as fast as 5-15 seconds for most standard packs and testing results are logged into a spreadsheet importable format to PC for trend analysis and traceability.

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Bestech Australia 1300 209 261 www.bestech.com.au

Terminal box The Eldon SSTB terminal box range is designed to provide protection for componentry in 316L pregrained dairy grade stainless steel. The SSTB range has some of the highest number of certifications in the market across its 11 standard sizes. There are no pre-drilled holes, and with corner formed edges there are no potential points for bacteria growth.

The range has a 240s pre-grained dairy finish that

ensures no surface pitting corrosion and IP 66 and it has IK 10 protection ratings.

NHP 1300 647 647 www.nhp.com.au

Food equipment cleaner Produce your own nitrogen right from the word go with the modular system from BOGE. Choose from a wide range of output and purity.

The BOGE ISO class ‘O’ oil free converter for use with any brand of oil injected screw or integrated in the BOGE Bluekat compressor.

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The Jetvac Force is suitable for deep cleaning a variety of food manufacturing equipment and surfaces, including conveyor belts, bottling lines, racks and preparation benches.

The Jetvac Force has the ability to steam at temperatures of up to 190 degrees Celsius, allowing for a complete degrease and sanitisation of key food manufacturing equipment and surfaces. The hospital grade temperatures of up to 190 degrees Celsius kills all bacteria and disease, preventing food contamination. This high temperature can be reached due to a patented stainless steel boiler with interchangeable heating elements.

The Jetvac Force model range also uses significantly less water than traditional cleaning methods, allowing operators to use up to 15L per hour via a continuous direct water connection. It also has a three-phase wet/dry vacuum which removes any left behind residue and food particles.

Duplex 1800 622 770 www.duplexcleaning.com.au

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