Sanitarium Health Food Company
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The Sanitarium Health Food Company is a food company in Australia and New Zealand that produces a large range of breakfast cereals as well as a range of vegetarian products. Founded in 1898, its flagship product Weet-Bix is a top seller in the Australian and New Zealand breakfast cereal market. Sanitarium is wholly owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which affords them tax benefits as the company directs its profits back into the church.
Sanitarium has factories in many locations across Australia and New Zealand, some of these include, Berkeley Vale, Cooranbong, Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Auckland.
History
Officially formed in 1898, the process of forming a health food company had been in discussions amongst Seventh-day Adventists in Australia for a number of years. To help the company get started, a baker by the name of Edward Halsey was called out from the United States, arriving in Sydney on November 8, 1897.Products
Breakfast cereals
- Weet-Bix, and its family of products:
- *Weet-Bix Crunch
- *Weet-Bix Multi-Grain
- *Good Start
- *Hi-bran
- *Fruity-bix
- *Fruity-bix Bars
- *Lite-bix
- Granola
- Puffed wheat
- Honey wheats
- Aussie Corn flakes
- Light'n'tasty
- Ricies
Convenient breakfast cereals
- Up&Go
- Fastbreak
Meals
- Deli Luncheon
- Lunch Today
Spreads
- Sanitarium Peanut Butter
- Peanuts Peanut Butter (No longer made)
- Natural Peanut Butter
- Marmite
Dairy Alternatives
- So-Good, and its family of products:
- *So-Good Ice Cream
- *So-Good Lite
- *Flavoured So-Good
- *Organics Simply Soy
Vegetarian products
- Vegie Delights range, which includes 4 kinds of vegan sausages
- Savoury Lentils
- Tender Pieces
- Casserole Mince
- Country Hotpot
- Vegetarian Sausages
- Nutmeat
- Nutolene
- Rediburger
- Sanitarium brand nuts and confectionery.
References
- Parr, R., & Litster, G. (c1996). "What Hath God Wrought!": The Sanitarium Health Food Company Story. Berkely Vale: Sanitarium Health Food Company
- [Leap of Faith "Tax Breaks"]
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