Food Production in New Zealand

Prolife Foods Ltd

Prolife Foods is New Zealand’s largest privately owned snack food company producing brands such as Mother Earth, Alison’s Pantry, Donovan’s Chocolates, Flemings and Sunvalley. We have been established in New Zealand for over 30 years. We’ve operated out of Melbourne, Australia for the last six years and now our sights are firmly set on the international markets. If you were to look back on our history, you’ll see Kaye and Bernie Crosby began their journey in 1984. The mantra has been the same since day dot, “Providing Great Food, with Obsessive Service”. This mantra is at the heart of this business and drives the passion, integrity, accountability and success we all live our working lives by. The executive and leadership teams across this business all buy into the strong and supportive yet hugely aspirational culture. To have the opportunity to build a career with Prolife Foods will always be a good decision for any new hire to make. The tenure within the company is something we are extremely proud of and will continue to invest in our people to provide the opportunities and growth that not only benefit the employee but provide great results to the company also.

1001 to 5000 staff

Bostock New Zealand

BOSTOCK New Zealand is proud to be one of the largest organic apple producers in the Southern Hemisphere, with a proud history of sustainable growing practices. Our philosophy is to work in partnership with nature to grow healthy and delicious produce, using sustainable practices to protect our land for future generations. BOSTOCK New Zealand has been exporting premium produce for more than 30 years – growing and marketing high-quality organic apples, squash, onions and maze as well as exporting conventional apples on behalf of independent orchardists. Today, we export over 90% of all New Zealand’s organic apple crop globally with over 700 hectares of bio-certified land. BOSTOCK New Zealand also owns vineyards and hand-picks the best grapes to produce premium Bostock Wines. The grapes are grown organically on land that’s been with the family for generations.

51 to 200 staff

Breadcraft Wairarapa Ltd

Genuine artisan bread from your local baker. Straight from the oven in the heart of the Wairarapa. Award winning breads, doing traditional best and innovation better. Family owned and operated since 1942. Brands: Cottage Lane and Rebel Bakehouse

51 to 200 staff

Kiwifruit Vine Health

Kiwifruit Vine Health (KVH) is an independent, non-profit, industry body protecting New Zealand’s kiwifruit industry from significant biosecurity threats through a programme of prevention, readiness and response. We work closely with kiwifruit growers, Zespri, New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Inc (NZKGI), the post-harvest industry and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) to ensure our industry, and country, have a strong biosecurity system.

1 to 10 staff

Superb Herb

Our story started over 25 years ago when the Pike family had the vision to bring fresh culinary herbs to NZ. Pioneering the industry in the Auckland region, Superb Herb is today the largest grower of fresh culinary herbs in the country, supplying to all major supermarket chains, local grocers, chefs and home delivery businesses like My Food Bag. With over 20 varieties in its range, Superb Herb keeps innovating and expanding its growing space with two nurseries located in Auckland. We believe that fresh herbs are a natural and healthy way to add flavour to everyday meals. Whether making a snack, cooking a quick and easy meal or making something more involved, the addition of fresh herbs adds that extra flavour that will transform any dish. From living plants to fresh cut herbs, we offer the variety of flavours and package sizes that are needed to cook whatever it is our consumers are taking the time to make.

51 to 200 staff

Turks Poultry

Turks Poultry is a food production company based in the Horowhenua region of New Zealand, one of New Zealands premier agricultural regions.

201 to 500 staff

Smartfoods Limited

Privately owned Breakfast Cereal and Snack Food Manufacturer based in Auckland, New Zealand. Exporting to Australia, Pacific Islands and Asia. Winner of numerous Industry and Business Awards. Founded in 2003. Specialist in grain-based products including No Wheat / No Gluten.

51 to 200 staff

Beenz

BeeNZ is a family owned and operated business based in Katikati. BeeNZ works with nature and the environment to bring consumers the highest quality New Zealand honey. What makes BeeNZ exceptional is that it manages the entire journey of the honey from hive to bottle; overseeing the apiaries, extraction, processing, packing and exporting – a rare occurrence in the New Zealand honey industry. BeeNZ is proudly Toitu Enviromark Gold Certified and Living Wage Accredited and are excited to be a certified B-Corp company.

1 to 10 staff

Natural Pet Food Group K9 Feline Natural

With our global headquarters based in Christchurch, the Natural Pet Food Group has been delivering 100% New Zealand made premium, high-meat nutrition to pets across the world since 2006. Our philosophy is simple. Cats and dogs thrive on a high-meat diet, just as nature intended. Inspired by our beautiful New Zealand environment and guided by world-leading science, the Natural Pet Food Group provides the best blends of nature in nutrition for cats and dogs. In a market dominated by multinationals peddling carb laden diets, we are proudly the industry’s feisty challenger from down under!

51 to 200 staff

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201 to 500 staff

Serious Food Co

Snacking has a bad rap. Most snack foods aren’t made in a way that’s any good for you or the planet. We’re here to change all that. Popcorn is a gluten-free, fibre-rich whole grain. It’s a naturally light and healthy snack that we pop by hand and season to foodie perfection. From the farm to the bag, our organic corn is 100% traceable, and is grown without using chemical nasties. So you can snack in a way that’s sustainable for your body and sustainable for the world. We call this Sustainable Snacking.

1 to 10 staff

Baker Boys

Commercial Baking manufacturer supplying own branded products throughout New Zealand, and contract manufacturing services to multinational companies in Australia and New Zealand

51 to 200 staff

Hume Pack-N-Cool

Hume Pack-N-Cool Ltd is a Kiwifruit packhouse and coolstorage facility located in the heart of Katikati, Bay of Plenty since 1984. We are committed to our Growers, the Kiwifruit industry and community in which we operate. Over the past three decades we have proven our ability to respond to a rapidly changing Kiwifruit environment and played a considerable role in the development of the recent changes, holding Growers and the industry's best interests at the forefront of our involvement. Today we continue to grow as a company with exceptional staff, innovative technology and effective systems to provide first-class service. It is this, combined with the assistance in all areas that we provide service and advice with a focus on our Growers, which has built trust, loyalty and….great Grower returns!

51 to 200 staff

Pasta Vera

Pasta Vera is NZ-owned and operated. We've been making fresh pasta, pesto, and lasagne including vegan and gluten-free options for over 20 years. We source the best fresh ingredients ensuring we deliver a range of quality pasta and pesto products. Our products are available from selected foodservice distributors and retail outlets throughout New Zealand. Our aim is to continue to provide busy chefs with consistent, quality, locally produced pasta, pesto, and lasagne.

11 to 50 staff

Te Kuiti Meat Processors Ltd

Te Kuiti Meat Processors Ltd is a small lamb and sheep processor based in the Northern King Country town of Te Kuiti. We specialise in producing consistent quality natural lamb and mutton products for global customers.We are proud to be part of the local community, providing employment to 220 people at our export processing facility. The plant has a long history in Te Kuiti, originally being built in the early 1900’s by the local council who operated the plant for many years. Over time only a fewparties have owned the plant, with extensive modification taking place in 1996 by Davmet and Allied Farmers who were the joint owners at the time. This allowed processing to an export standard to take place with chilled processing introduced in 1996. All carcasses are further processed into pre packaged cuts to meet. It’s the perfect place to farm sheep and it’s home to our company, TK Natural Lamb. We’re proud to produce some of the best natural lamb on the planet. We raise our animals with care and farm our land with a deep respect for our environment We tread lightly following sustainable practices to ensure our farming way of life will be preserved for generations to come. Our lamb is healthy, tender and delicious. That’s because our sheep are 100% grass fed, as nature intended.

51 to 200 staff

Universal Beef Packers Ltd

Universal Beef Packers Ltd. is a Meat Processor company based out of Te Kuiti, Waikato, New Zealand.

201 to 500 staff

Bennetto Natural Foods Co

Bennetto Natural Foods is a B Corp certified, chocolate producing company with kitchen bench top beginnings, founded in 2010 by Lucy Bennetto. We make clean-ingredient chocolate bars, drinking chocolate powders, and truffle squares with our partner in Switzerland. We use Fairtrade Peruvian, Madagascan, Ecuadorian, and Samoan cocoa. Our chocolate is free of soy, dairy and gluten. Our primary goal is to positively impact society by promoting happiness and balance in our everyday lives. You’ll be able to taste our passion for chocolate in the quality and flavour of every piece.

1 to 10 staff

Evagrow

Using technology to bring growing food indoors

1 to 10 staff

Meat Industry Association Of New Zealand

The Meat Industry Association is the voluntary trade body representing New Zealand's red meat processors, marketers and exporters. Our members produce some of the world’s highest quality, nutritious and hormone and antibiotic free food for consumers in over 120 countries worldwide. As New Zealand’s second largest goods exporter, the red meat industry generates $9.3 billion in export revenue annually, exporting 85% of total production. It is also New Zealand’s largest manufacturing industry, employing more than people in 60 locations around the country. Every year, the industry processes more than 28 million sheep and cattle, of which 90% is turned in value-added products. As the leading voice for the industry, the MIA works to ensure the sector’s ongoing prosperity. We do this through advocacy across key issues including trade policy and market access, technical and regulatory issues, workforce issues and science and innovation. We co-ordinate programmes and information to support members. And we invest in leading-edge, high-value technologies and science on behalf to increase the profitability and sustainability of the red meat processing sector.

1 to 10 staff

Miteyco Brands Limited

A New Zealand owned and operated business elevating the at-home food experience with a range of premium products.

1 to 10 staff

Neudorf Black - Premium Black Garlic

New Zealand's best black garlic range is here. Easy to use, with amazing flavour. PREMIUM QUALITY. The versatility of black garlic means you can add it to any meal – it is the perfect blend of flavour and all-natural nutrition. EASY TO ENJOY. Anyone can create something special in minutes that will both impress and delight.

1 to 10 staff

Spl Nz Greenhouse Specialists

We are focused on production with the aim of being the most reliable supplier of what we produce. We have specialised in Capsicums and continue to see this as our core crop as we are now one of New Zealand’s largest capsicum growers. To continue to be a market leader we are continually challenging ourselves to consistently provide the best quality fruit for our domestic and export customers. Although our philosophy is to ‘keep it simple’ we have implemented the best available techniques and systems and we are always looking to integrate new technology and innovation in to our entire growing, picking, packing and supply chain management process.

51 to 200 staff

The Soil & Health Association Of New Zealand

The Soil & Health Association is the largest membership organisation supporting organic food and farming in New Zealand and one of the oldest organic organisations in the world, established in 1941. We are committed to advocating our maxim “Healthy Soil – Healthy Food – Healthy People” and to creating an organic New Zealand. Our work includes- Publisher for Organic NZ magazine – New Zealand’s leading organics magazine - Support for the development of research into organics - Promoting organic production methods - Working to curb pesticide use, provide information and education on the effect of pesticides on health and the environment - Supporting local and national initiatives to halt chemical trespass - Working to keep NZ farming, our food supply and the environment free of genetic engineering, pesticides and additives - Providing information to key stakeholders including growers and consumers on how to grow, buy and eat fresh, safe organic food and issues recontamination in the food chain - Working on behalf of its members to lobby local and central Government – influencing future policy Funding The Association is totally reliant on public support for its advocacy role. We receive no government or other official support, nor are we sponsored or supported by any commercial organisation, political party, religion or other vested interest. The Association believes that when New Zealand finally honours its “clean green” reputation and adopts organic principles at every level of agriculture, a dramatic improvement in the nation’s health will follow and the truth of its operating maxim “Healthy Soil – Healthy Food – Healthy People” will finally triumph. Become a member to support the work of the Soil & Health Association, receive our magazine (6 issues a year) and be part of our community:

11 to 50 staff

Supa Feeds

The Supa Feeds story spans over 3 decades. It began with the search for a high-quality feed for the varying family animals. In this search, our founder discovered a small stockfeed mixing plant available for purchase. An idea was born. Already being in the grain-growing business, the base resources needed to create our own specialised and high-quality meals for our animals were all at hand. Enlisting the expertise of qualified nutritionists, a few recipes were created, the first recipes of our Supa Feeds range. Since then, we have never looked back. From these small beginnings, we have diversified greatly to the renowned enterprise we are today –a professional team, 100% passionate about animals and pets and a leading supplier of stock food throughout the North Island.Using the highest quality NZ ingredients and manufacturing to your order, we bring you Simply the Best.

1 to 10 staff

Bowl & Bowls Limited

In the winter of 2013, Bowl and Bowls began as a small pet food kitchen, operating only on the weekends in the rural pastures of Papakura. The ingredients were all fresh and locally sourced, with the idea being inspired by a baby Westie-Poodle named Bowl who was a fussy eater and the smallest out of the litter. This then led our founder Anna and her team on their journey to discover what it took to provide a truly healthy and sensational treat to share with every pet owner in Aotearoa. We believe, along with the pet owners of New Zealand, in the importance of following ancient footsteps and reducing processing to leave us with only the goodness that nature intended for your dog. Bowl & Bowls, our craft product was born in 2019. Each bite equals 5 portions of fresh meat which is sourced locally and freeze-dried using our -18 vacuum freeze-dried technology. Our robust meaty toppings will have your pets begging for more! Seeing a positive transformation of health in pets and giving back to our community are our main drivers, and always will be. B&B Team 2019

1 to 10 staff

Carousel Confectionery Ltd

We are a manufacturer of premium confectionery in New Zealand - locally owned and operated by the Hardie family of Palmerston North. Most New Zealanders, young and old, would have sampled the sweet end of our labours at some stage. Take a look at our extensive product range, lots of classic old favourites and plenty of new goodies! Available New Zealand wide at a store near you!

11 to 50 staff

Denheath Desserts

Denheath Desserts is a family business, makers of the uniquely different 'Denheath Custard Square'. We now supply foodservice and retail Denheath Desserts nationwide and export overseas. Our iconic gourmet Original Vanilla Custard Square is our hero product. A product that once you taste you love. Take a big bite of NZ!

11 to 50 staff

Rescued Limited

Rescued gives surplus food a purpose with great taste and no waste. We are passionate foodies committed to people and the planet. Taking real food, that may have otherwise been wasted, Rescued is a Social Enterprise leading New Zealand to a zero-food-waste-to landfill future. Bread, being one of the most wasted products globally is a new hero ingredient of luscious cupcakes, cracking crackers, classic cookies, mouth-watering muffins and more. Helping the Food and Beverage industry to solve food waste challenges with a circular, profitable, and sustainable solution. Join us.

1 to 10 staff

Rosa Foods Limited

Here at Rosa, our passion is about making Real Good Food. Since our deli kitchen has been serving New Zealanders our handmade meals every day up and down the country. We produce individual and family meals just the way they should be – entirely by hand, that means we use pots, pans, dishes and plates and have done over the last 20 years. Our Real Good People craft all of our meals using the finest ingredients from around the country and are 100% free-range and MSG free. Our brands; Rosa Foods, Rosie's Kitchen, The Wrappery and El Santo are available to enjoy from over 500 supermarkets throughout the country.

51 to 200 staff

Ginellis Gelato And Icecream

New Zeland's most awarded boutique premium Ice cream, Gelato, Sorbet and frozen dessert manufacturer. Description Ginelli's was established in the early 90's to bring about real change in the ice-cream industry. Real change towards a truly genuine, premium and authentic Italian gelato, ice cream and sorbet made in New Zealand by New Zealanders for New Zealanders. We take the best of what New Zealand can offer, fresh all natural ingredients from the farm gate to our factory, then blend these with imported authentic Italian flavour pastes to create over 80 winning flavour combinations. Our products are manufactured to the highest international standards set down in Italy, the motherland of wonderful gelato and premium ice-cream. This authentic Italian quality and superior taste ensures New Zealand's Top Chefs choose Ginellis. Ginellis has established a prestigious position in the hospitality industry, offering high quality products to many restaurants & hotels nationally. Welcome to the home of Premium New Zealand made Gelato, Ice Cream, Sorbet and Individual Handmade Ice Cream Desserts. How much ice cream do you eat? Well the average New Zealander munches their way through 27 litres a year, and with Ginellis producing over 80 flavours you're going to have a hard time choosing which of our premium products to enjoy first, second or third.

11 to 50 staff

Paper Plane Kitchen

If you are wondering about the choice of our name, it was inspired by the business partners becoming friends while working in a flight kitchen. Also, we shared a favorite hobby of flying Paper Planes as kids. Our experience working in the airline catering industry is the foundation behind our core values of food quality and food safety. And of course, with a thorough understanding of large-scale food production, nothing is too difficult or complex for us. We thrive on being Innovative and Agile. We have a range of products made to our recipe that we supply to supermarkets, hotels, fast food chains, service stations, etc. We also contract manufacture for various customers to their recipes and specifications. We have the skill sets and resources for large bulk production, and at the same time we are agile to listen to customer requests such as flavor profile, pack size, etc.

1 to 10 staff

Bostik New Zealand Limited

BOSTIK NEW ZEALAND LIMITED is a food production company based out of 19 Eastern Hutt Road, Wingate, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.

51 to 200 staff

Clean Solutions Industrial Nz

Clean Solutions provides Cleaning Solutions for New Zealand food producers. We only sell products that are suitable for food processing environment

1 to 10 staff

Granarolo New Zealand

At Granarolo New Zealand, we are committed to present only authentic and quality food products, carefully selected in Europe to bring flavor and constant innovation to New Zealand. Leading importer, and wholesaler of over products. Our extensive product portfolio encompasses Frozen, Chilled and Ambient sectors from catering and retail pack through to bulk ingredient sizes for food manufacturing.

11 to 50 staff

Hamilton Wholesale Meats Limited

Hamilton Wholesale Meats are Hamilton butchers, they specialise in quality New Zealand meat. You can save time by ordering your meat online which you then pick up from their premises in Te Rapa. All our meat is grown here in NZ, we only sell NZ beef, lamb chicken and pork. We also sell a range of specialty products including pre cooked sausages, lasagne toppers and grated cheese.

1 to 10 staff

Hivemind Precision Apiculture

Hivemind design and manufacture a remote beehive monitoring system for beekeepers. The system measures the weight of the hive and transmits this data via satellite back to our servers where we collate the information to provide a graph that shows honey being produced. This allows a beekeeper to time their visit to a hive so they maximize honey collected per visit, and can also provide an early warning of any issues with hive health.

1 to 10 staff

Hubbard Foods

We make natural, healthy, nutritious, delicious and sustainable food that’s good for you, fills you up and cheers you on along the way. What’s not to like? We want to fill the world with positive energy. Then go home happy. A lot has changed over the past 30 odd years but the way we do things hasn’t. Dick and Diana’s original values set us in good stead and made us who we are today. Some of the ways we bring positivity to the table with our work is by making sure we use 100% recyclable packaging, we’re proud members of the Soft Plastic Recycling Programme so that means all Hubbards plastic bags are recyclable. Cardboard boxes? Easy, that goes in your kerbside recycling bin. Palm oil? Nah. Let’s keep the deforestation to a minimum, we’re pretty confident that the more birds singing happy songs the better our mornings will be. To help preserve the beauty of our planet, nothing genetically modified ends up in our products either.

201 to 500 staff

Lincoln Bakery Ltd

Lincoln Bakery is an intergenerational family business based in Auckland, New Zealand. John Fraser and his son, Tim, have developed specialised baking products for 35 years for both grocery and foodservice markets in New Zealand, Australia and USA.

11 to 50 staff

Pepper And Me

1 to 10 staff

Premium Food Group

Supply Chain, New Zealand RMP Certified Food Manufacturer, R&D Centre.

1 to 10 staff

Eden Catering Nz

No matter the occasion or size - from corporate lunches, cocktail evenings and wedding receptions, to celebrations, wakes and special events - our goal is to make your event as special & memorable as possible. With more than 25 years in the food & service industry, we pride ourselves on providing a standard of service & catering that sets us apart, and ensures that our clients are always 100% satisfied.

1 to 10 staff

Elanza Fresh Limited

Elanza Fresh aims at establishing and maintain a competitive market position with a range of horticultural products that provides our customers with a supply of innovative, appealing products and service delivered through a totally integrated supply chain and in such a way that maximises profit for the enterprise. The business also, through its breeding and crop development programmes, makes available on a priority basis, varieties and cropping systems to its shareholders to enable them to set up linked individual enterprises. Elanza Fresh capitalises on opportunities afforded by advances in genetics and high tunnel production and realised through integrating and managing four key functions: plant breeding and selection, crop development and management systems, production, and marketing. This is undertaken by selecting high value crops traditionally grown as open ground crops and modifying and adapting to protected cropping systems, and, in so doing, managing key risks that most impact on the viability of the enterprise.

1 to 10 staff

Ez Foods Limited

With the inspiration from the essence of Asian cuisine, Ez Foods desires to bring high-quality products with exquisite taste to our customers and contribute top Nz made products to the Foodservice & Retail market. Our company has succeeded in both being a manufacturer and wholesaler of packaged foods, especially Kebab, spring rolls, dimsum, seasoned chicken for many large and small restaurants in the Auckland area. Located in East Tamaki Center, customers can easily pick up at our place or we are offer delivery service right to your doors. Proudly being partner with Mega Food, Davis Trading, Chicken'n'Thing, Brink Nz Chicken and other well-known brand in New Zealand, we guarantee the quality of ingredients and our products are always at best value for customers when it dispatches. Our manufacture processes including batter, crumbling, freezing and packaging. The products are produced under a self-contained process manufacturing environment, strictly follow New Zealand standard and specifically comply with the FCP regulations of the government, so our company guarantees product quality and service with many incentives for cafes, restaurants and other partners.

11 to 50 staff

Kings Eat Organics

Kings Eat Organics is a Biogro certified organic family farm growing vegetables, fruits, chickens and water buffaloes. Our mission is to improve health & wellbeing of vegetarians and vegans by providing them with ready to eat nutritious organic meals.

1 to 10 staff

New Zealand Roundtable For Sustainable Beef Nzrsb

Striving together as beef industry stakeholders to produce the world’s most sustainable beef through strategic, collaborative and co-ordinated action that is transparent to all. The New Zealand Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (NZRSB) is a multi-stakeholder forum focused on producing sustainable beef in New Zealand. The Roundtable was established as an incorporated society in November 2019 to seek representation across the beef supply chain including; customers, retailers, manufacturers and processors, farmers, service businesses and academia and importantly community views.

1 to 10 staff

Opito Bay Salt Company

100% natural, handcrafted, solar evaporated, artisan sea salt from the Coromandel. Our salt captures the delicious minerality and flavours of the pristine waters of our Bay.

1 to 10 staff

Preston Foods

For more than 115 years, the Preston family has been involved in the meat industry. Continuing this heritage, Preston Foods is committed to bringing New Zealand customers smart, innovative meat and food packing solutions that exceed your requirements for flavour, performance and value. Your business, is our business, and we leverage ours to make yours better. Our new facility in Grenada North, Wellington is a state-of the-art processing plant that allows room to scale, and create a multitude of business partnerships through meat supply and co-packing. Our facility is in line with the most strict rules concerning food safety, quality and hygiene. We’d love to hear from large scale food manufacturers, National food service/catering companies, and retailers alike. Our service is completely bespoke to the needs of your business, and we work alongside you to come up with a solution that meets your needs, and your budget. Send us a message and one of our management team will be in touch to discuss your requirements.

11 to 50 staff

Seafood Training Services Ltd

Seafood Training Services are an NZQA accredited training organisation that has developed a training system and resources that allow us to be flexible and mobile. We pride our services on adding value to our students and clients businesses whether training or consulting, and use 29 years of service to the seafood industry and personal experiences to achieve these goals. Seafood Training Services like to bring real life situations to our training by integrating pictures, personal experiences and situations into our resources and power points that are distinctive. We have tailor made a number of training resources that cater to a variety of businesses and interests outside of the seafood industry, and previously spent 8 years offering vessel training, however our focus in more recent years has been on seafood processing. As a training provider with 15 years of developing systems and resources, we have found it is important for staff and students to buy into their learning, companies that are poorly equipped to emulate training run the risk of devaluing their efforts and will have less invested staff when training is essential.

1 to 10 staff