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Carotino Australia

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OVERALL

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MYS
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Cooking oils

Joint venture between Carotino Malaysia and Pharmacare Laboratories. Carotino is part of one of the largest privately held plantation groups (especially palm oil) in Malaysia with acreage of over 100,000 acres.

Company Ownership

Carotino Australia Pty Ltd   AUS     website   email      
  Carotino SDN BHD   
   owns 50% of Carotino Australia Pty Ltd  
MYS     website   email      

Palm oil company

Vertically integrated palm oil company.

      J C Chang Group   
       owns 100% of Carotino SDN BHD  
MYS     website   email      

Palm oil

Malaysian based and privately-owned business group covering businesses in oil palm planting, palm oil milling and refining, property and development, hotel, insurance, manufacturing and trading.

  PharmaCare Laboratories Pty Ltd   
   owns 50% of Carotino Australia Pty Ltd  
AUS     website   email   facebook   twitter

Pharmaceuticals, personal care and health care product manufacturer

Bought Sambucol in 2009, Redwin in 2007, Cat Media (Naturopathica) in 2006, Rosken & Aquasun from Pfizer in 2005, Brut & Norsca in 2004, and Nature's Way from Roche in 2000.

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Company Assessment

PRAISE CRITICISM INFORMATION
Carotino Australia Pty Ltd
No assessment data currently available for Carotino Australia Pty Ltd
Carotino SDN BHD
No assessment data currently available for Carotino SDN BHD
J C Chang Group
No assessment data currently available for J C Chang Group
PharmaCare Laboratories Pty Ltd
Environment Australian Packaging Covenant signatory
Signatory to the Australian Packaging Covenant, a voluntary agreement to encourage waste minimisation.
Source: Australian Packaging Covenant (2020)
Environment Krill supplements
Sea Shepherd Australia is targeting this company over its production of krill-based omega-3 health supplements. Krill are a vital part of the Antarctic food chain and giant factory-ships are sucking up huge amounts of krill for the farmed fish and supplements industries. Vast schools of krill not only function as food for whales, penguins, seals and seabirds, but they are also huge carbon sinks that help mitigate global warming. Pharmacare is one of the largest krill supplement manufacturers in Australia.
Source: Sea Shepherd (2015)
Social Nanoparticles in baby formula
Independent testing commissioned by Friends of the Earth in 2017 found nanoparticles in popular Australian infant formula products that are both illegal in Australia and potentially dangerous, including products by this company. A growing body of scientific research demonstrates that nanoparticles pose threats to human health, raising concerns about their use in food and many other consumer products.
Source: FOE (2017)
Social Breaching advertising codes
This company has been criticised for offensive advertising. In 2009/10 the Advertising Standards Bureau upheld complaints about four ads by this company on the grounds that they breached advertising codes. The ads were subsequently discontinued or modified.
Source: Advertising Standards Bureau (2010)
Social 2017 CHOICE Shonky Award
Named and shamed in the 2017 CHOICE Shonky Awards for claiming its Vitamin Gummies are good for kids teeth. CHOICE points out that even though kids rarely need vitamin supplementation, these products are marketed to kids and are full of sugar.
Source: Choice (2017)
Social 2018 CHOICE Shonky Award
Named and shamed in the 2018 CHOICE Shonky Awards for its Bioglan homeopathic melatonin. While melatonin (currently a prescription-only medicine in Australia) is known to promote sleep and is used to help people suffering jet lag or sleep disorders, there's no reliable evidence that homeopathic melatonin (or homeopathic products in general) has any effect other than as a placebo. Despite this, the company makes the claim that Bioglan Melatonin helps "relieve mild temporary insomnia and symptoms of mild nervous tension".
Source: Choice (2018)
Social Breaching advertising codes
On 26 separate occasions between 2010 and 2014 the Therapeutic Goods Administration's Complaints Resolution Panel upheld complaints about ads by this company on the grounds that they breached advertising codes, more than any other company. The ads were subsequently withdrawn.
Source: TGA Complaints Resolution Panel (2014)
Social 2012 CHOICE Shonky Award
Named and shamed in the 2012 CHOICE Shonky Awards. Nature's Way Kids Smart Natural Medicine range of homeopathic remedies for various ailments is effectively water with blackcurrant flavour. The harm comes from it doing nothing for your children in the expensive and mistaken belief you're doing something.
Source: Choice (2012)
Animals Monkey-free coconuts
Monkeys in Thailand are kept chained, trained using abusive methods, and forced to climb trees to pick coconuts used for coconut milk, oil, and other products. This company has policies of sourcing from farms where no monkey labour is used.
Source: PETA Asia (2020)

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Company Details

Type Joint venture

Contact Details

Address 18 Jubilee Ave, Warriewood, NSW, 2102, Australia
Phone 02 9997 1466
Fax 02 9979 1696
Email webenquiries@pharmacare.com.au
Website www.carotino.com.au

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