Sanitarium
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Health food manufacturers and promoters
Sanitarium Australia is owned and operated by Australians while Sanitarium New Zealand is owned and operated by New Zealanders. Sanitarium is wholly owned by the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Company Ownership
Australian Health & Nutrition Association Ltd | AUS | website | ||||
Seventh-day Adventist Church (SPD) ![]() owns 100% of Australian Health & Nutrition Association Ltd |
AUS | website | ||||
Religious institution Owners and operators of Sanitarium Health Food Company. SPD stands for South Pacific Division. |
Company Assessment
PRAISE | CRITICISM | INFORMATION | ||
Australian Health & Nutrition Association Ltd | ||||
Signatory to the Australian Packaging Covenant, a voluntary agreement to encourage waste minimisation.
[Source 2017][More on Packaging] |
This company manufactures or distributes products that are certified organic under the Australian Certified Organic label.
[Source 2018][More on Eco-Certification]
Brands owned by this company were rated 'green' in Greenpeace's 2011 Truefood Guide, signifying a clear policy on excluding GM-derived ingredients, including oils derived from GM crops, and animal products from animals fed on GM crops.
[Source 2011][More on Genetic Engineering]
This company is a signatory to the Responsible Children's Marketing Initiative (RCMI), which is managed by the Australian Food & Grocery Council and covers products found in retail outlets. Companies that have signed up to the initiative commit to: only advertising healthier choices to children and encouraging a healthy lifestyle through good diet and physical activity; not paying for or seeking product placement television programs, editorial content or interactive games aimed at children, unless the product is a healthier choice; not advertising and marketing to children in Australian schools unless they are asked to by those schools.
[Source 2019][More on Irresponsible Marketing]
As Sanitarium is owned by the Seventh Day Adventist Church, there are not required to pay company profit tax. Sanitarium pay all other local, state and federal taxes that apply to Australian companies including payroll tax, fringe benefits tax, stamp duty and GST. All profits go to the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia, who use much of it for charitable purposes.
[Source 2013][More on Finance] |
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Seventh-day Adventist Church (SPD) | ||||
Seventh-day Adventists believe that sexual intimacy belongs only within the marital relationship of a man and a woman, and that homosexual practices are contrary to God's expressed will.
[Source 2012][More on Human Rights] |
Company Details
Company Structure | Unlisted public company |
Revenue | $300 million in 2015 |
# Employees | 1,700 in 2015 |
Aus Manufacturing | Yes |
Contact Details
Address | 1 Sanitarium Drive, Berkeley Vale, NSW, 2261, Australia |
Phone | 02 4348 7777 |
Fax | 02 4348 7700 |
Freecall | 1800 673 392 |
enquiries@sanitarium.com.au | |
Website | www.sanitarium.com.au |
Products / Brands
Sanitarium
Dick Smith Bush Foods Cereal Dick Smith OzEnuts Peanut/Nut Butter Marmite Yeast Spread Naturally Nood Health Bars Sanitarium Cereal Sanitarium Peanut/Nut Butter So Good Flavoured Milk So Good Soy/Plant Milk |
So Good Tofu/Soy So Good Ice Cream So Good Vegetarian & Vegan Up & Go Flavoured Milk Up & Go Breakfast On the Go Weet-Bix ![]() Weet-Bix Go Breakfast On the Go |