Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing Company

Sanitarium
Company typePrivate
IndustryFood
FoundedMelbourne, Victoria 1898
HeadquartersBerkeley Vale, New South Wales, Australia
Auckland, New Zealand
Key people
Kevin Jackson, CEO, Todd Saunders Executive GM Australia NZ, Michael Barton, GM-New Zealand
ProductsWeet-Bix
Up & Go
Peanut butter
So Good
Marmite
Alternative Dairy Company
RevenueA$300 million
Number of employees
1700
ParentSeventh-day Adventist Church
WebsiteSanitarium Australia
Sanitarium New Zealand

The Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing Company is the trading name of two sister food companies (Australian Health and Nutrition Association Ltd[1] and New Zealand Health Association Ltd).[2] Both are wholly owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.[3]

Founded in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1898,[4] Sanitarium has factories in Australia and New Zealand, producing a large range of breakfast cereals and vegetarian products. All the food products it manufactures and markets are plant derived or vegetarian. Its flagship product is Weet-Bix sold in Australia and New Zealand.

  1. ^ "Australian Health and Nutrition Association Ltd", Bloomberg
  2. ^ "...New Zealand Health Association Limited trading as Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing Company...", sanitarium.co.nz
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference SP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Vegetarianism in Australia: A History" (PDF). 16 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2019.