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The three new peanut butter products on supermarket shelves … “Smooth”, “Crunchy” and the peanuts-only\u00a0 “Rustic Grind” (Photo: Bega Foods)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bega Foods executive general manager Adam McNamara
(Photo: LinkedIn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 2, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shoppers will have noticed three new varieties of peanut butter gracing supermarket shelves lately … and they all have an intimate connection to Kingaroy.<\/p>\n

The three new Bega products – “Simply Nuts Smooth”, “Simply Nuts Crunchy” and “Simply Nuts Rustic Grind” – are all made from 100 per cent Australian peanuts which have passed through Kingaroy’s peanut silos.<\/p>\n

The peanuts have been grown in the South Burnett, Central Queensland, Bundaberg and North Queensland areas and then transported via Kingaroy to Melbourne for processing into peanut paste.<\/p>\n

The Australian peanuts are being kept segregated from imported products, which are still necessary because local production does not meet the Australian market’s demand for peanuts – a situation that Bega hopes to change one day.<\/p>\n

Bega is positioning the new all-natural range as premium products and – adding to this product differentiation – they are being sold in\u00a0325g glass jars with black lids.<\/p>\n

The “Smooth” and “Crunchy” varieties also include “a pinch” of sea salt, according to Bega, but the “Rustic Grind” includes nothing at all except Australian peanuts.<\/p>\n

“Bega Simply Nuts” is the first brand to be launched by Bega Cheese since it took over the Peanut Company of Australia last year.<\/p>\n

Bega Foods Executive general manager Adam McNamara said the new product had been developed because of the increasing consumer focus on health and wellness.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advertising to support the supermarket rollout will begin in a few weeks.<\/p>\n

Mr McNamara said a new line had been installed at Bega’s Melbourne food processing facility to handle the new products.<\/p>\n

“There is a definite market for natural peanut butter which has been experiencing significant growth,” he said.<\/p>\n

He said the new product range was 100 per cent Australian … 100 per cent Australian nuts processed by a 100 per cent Australian-owned company.<\/p>\n

“Bega is really excited and proud about this product and what it represents,” Mr McNamara said.<\/p>\n

He said this year’s peanut harvest had been affected by the drought in dryland growing areas, but had been positive in the Bundaberg area and Atherton Tablelands.<\/p>\n

\u201cBega has been actively working to support farmers to\u00a0increase the supply of peanuts in Australia, and that is ongoing,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The plantings are certainly looking positive.”<\/p>\n

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Bega’s regular range of peanut butter – sold in the familiar plastic jars with yellow lids – will still be sold in supermarkets alongside the new range.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A complicated intellectual property dispute between Bega Cheese and multinational food company Kraft, which has been mentioned in both Australian and US courts, is still ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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