Agri-processing

There are more than fifty companies in the region identified as involved in the food processing and allied industries.

The existing businesses involved in value adding to food products in this region can be defined as:

• Grower-Packer-Marketers
• Producer-Processors
• Seafood and Aquaculture Producers and Processors
• Major Account Buying Operators
• Existing Specialist Food Processors
• Other Food and Allied Industries, including:
  • Agri-business support
  • Cold storage
  • Food manufacturing and equipment manufacturers
  • Food wholesaling

Bundaberg Sugar is a grower, miller, refiner, and marketer of sugar and related products in Australia. The company is Queensland's largest cane grower and owns and operates several sugar mills throughout Queensland. Bundaberg is unique in Australia s it is the only place where the entire range of sugar production activities occur ie cane growing, milling, refining, research and distilling, packing, bottling and distribution.

Bundaberg Distilling Company has been producing Bundaberg Rum from local sugar cane for 115 years and continues to use best ingredients, products and services. The Bundaberg Rum brand excels in new product developments highlighted by the recent launch of 'Bundaberg Draught', the worlds first pre-mixed spirit on tap.

Bundaberg Brewed Drinks is a well known beverage exporter in its own right. From its factory in Bundaberg, the company's range of popular brewed soft drinks are sold throughout Australia, and exported to eight overseas countries including New Zealand and the USA. Along with the ever popular Bundaberg Ginger Beer, the company makes a range of brewed soft drinks based on traditional recipes and natural ingredients.