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Australian-owned food and drinks manufacturer, founded 1899 and ASX 200 listed, producing dairy, beverages, nutritional powders and brands including Vegemite, Bega Cheese and Dare.
The Bega Group is an Australian-owned food and drinks manufacturer and an ASX 200 listed company with annual turnover of more than $3 billion and approximately 4,000 employees. It operates across two segments: branded consumer products and bulk nutritional powders and dairy ingredients. The company's manufacturing base spans dairy manufacturing, food and beverage production, nutritional powders, bulk ingredients and branded consumer packaged goods, supplying both domestic and international markets.
The group traces its origins to a dairy cooperative formed in the Bega Valley of New South Wales in 1899, and it has operated for more than a century. It owns and manufactures a portfolio of established Australian food brands, among them Bega Cheese, Vegemite, Dare, Dairy Farmers, Farmers Union, Zooper Dooper and Yoplait. Production and distribution of these branded and bulk products underpin the company's operations across Australia and its presence in overseas markets.
Bega Group describes its values as "Greatness Pillars": Great Food, Great People, Great Aspirations and Greater Good. The company states an emphasis on quality, innovation, enduring brands and sustainability, alongside a stated mission to create Australian food that nourishes families nationally. Its operations remain connected to agricultural roots in regional New South Wales.