Best Food & Beverage Products Companies in New South Wales, Australia
The 142 best Food & Beverage Products companies in New South Wales, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Freedom Foods.
Our analysis of 150 Food & Beverage Products companies
$9.5b in tracked funding; 93% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.
Ranked: Best Food & Beverage Products companies in New South Wales
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freedom Foods Multi category snacks company 21Product top 14%Funding top 39%Patents bottom 35%Global bottom 33% All 5 signals ▾Producttop 14% Fundingtop 39% Patentsbottom 35% Globalbottom 33% Innovationbottom 28% Product: 7 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public Funding: Raised $244M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 10 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 21/100 | $244M | 99 mo ago | Public | — | 1985 | — | 2 patents Dairy ingredient processing: lactoferrin powder production and milk‑substitute formulations | — |
| 2 | Lyre’s Manufacturer of non-alcoholic spirits, premixed cocktails, and cocktail sets 60Tech top 30%Funding top 35%Market top 43%Growth top 45% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 30% Fundingtop 35% Markettop 43% Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 39% Newsbottom 27% Tech: 43 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare Funding: Raised $53.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 6 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $53M | 35 mo ago | Series B | Mark Livings Co-Founder | 2019 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyEasyGift+37 | — | 1 award |
| 3 | All G Foods Brand of multiple food 40Funding top 38%Market bottom 41%Global bottom 36%News bottom 21% All 4 signals ▾Fundingtop 38% Marketbottom 41% Globalbottom 36% Newsbottom 21% Funding: Raised $40.5M · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr) Market: 42 employees rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $40M | 46 mo ago | Series A | — | 2020 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Bubs Manufacturer of infant formula and organic baby food products 80Growth top 25%News top 28%Funding top 33%Product top 35% All 9 signals ▾Growthtop 25% Newstop 28% Fundingtop 33% Producttop 35% Techtop 36% Globaltop 41% Markettop 43% Partnerstop 45% Fin. healthtop 47% News: 5 BI events in 12 mo (of 165 tracked, 14 types) · +400% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100 | $36M | 29 mo ago | Public | — | 1993 | ShopifyBootstrapVue.js+27 | — | — |
| 5 | Goodman Fielder Multi-category food company 53Innovation top 28%Partners top 35%Patents top 36%Market top 39% All 12 signals ▾Innovationtop 28% Partnerstop 35% Patentstop 36% Markettop 39% Producttop 40% Fundingtop 42% Moattop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 37% Techbottom 33% Growthbottom 32% Newsbottom 29% Innovation: 24 patents (top 32% of patent-holders) · 12 product lines Partners: 0 partnership announcements in 12 mo (1 in 24 mo) · Marquee-customer mentions: top 13% of tracked companies rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $31M | 175 mo ago | Acquired | Scott Weitemeyer CEO | 1909 | SilverstripePHPThree.js+9 | 24 patents Food biotech and processing additives: starch enzymes, dairy formulations, protective coatings, probiotics. | — |
| 6 | Eden Brew Wholesaler of dairy products 7Funding top 50%Global bottom 38%News bottom 22%Market bottom 16% All 4 signals ▾Fundingtop 50% Globalbottom 38% Newsbottom 22% Marketbottom 16% Funding: Raised $15.6M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) Global: Investors from 5 countries beyond Australia rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 7/100 | $16M | 32 mo ago | Series A | — | 2021 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Nexba Brand of flavoured water 45Tech top 25%Growth top 45%Funding bottom 49%Product bottom 45% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 25% Growthtop 45% Fundingbottom 49% Productbottom 45% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 30% Newsbottom 24% Tech: 42 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $6M | 85 mo ago | Series A | — | 2010 | Cart FunctionalityBigCommerceZURB Foundation+23 | — | 4 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 8 | Nudie Manufacturer of fruit juices | $4M | 262 mo ago | Acquired | Tim Pethick Founder | 2003 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — | — |
| 9 | Naked Rivals Producer of lemon and lime juice 45Talent top 38%Funding bottom 49%Global bottom 25% All 3 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingbottom 49% Globalbottom 25% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $3.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $3M | 24 mo ago | Acquired | Andrew Gordon Co-Founder | 2022 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Mindful Foods Online store for organic food products | $2M | 97 mo ago | Seed | Georgie Greenaway Co-Founder | 2016 | Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+38 | — | — |
| 11 | PREPD Manufacturer of machined grey, ductile iron, and Ni-hard castings | $2M | 83 mo ago | Seed | David Vincent CEO & MD | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Sipp Brand of coffees | $100K | 85 mo ago | Seed | — | 2017 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Food & Beverage Products companies in New South Wales
#1
Acquired · Brookvale, New South Wales · founded 2022$3Mraised▾
Producer of lemon and lime juice. It offers frozen lemon and lime juice cubes, made from squeezed juice without pips, peels, or preservatives.
- Jun 2024Seed$3M
#2
Public · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 1993 · 59 employees$35.7Mraised▾
Manufacturer of infant formula and organic baby food products. The company produces a range of formulas, including infant, follow-on, toddler, and junior nutrition stages, utilizing goat milk and organic grass-fed cow's milk. Their product line also includes organic baby food pouches and cereals. The focus is on providing nutritious, high-quality products with clean labels, avoiding artificial sweeteners and GMOs. The company offers resources and support for parents on baby nutrition and wellbeing.
- Jan 2024Post IPO$2.3M
- Sep 2020Post IPO$20.8M
- Aug 2017Post IPO$12.7M
#3
Series B · Leichhardt, New South Wales · founded 2019$53Mraised▾
Manufacturer of non-alcoholic spirits, premixed cocktails, and cocktail sets. The company crafts non-alcoholic versions of classic spirits like gin, bourbon, and tequila, along with premixed non-alcoholic cocktails and sets. It sources natural essences, extracts, and distillates to create products that mimic the taste of traditional alcoholic beverages. The business model allows consumers to enjoy classic cocktails in a non-alcoholic format.
- Jul 2023Series B—
- Nov 2021Series A$37M
- May 2021Seed—
- Sep 2020Seed$16M
#4
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2021 · 8 employees$15.6Mraised▾
Wholesaler of dairy products
- Oct 2023Series A$15.6M
- May 2022Series A—
#5
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2020 · 42 employees$40.5Mraised▾
Producer of plant-based meat intended to provide alternative proteins. The company develops a range of alternative meat products, including plant-based mince, sausages, chicken, and bacon alternatives, and also uses fermentation technology to develop dairy proteins for milk and other cow-free dairy products, enabling consumers to get vegetarian products with the taste of meat products.
#6
Public · Taren Point, New South Wales · founded 1985$244Mraised▾
Freedom Foods is a producer and company of snacks. Their products include chips in the variety of flavours such as sea salt, cheese, pizza, burger, salt & rosemary, potato, bars, muesli. The company claim that their products are gluten-free, sugar- free, and low fat. They sells their products online.
- Mar 2018Post IPO$182M
- Dec 2016Post IPO$62M
#7
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 1909 · 5000 employees$30.7Mraised▾
Goodman Fielder is a multi-category food company. Their products include bread, baking ingredients, dressings, vinegars, pastry, cakes, desserts, spreads, oils, snacks fiji and dairy products. The company owns multiple brands such as MeadowLea, Praise, White Wings, Pampas, Helga’s, Wonder White, Vogel’s, Meadow Fresh, Edmonds and Irvines. The company sells its products through organized retailers and independent grocers. The company claims its products are available in countries including Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
#8
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2010 · 29 employees$6Mraised▾
Brand of flavoured water
- May 2019Series A$6M
#9
Seed · Clovelly, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 10 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Manufacturer of machined grey, ductile iron, and Ni-hard castings. They provide precision machined components and castings, utilizing modern tools and machinery. The foundry employs IMF no-bake molding and features a fully mechanized metal pouring line. A machine shop equipped with CNC, VTL, VMC, HTC, and CMM machinery supports the production process. The company's expertise includes Ni-Resist and Ni-Hard castings.
- Jun 2019Seed$1M
- Jun 2018Angel$500K
#10
Seed · Byron Bay, New South Wales · founded 2016$2.5Mraised▾
Mindful Foods is an online store for organic food products. Its product offerings include various organic granola, organic nuts, organic seeds, spices, organic tea, snacks & sprinkles, and vegan products. The company delivers its products all across Australia. Its products can also be purchased through a network of retailers.
- May 2018Seed$2.5M
#11
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2003 · 27 employees$3.6Mraised▾
Nudie foods Australia engages in the production of fruit juices. It offers water, coconut yoghurt, kid’s products, coconut water, veggie products, crushes, and soda. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Eastgardens, Australia. Nudie foods Australia Pty Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Monde Nissin (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
- Aug 2004PE$3.6M
- 2004PE—
#12
Seed · Suffolk Park, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 1 employees$100Kraised▾
Producer of sustainable instant coffee intended to offer a unique range of functional beverages packaged in sustainable home compostable packaging. The company's coffee is blended with organic dried coffee and coconut creamer, enabling consumers to enjoy a strong coffee flavor.
- May 2019Seed$100K
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How research on Alternative Proteins is moving in Australia
A read on the academic research around Alternative Proteins — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 64 Australia-affiliated papers.
- Agriculture and Food15
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation10
- The University of Queensland8
- Deakin University7
- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity6
- Repeatability1
- Analyte1
- Detection limit1
- Mass spectrometry1
- Sample preparation1
- Food science12
- Biotechnology3
- Randomized controlled trial3
- Extrusion3
- Meat packing industry2
- Food science9
- Sustainability6
- Marketing6
- Consumption (sociology)3
- Consumer behaviour3
Where alternative proteins is researched across Australia
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
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