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Premium sauce and dressings company Birch & Waite recently pulled back the curtains on its new facility and world-leading processing technology.

Birch & Waite – which specialises in sauces, dressings, mayonnaise and desserts for foodservice, aged care and retail markets – says the plant is its platform to bring new food innovation to Australia. The company predicts this will drive over $20 million in growth by allowing it to tap into new niches.

The new $13.5 million factory in Revesby has some innovative new processing technology – including the Southern Hemisphere’s first commercial-sized shaking retort.

The Revesby facility's new thermal processing technology, plus other innovative features, were specifically scoped to capitalise on Australia’s future food trends.

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The plant was built on the site of a former meat processing facility by RMR Process, it was commissioned in November last year, and it was opened by Craig Laundy, Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science in August.

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