Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing Company

Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing Company
Company typePrivate
IndustryFood
Founded1898 (1898), in Melbourne, Victoria
HeadquartersBerkeley Vale, New South Wales, Australia
Auckland, New Zealand
Key people
  • Kevin Jackson (CEO)
  • Todd Saunders (Executive GM Australia NZ)
  • Michael Barton (GM-New Zealand)
ProductsWeet-Bix
Up & Go
Peanut butter
So Good
Marmite
Alternative Dairy Company
RevenueA$300 million
Number of employees
1700
ParentSouth Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists
WebsiteSanitarium Australia
Sanitarium New Zealand

The Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing Company is the trade name of two sister food companies (Australian Health and Nutrition Association Ltd and New Zealand Health Association Ltd). Both are wholly owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Founded in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1898, Sanitarium has factories in Australia and New Zealand, producing a large range of breakfast cereals and vegetarian products. All the food products it manufactures and markets are plant derived or vegetarian. Its flagship product is Weet-Bix sold in Australia and New Zealand.