What we do
Ingredient sourcing
Blending & filling
Packaging & labelling
Logistics & import clearance
What we do
Ingredient sourcing
Blending & filling
Packaging & labelling
Logistics & import clearance
CiCook Australia offers four co-packing services: ingredient sourcing, blending and filling, packaging and labelling, and freight with Australian import clearance. Book one stage on its own or all four end to end.
01
Sourcing
Direct from growers, lot traceable
02
Blending & filling
Cleanroom and thermal lines
03
Packaging & labelling
Retail-ready, FSANZ compliant
04
Freight & clearance
Door to door into Australia
A food co-packer is a contract manufacturer that produces, fills and packs a food or beverage product for a brand. You bring the idea or the recipe, and the co-packer handles production. CiCook Australia also manages labelling, import clearance and delivery into Australia.
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| OEM (your recipe) | ODM (our formula) | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting point | Your recipe, specification or a benchmark product | One of our proven, ready-made formulas |
| What we do | Reproduce and scale your product, then pack and label it | Adapt the formula to your taste brief, then pack and label it under your brand |
| Speed to market | Depends on the trial rounds needed to match your recipe | Usually faster, because the base formula already exists |
| Ownership | The recipe and specification you bring stay yours, covered by a mutual NDA | Ownership and exclusivity of a formula we develop together are agreed in writing before development starts |
| Best for | Established recipes and brands | New brands and quick private-label launches |
Farm-to-factory traceability across Vietnam's agricultural regions. Whatever the ingredient, from spices, herbs, fruit, rice, coffee, tea and coconut to fermented bases, we buy it from the region that grows it best, contract the volume ahead of your production run and hold the paperwork behind it.
Source: Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (FSANZ)
If an ingredient is not already in our supply base, we will source and qualify it. Tell us the specification and we will come back with samples, a landed cost and a lead time.
Region matched to ingredient, not to convenience
Every lot tested against FSANZ requirements
Certificate of analysis with every batch
Organic and conventional supply available
UHT / retort thermal pasteurisation
Shelf-stable liquids and sauces processed under validated thermal schedules.
Hot-fill, cold-fill and carbonated canning
Dedicated lines for still and carbonated beverages, filled to retail spec.
Dry powder ribbon blending
Cleanroom ribbon blending for seasoning, functional and instant powders.
Single-serve sachets
Stand-up bags
PET / HDPE bottles
Aluminium cans
Formats shown are a sample of current lines. Sachets, spout pouches, zipper bags, bottles, jars, cans and shelf-ready display boxes are all filled in house, and we will tool for a format that is not listed.
End-to-end import support: we hold the permits, prepare the labelling, claim the duty concessions and deliver into your warehouse.
Source: Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON)
BICON biosecurity permits
FSANZ compliant NIP and allergen labelling
AANZFTA duty exemptions
Reefer and ambient sea freight
Direct warehouse delivery
| Minimum order | From one pallet. The exact carton count depends on the product and the pack format. |
|---|---|
| Lead time | Development and production depend on your brief. Sea freight to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Fremantle runs about two to three weeks, then clearance and local delivery. |
| How we quote | One delivered price to your Australian address, invoiced in Australian dollars by AVF Trading Pty Ltd as importer of record. |
| Before you brief us | We sign a mutual non-disclosure agreement first if you want one. Send the product, the volume and the launch date you have in mind. |
| Where we deliver | Door to door to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Fremantle, by full container load, less-than-container load or local freight. |
Tell us what you're packaging and we'll get back to you within 24 hours.