Food Production in South Africa

Quantum Foods Holdings Limited

Quantum Foods is an agricultural business that has four focus areas namely animal feeds, poultry farming (broilers and egg layers), eggs and related businesses on the African continent, outside South Africa. Brands: Nova Feeds, Nulaid Eggs, Quantum Nest Eggs, Safe Eggs, Bergvlei Chick, Bellevue Chix, Tydstroom Poultry, Mega and Galovos.

1001 to 5000 staff

Dr. Oetker South Africa

Tasty Moments to Feel Good About From mouth-watering pizzas, comforting meals and tasty sides, to indulgent cakes and desserts, Dr. Oetker South Africa has been bringing people together to share feel-good food moments since 2010. With a growing range of South African favourites, we’re on a mission to make the world a happier place, one delicious bite, slice, and tasty moment at a time. Our Family of Trusted Quality Brands Growing into more than 40 countries worldwide, Dr. Oetker first came to South Africa in 2010 when we introduced our world-famous Dr. Oetker Ristorante thin-crust frozen pizza to every home in the country. Soon after, we added South Africa's favourite frozen pizza, Ital Pizza, to our offering, which already included the Nice ‘n Easy frozen meal range and Green Valley frozen vegetables. The Cake People from Château Gâteaux joined the Dr. Oetker family of brands in 2017, adding exceptional quality, freshly-frozen cakes and desserts to our stable (Click here to learn more: Our food service arm was rebranded as Dr. Oetker Professional in 2021 and continues our proud tradition of supporting food establishments with an assortment of pizzas, meals, cakes, and desserts to help save time and money for their kitchens. Family-owned to this day, our dedication to quality and innovation continues to bring people and families together to enjoy deliciously feel-good food moments – and a little 'taste of home'.

501 to 1000 staff

Fair Cape Dairies

The Fair Cape business started on the farm called Kuiper-skraal in the mid 1990’s. The factory on the farm was relatively small and consisted only of a milk parlor and the milk production area. Over the years the facilities have expanded substantially in order to accommodate the additional milk parlor facilities, the milk production area, dry stores, cold chain, as well as the office environment for the Administration and Sales and Marketing staff.

501 to 1000 staff

Nomu

NOMU Brands is a prestigious and award-winning, South African food and lifestyle Product range, producing trend leading items in a wide range of diverse categories, encompassing everything from hot beverages, spices and concentrated stocks to finely crafted and curated, imported and locally manufactured homeware and décor design.

51 to 200 staff

Cerebos South Africa

Cerebos is a long established business with a strong internationally known brand which is the market leader in the retail salt market in South Africa with extended distribution into Southern Africa. The company’s industrial business is focused on the supply of quality salt to the food manufacturing sector while the retail division strives to deliver consumer with an array of value added convenience products.

51 to 200 staff

Sovereign Foods Ltd

Sovereign has a proud history of chicken farming in the Eastern Cape, dating all the way back to 1948. The company was started as a family business in the Rocklands Valley near the town of Uitenhage and over time grew into a fully-fledged and integrated poultry business. Today Sovereign remains one of the major poultry producers in Africa. Whilst being the 4th largest producer in South Africa, it is still firmly tied to its local roots in the Eastern Cape and is proud to be one of the biggest financial and social contributors to the region. As a business focused on producing quality products, it will continue to provide exciting meal solutions for consumers all over South Africa and abroad.

1001 to 5000 staff

Farmwise Marketing

Farmwise is a leading procurement and packhouse hub, supplying premium-quality vegetables and fruit to South Africa’s top retailers and international partners. With a national footprint and a strong focus on year-round availability, innovation, and compliance, we deliver produce that’s fresh, retail-ready, and trusted. From potatoes and onions to diced vegetables and ready-to-eat meals, our offerings span from bulk to retail, and value-added services. As part of the Subtropico Group, we operate through specialised divisions—Farmwise Cape, Farmwise AgriDry, and Zire—to support everything from subtropical sourcing to dried goods, exports and staging. We are proudly FSSC certified, SEDEX compliant, Level 2 and a long-standing supplier to Major Retailers. Backed by a passionate team and a culture of quality, Farmwise is built to deliver—365 days a year.

501 to 1000 staff

Fortuna Foods Pty Ltd

Life Giving Food Fortuna Foods is the premium supplier of fresh speciality vegetables and related fresh products. We believe in growing the business in a professional, progressive way, striving toward best-practice all the way. We manage a network of farms, and store and process the product in Centurion.

51 to 200 staff

Globepak Pty Ltd

Globepak (PTY) Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the USN Group of Companies, providing expert product development and manufacturing services to the leading brands in the Sports Nutrition industry. Major brands serviced include USN, Biogen, Evox, SSN, Everlast, Supa Shape and Muscle Junkie. Globepak manufactures and supplies both the Southern African and international markets.

51 to 200 staff

Gr Spices

GR Spices is a privately owned family run company, founded in 1980 by Gerald Green. His son Chris, who now heads up the business, joined his side in 1995. The company has experienced rapid growth, thus, becoming one of the leading spice manufacturers and suppliers in South Africa. We strive to manufacture and distribute only the best quality products, in compliance with the latest FSSC standard, guidelines and applicable statutory and regulatory food safety requirements, using the finest raw ingredients from the best sources. Flavour and consistency is the key in producing an excellent blend, from batch to batch. We believe that quality, superior customer service, dependable supply and innovative product development are the most essential aspects in building customer relationships. As a company, we are passionate about helping GR Spices customers to add the best flavour to their products. Our ongoing success is down to knowledge, expertise, enthusiasm, dynamism and commitment which are all key ingredients for service and value – the secret of customer satisfaction. Our goal is to provide fresh ideas, incorporating precision in manufacturing processes to ensure consistent, repetitive quality. We strive to be constantly innovative to meet demand and keep up with trends. This includes custom blends and personalized recipes, blended to perfection. Whether you're a Factory, independent butchery, part of a supermarket group or a passionate hunter, we are committed to providing excellent personalized customer service and competitive pricing. Our goal is not to be the biggest, but the best.

51 to 200 staff

Astratek Manufacturing Engineers

Astratek is a Manufacturing Engineering and Construction house with an experienced team of plant designers and project managers. Our team has deep industry experience in both plant design and operations with the capability to design and construct CPG manufacturing plants on a managed construction or turnkey basis.

11 to 50 staff

Nicola-J Flavours And Fragrances Pty Ltd

Nicola-J Flavours and Fragrances: Creative research and development and manufacture of food flavours to suite most food products.Includes beverage, sweet and savoury flavours. Nicola-J Promotions: Specialist Pharmaceutical Advertising agency. Above and Below campaigns.

11 to 50 staff

Plasson Livestock Sa

Plasson Livestock SA is a market leader in providing Automatic Feeding, Drinking and Ventilation products to Poultry Industry all over Africa. Our years of experience and knowledgeable staff make us the Poultry Farmers partner of choice. We are a registered Service Agent and Distributor of Skov Ventilation equipment in Africa as well.

51 to 200 staff

Mccain Foodservice South Africa

McCain has been at the heart of the South African foodservice industry for 20 years and is backed by a global brand that delivers innovation ahead of its time. We understand the food that South Africans enjoy. We’re on top of the latest trends and have products that deliver – not only on taste, nutrition, and consistency, but cost and convenience too. From our frozen fries to our nutritious vegetable range, not to mention out appetizer range, every McCain product is appealing, offers versatility, and will provide you with solutions for your business that your customers will keep coming back for.

501 to 1000 staff

Simba Pty Ltd

11 to 50 staff

Africa Sun Oil

From farm to fork, our stringent manufacturing process undergoes constant evolution to ensure that customers receive nothing but exceptional quality. A wide product offering allows us to cater to a plethora of consumers. Whether they are preparing meals with our range of cooking oils, keeping their family protected against harmful bacteria with our range of personal care and laundry soaps, or illuminating their homes with our carefully made candles, nothing satisfies us more than knowing that we are changing the lives of our consumers for the better. Africa SunOil is focused on building sustainable relationships based on a personal quality given to all transactions, with a genuine effort to realise success for our customers and to crete trusted brands for our customers who expect value, in a time where only quality and price seem to count. Our Products allow us to journey into the lives of our customers and together, we enjoy life more. Africa Sunoil is a trusted name in oil and fat products in Southern Africa. We will deliver efficiently produced, high quality product consistently, to our chosen markets and will have a strong reputation known for reliability, productivity and customer-centricity.

201 to 500 staff

Arcaqua

ArcAqua’s patented zero chemical residue ozone dispersion technology is a proven sanitization solution for progressive retailers and their suppliers concerned with food safety, looking for the most effective and manageable solution against disease causing pathogens and decay causing microorganisms. ArcAqua has proven use cases with tier 1 suppliers and retailers in North America, Latin America, Israel and South Africa, on produce types including citrus, avocado, tomatoes, stone fruit, pomegranate, chicken and fish. ArcAqua technology is proven to effectively sanitize a wide range of bacteria and fungi more effectively than chemical alternatives. Unlike chemicals that leave a residue and become less effective over time, ArcAqua’s technology provides a constant supply of ozone gas that works repeatedly and consistently, without any residue, and requires no management intervention.

1 to 10 staff

Blue Belt

Bluebelt was established in and has become a leading manufacturer and supplier of modular plastic conveyor belts in South Africa and Internationally. Our Manufacturing facility is based in Johannesburg, South Africa, together with a division in the UK. The company offers a range of plastic modular conveyor belts, chains and accessories for general conveying and spiral applications. The Bluebelt brand name is a keyword for quality service and reliability amongst our customers. Bluebelts R&D programme is led by some of the industry’s most knowledgeable and experienced teams who have a record of developing belting systems engineered to reduce downtime and maintenance costs, which is essential in today’s challenging marketplace. Our highly knowledgeable technical teams include fully qualified engineers who provide detailed designs through to installation and maintenance advice. Our design teams are full equipped with the latest AutoCAD 2D & 3D facilities Bluebelt has been designed for specific spiral applications, our products can be customized for individual customer requirements to include cooling, conveying or freezer applications. Bluebelts technical specialists, engineers and sales representatives are available for you on site. Bluebelt products are available in FDA approved food grade materials.

51 to 200 staff

Brother Bees Honey

At Brother Bees our goal is to help you discover the most affordable high quality honey available in South Africa. Whether it’s locally produced or internationally sourced, Brother Bees offers our customers tailored solutions from individual honey orders through to contract packing. We’ve searched high and low to bring you the best quality honey we could find – from our own apiaries to honey sourced from remote locations in South Africa. We also make sure all our honey meets stringent HACCP, Halaal and Kosher certification standards. Brother Bees currently offers a variety of pack sizes to meet our customers’ requirements from 8g sachets to 28kg buckets for manufacturers, restaurants, hotels & coffee shops.

11 to 50 staff

Chipkins Puratos

Puratos is an international group, which offers a full range of innovative products and application expertise for artisans, industry, retailers and food service customers in the bakery, patisserie and chocolate sectors. The Puratos family: The Puratos Group is a global, customer-centered organisation. Our Group is well known as a close-knit family company – not just with our personnel but with our customers as well. It is this close connection that has allowed us to make – and stick to – long-term plans, without external interference. It has also helped us to cultivate a unity of purpose that has enabled Puratos to develop into the successful international organisation that it is today. The Puratos magic: Everywhere we work, we get close to people. We work hard to understand the culture of the country and their unique way of doing things. This is for two reasons: to better serve the customers in those countries, but also to immerse ourselves so we can share and celebrate that culture locally and globally. With diversity we combine consistency: we share the same values and we have developed a common way of doing things globally – we call it the ‘Puratos magic’. It all comes from our experience of working across cultures with the very best bakers, patissiers and chocolatiers. Inspiration & innovation: For everyone we work with, we want to be a source of new ideas and confidence. We think that people increasingly expect higher standards in their food – standards of both quality and inspiration. So we work with our customers as reliable partners in innovation to help meet these expectations. And our approach is based on six core Puratos values. Team Spirit 2. Passion 3. Ethics 4. Courage 5. Quality 6. Vision

201 to 500 staff

Chuck Chilli

Chuck Chilli makes a delicious bottled chilli relish condiment that is unlike any sauces or atchaars on the market. Our product is made from the freshest chillies and other vegetables and we do not add any artificial preservatives, salt or sugar. We are also Halaal approved and our product has a tested 6-8 month shelf life. It is a ready to eat condiment product that can be used in cooking, to add that zing to your salad or give your dip a kick. We sell through flea markets and retail stores and are in over 40 stores in 4 provinces which include Spar's, Pick n Pay, Meat World, Spice Shops, Butcheries and Restaurants. We also sell on our website and on Takealot and can deliver nationally.

1 to 10 staff

Gmpf Garden Morris Packaging & Food

Specialising in importing and supplying only the finest quality packaging and food ingredients from all over the world. Garden Morris Packaging and Food (GMPF) is a global supplier to the food industry. For more than 20 years we have specialised in the sourcing and supply of chocolates, hardware, raw materials, food ingredients, correlation, logistical and technical services to the frozen & ice-cream, biscuit & bakery, dairy, and confectionery industries, as well as supermarket and fast-food chains. FULL PRODUCT SOURCING COMPANY With exclusive distribution licences in place from some of the world’s largest cocoa and confectionery ingredient suppliers, you can trust that we are specialists in sourcing quality food and gifting products, both locally and abroad. QUALITY, INNOVATIVE PRODUCT OFFERING We pride ourselves on only supplying the highest quality products and ingredients from well-recognised brands and manufacturing companies. END-TO-END HOLISTIC SOLUTIONS We’ll source, pack, palletise and deliver your orders anywhere in South Africa, according to your brief. We are experts in following global trends both in the gifting and confectionery industries. WORLDWIDE NETWORK OF SUPPLIERS With an established global network of high-end cocoa and confectionery suppliers, second to none in South Africa, we can deliver premium products every time.

201 to 500 staff

Industrial Baking Ingredients Cc T A Infanta Foods

We provide a complete bakery solution for you so that you have a one stop shop for all your bakery needs. Ingredients, Bakery Equipment, Cost Programs, Waste Programs as well as Product Training. Ingredients range from sugar, health breads, cake mixes, bread premixes and all other bakery ingredient requirements. We, at Infanta, do not just sell you ingredients, but we want to ensure that your bakery is successful.

11 to 50 staff

Malu Pork

MALU is one of the largest Pork producers in South Africa, controlling the full value chain to ensure the best quality possible. The MALU value chain consists of 3 Piggeries, Feed mill, Abattoir and Meat processing plant.

201 to 500 staff