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A Cuisine Australia Can Call Its OwnBy Madelyn Miller
Native ingredients are exciting consumers around the world. When chefs are presented with these new flavours for the first time, it has been likened to graphic artists being presented with “a palette of colours they have never seen before”. By blending native ingredients with established international cuisines and adapting the best of both, a vibrant and uniquely Australian “fusion” cuisine is evolving. The Australian Native Foods Industry is new and growing rapidly. Currently there are many small, and some large food industry players offering native foods in their product ranges (e.g. McCormick, Goodman Fielder, Masterfoods and Bushels). Australian Native Produce Industries Pty Ltd Australian Native Produce Industries Pty Ltd (ANPI) was formed in 1992 to pioneer the development of an Australian native cuisine. It is an integrated producer, buyer, wholesaler, processor and marketer of native foods, comprising 3 divisions: 1) A modern wholesale production nursery occupying a 5 hectare site. It is Australia’s only dedicated native food-plant nursery supplying high quality planting material to primary producers. Great emphasis has been placed on securing licenses for superior genetic material from research agencies such as the CSIRO. 2) Farming Division (Murtho) A 100 ha farm is being developed, in stages, to grow native food crops. All crops grown under intensive, irrigated conditions. A full-time Industry Development Consultant coordinates and provides technical support to ANPI’s contracted group of growers Australia-wide. 3) Marketing and Distribution Division (Adelaide) Coordination of the contract manufacturing of ANPI’s retail and food services product ranges. Marketing, warehousing and distribution of raw and processed food products. Success in the domestic and export markets has resulted in the company becoming one of the major players in the native foods industry. ANPI’s vision includes developing a native cuisine that will become an established part of Australian culture.
Uniquely in the native food industry, ANPI has a strong focus on the mainstream commercial cultivation of a core range of native food crops. This is supported through its research activities including the selection of superior genetic material, developing reliable plant propagation methods and establishing best-practice crop management, harvesting, post-harvest handling and transport systems. The pursuit of industry best practice and HACCP quality systems are guiding principles for ANPI in all operations. In addition to providing planting material from its nursery at Murtho, the company’s professional staff provides a range of technical support services to primary producers, including training courses, consulting and publications. ANPI’s Web Site includes downloadable technical Fact Sheets that are jointly published with Primary Industries & Resources South Australia (PIRSA). The Red Ochre™ Brand ANPI’s innovative retail and food service ranges are marketed under the “Red Ochre™” brand. The Red Ochre™ brand is Australia’s only nationally recognised brand of native food products.
Red Ochre™ products are made using all-natural ingredients. They are highly nutritious, contain Australian native plant ingredients that provide new and exciting flavours, are gluten-free and GMO-free. Retail Table Sauce Range The range of Red Ochre™ table sauces provide the opportunity for consumers to re-create Australian fusion cuisine at home. The “ready to eat”, dipping and pouring sauces are mainstream priced, quick and convenient to use, and add zest to a wide range of meats, fish, vegetables and rice. Bush Tomato Chilli Sauce Bush Tomatoes are small, intensely flavored berries from a central Australian native shrub closely related to the tomato plant. They have an intense, earthy, caramel, tomato flavor. Bush Tomato Chilli Sauce is a thick, spicy dipping sauce, ideal for stir frying or adding to grilled meats, chicken, sandwiches and cold meats. Pepperleaf Mustard Sauce The Mountain Pepper bush of Australia’s southern highlands produce leaves with a delicious black pepper flavor and heat. Pepperleaf Mustard Sauce is a mild grain pouring-mustard ideal for adding to hot or cold meats, in sandwiches, or to creamy sauces for extra spice. Sweet Lemon Myrtle Chilli Sauce The Lemon Myrtle tree of Australia’s tropical rainforests produces leaves with a crisp, clean citrus flavor and aroma. Sweet Lemon Myrtle Chilli Sauce is a tangy sweet/hot sauce ideal for adding to stir-fries and rice dishes, or as a dipping sauce with fish, chicken, shellfish, cheese or potato wedges. Wild Lime Chilli Sauce The Desert Lime tree of the Australian Outback produces small, green fruits with a delicious lime/grapefruit flavor. Wild Lime Chilli Sauce is a sweet/hot sauce ideal for adding to grills, calamari and fish, for basting turkey, duck and chicken, or use as a dipping sauce.
Retail Simmer Sauce Range In this increasingly busy world, consumers are looking for interesting, premium quality meals that are quick and convenient to prepare and serve. Red Ochre™ “ready to eat” Simmer Sauces are mainstream priced and enable consumers to prepare tasty gourmet meals in 15 minutes. The innovative “fusion” flavors offer a welcome relief from the raft of flavorless Simmer Sauces on supermarket shelves. Lemon Aspen Chilli Sambal Sauce The Lemon Aspen tree of Australia’s tropical rainforests produces small, lemon-colored fruits with an intense lemon/citrus flavor and a hint of tropical spice. Lemon Aspen Chilli Sambal Sauce is a tangy-sweet Indonesian-style sauce, delicious with pork, veal, chicken, fish and prawns. Lemon Myrtle Coconut Curry Sauce The leaves of the Lemon Myrtle tree of Australia’s tropical rainforests have a crisp, clean citrus flavor and aroma. Lemon Myrtle Coconut Curry Sauce is a rich, Thai-style coconut curry sauce, delicious with chicken, fish, vegetables and rice. Rivermint Harissa & Peach Sauce The Rivermint herb of Australia’s inland streams has a delicious, refreshing mint flavor and aroma. Rivermint Harissa & Peach Sauce combines a traditional Moroccan Spice Mix (Harissa) with the unique flavor of Rivermint, it is delicious with lamb or vegetables. Wild Lime Honey & Soy Sauce The Desert Lime tree of the Australian Outback produces small green fruits with an intense lime/grapefruit flavor. Wild Lime Honey & Soy Sauce is a robust, tangy, Chinese-style sauce delicious, with chicken, pork, fish and vegetables. |
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Nursery Division (Murtho near Renmark, South Australia)
Pronounced
“Red Oak-er”, it is the name for a striking red clay used by Australian
aborigines for body painting in ritual and celebration ceremonies. It is a
powerful symbol of health and happiness. Red Ochre from coastal cliffs
south of Adelaide was used to color the red paint used on London’s early
pillar boxes.