Unpacking Our Packaging Part 3 – Going Forwards . . .
Some Easy Steps . . . Most immediately we realised that as an industrial packaging consumer you should pay close attention to where packaging…
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31 March 2023
24 March 2023
Taranaki Bio Extracts Attending 2023 Petfood Forum, Kansas City
“At Taranaki Bio Extracts we’re all about providing ingredients to transform customer ‘possibilities’ into practical, product solutions – listening is key. We believe in…
16 March 2023
Unpacking Our Packaging – A Sustainability Review – Part 2
‘Bag-in-Box’ – Custom-sized packaging to reduce waste ‘Bag-in-Box’ or ‘Bladder-in-Box’ packaging is used for storage and transportation of liquids. The concept comprises three elements;…
3 March 2023
Unpacking our Packaging: A Sustainability Review – Part 1
We’ve chosen to align with three UN Sustainability Development Goals (UN SDG’s) that are key to our business. This means filtering our business decisions…
27 February 2023
What is Transparency in business, and why it matters at Taranaki Bio Extracts . . .
What is transparency in business? It’s the process of having active and effective communication channels across the business’s various stakeholders – from employees, suppliers,…
9 February 2023
New Zealand beef and lamb among the most carbon efficient in the world
The researchers, which compared New Zealand’s on-farm emissions to a range of countries’ footprints across the globe, concluded that when New Zealand beef or…
29 January 2023
Human Trends Parallel in the Pet World
A growing number of pet owners are treating their pets like members of the family since the pandemic. There were some interesting shifts that…
22 January 2023
Market Access – What it is, and Some of the Hurdles . . .
An official assurance, or export certificate, from MPI confirms that New Zealand products meet the requirements set by the New Zealand Government, as well…
17 January 2023
Gaining and Maintaining Exporter Status . . .
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is one of the two main government agencies involved in exporting. The other is the New Zealand Customs…
3 January 2023
Bone Broth – A Fad or a Lasting Favourite . . .
Bone broth has been around for a long long time – It was part of the Palaeolithic diet when humans started cooking over fires…
12 December 2022
Co-manufacturing – How companies can partner with Taranaki Bio Extracts . . .
A co-manufacturer is a company who will work closely with you on your brand to manufacture or package a product and distribute your products…
11 December 2022
Taranaki Bio Extracts Welcomes Vaughan Dew to the Sales Team
Stratford born-and-raised, Vaughan’s returned to Taranaki with his family after 20 years of developing his career. Embracing challenges is a signature of Vaughan’s career,…
13 November 2022
Beef Bone Broth – Market Dynamics
These days considering ‘health’ involves more than just thinking about nutrients and ingredients, and ‘better’ for the planet is more than thinking ‘organic’ and…
8 November 2022
5x Trends Shape the Global Petfood Market in 2022
“Despite all the changes the past few years have brought, many of the same trends remain dominant in the pet food industry. The intertwined trends…
1 November 2022
Greyhounds Loving Taranaki Bio Extract’s Beef Bone Broth . . .
CHAD Chad is a 6 year old Greyhound. He is a large dog, and routine is a very important part of his pet life…
25 October 2022
For a food ingredient, flavour is a ‘must’ . . .
While function is vital in a food ingredient, flavour is a must. Our broths, stocks, and bone extracts are crafted in an extracts’ kitchen,…
17 October 2022
Collagen from Bone or Hides?
The primary use for beef bone collagen is as an ingredient in health supplements or in a health-focused food product. It can also be…
9 October 2022
Collagen – why it’s such a hot topic . . .
People are looking to functional foods and wellness products to enhance health and wellness and collagen is one of those hot topics. Is collagen…
2 October 2022
BEEF BONE COLLAGEN EXTRACT – An ideal Ingredient for functional foods
We have a range of clients internationally who value New Zealand’s animal welfare and environmental sustainability programs – it’s this care for the land…
18 September 2022
At Taranaki Bio Extracts our ingredients are non-GMO
At Taranaki Bioextracts we offer the security of non-GMO in our food ingredients/ products. This is because New Zealand has some of the strictest…
12 September 2022
Case Study – pharmaceutical and nutraceutical ingredients . . .
OUR REQUIREMENT We produce and supply animal-sourced pharmaceutical and nutraceutical ingredients for the export market. We sell powdered products for encapsulation and functional food ingredients. …
5 September 2022
Providing True Traceability for our Customers – NAIT and E-Cert
At Taranaki Bio Extracts transparency is central to the way we do business. All of our raw materials are fully traceable from origin to…
21 August 2022
The Quality Mark – Ensuring we use the best of New Zealand-grown bones
The best bones for us means they’ve come from animals that have been humanely treated and enjoyed a life roaming freely, feasting on New…
15 August 2022
What are the Key Aspects of Upcycling?
This is the second article of a two-part series on Upcycling: The term “upcycled food” was formally defined in May 2020 as foods that…
10 August 2022
Upcycling – reducing food waste and creating quality nutritious food
One of two articles on upcycling . . . . Upcycling is especially about reducing food waste – “creating high quality, nutritious food products…
20 July 2022
Taranaki Bio Extracts – Partners in Riparian Programme
It’s all about taking responsibility for our environment – planting and nurturing the 400 hectares of land our businesses inhabit for the long-term and…
20 July 2022
Riparian Success – A Strong Community is One that Comes Together
Started 30 years ago, an award-winning Riparian Management Programme has transformed Taranaki’s landscape with fencing and planting of thousands of kilometres of waterways. Today…
20 July 2022
Keeping pace with purchase drivers . . .
As a supplier of premium grade food ingredients to food manufacturers what matters to them and their end consumers matters to us. Health and…
21 June 2022
Discovering Customised Solutions
At Taranaki Bio Extracts we create customised ingredients which are one of a number used in an end product, through to a product that…
21 June 2022
Client Testimonial
OUR REQUIREMENT We’ve been a customer of Taranaki Bio Extracts’ for five years now. As a food manufacturer of high-quality product, our challenge was…
21 June 2022
Client Testimonial
OUR REQUIREMENT: A quality tallow product with specific technical requirements. Firstly it must contain low or minimal free fatty acids (FFA), which requires a…
24 May 2022
Excited to be Attending the 30th Annual Petfood Forum 2022
Taranaki Bio Extracts - based in Taranaki, New Zealand, are excited to be attending the 2022 Watt Global Media Petfood Forum from 2nd – 4th May. While hosting a stand wasn’t viable for them this year, Sales & Marketing Manager, Andrew Buhler is looking forward to the prospect of connections during his visit with like-minded, potential business partners, and the opportunity to learn from recognised petfood industry experts.
24 May 2022
Earth Day 2022 –
For Earth Day 2022 we wanted to share our small steps to ‘Invest in our planet,’ and encourage and challenge other businesses who haven’t formalised their efforts, to do the same. At Taranaki Bio Extracts a sustainable approach is at the very heart of what we do. We upcycle and transform the best of New Zealand’s beef bones to craft our premium ingredients. For us sustainability is all about meeting the needs of our customers, and their customers, without compromising the ability of future generations to do the same.
24 May 2022
Our Logistics Path through the Pandemic
Covid - 19 pandemic has impacted most industries one way or another, predominately for Taranaki Bio Extracts it’s been on freight. To their benefit they have strength in dedicated resources focused on shipping and logistics, along with direct relationships with shipping carriers.
19 January 2022
Bonefide Gold – Human Grade for Pets
We’ve spent years refining our recipe to craft the best quality New Zealand beef bone broths for food manufacturing customers worldwide. We’re now pleased to present Bonefide Gold – our human grade pet nutrition ingredient solutions. If it’s good for us it’s got to be good for them.
19 January 2022
Bone Broth for Greyhounds
At Taranaki Bio Extracts we’re pleased to support Greyhounds as Pets (GAP) with supply of our human grade beef bone broth via their foster programme.
19 January 2022
Research at Taranaki Bio Extracts
Research and development is a key pillar for Taranaki Bio Extracts Limited. While we often carry out our own smaller research projects and product development work, we sometimes work with the broader research community on commercial R&D and pre-commercial projects.
4 December 2021
Client Testimonial
We receive 230 metric tonnes (half a million pounds) of concentrate from TBE annually - COAs present product that’s consistently high quality and on specification.