Freedom Foods

First stop for sourcing our ingredients is always Australia!

• Most of our ingredients including oats, soy, corn, sorghum, sugar and golden syrup are locally sourced. However, we do sometimes have to source our ingredients from overseas when there’s no other option. That’s often due to the weather conditions and availability that can make 100% Australian-made products practically impossible.

Have a look where some of our major ingredients come from:

• Corn/Maize Flour - Leeton, NSW, Australia
• Oats - Australia
• Soy Beans - Australia
• Rice Flour - Australia & Pakistan
• Psyllium - India. It’s the only viable and high quality commercial supplier of the psyllium husk.
• Golden Syrup - QLD, Australia
• Sugar - Australia

• Most of them – yes!

The only exceptions are:
 

• Norganic Soya Mayonnaise - USA
• Norganic Organic Mayonnaise - USA

GM Free & GE – What is the difference?

GM Free

• According to the Food Standards Code of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ), foods that do not have any detectable Genetically Modified Organisms (in real speak this means proteins) are classified as GM Free.
• Freedom Foods complies with the FSANZ  Food Code in relation to the labelling of GM food.
• Under this code, all Freedom Foods products are GM Free.
• For more info, please go to http://www.foodstandards.gov.au

GE

• We believe that our consumers who care about Genetically Modified foods, want to ensure that not only do the products that they buy have no detectable GM proteins, but that they have been made from “the seed to the supermarket” with no contact whatsoever with GM ingredients (such as stock feed or oils).
• So Freedom Foods has put in place an Identity Preservation Program that ensures full traceability of the sources of all ingredients used in the making of our products.
• This is currently a work in progress as we work with our supplies on reviewing every single ingredient that we source and use in our products.

• Many of the Freedom Foods Cereals and biscuits are now nut free as we are producing them in a dedicated nut free factory.
• Check the packaging for specific information – if a product is nut free it will be clearly communicated on the front of the packaging.
• Some of our products are still made in other factories where nuts may be processed so at this stage not all of the Freedom Foods products are nut free.
• If in any doubt, give us a call on Freecall 1800 646 231.

• It’s best not to keep it open for longer than 5 days. And don’t forget that those days must be spent in the refrigerator.

The following products are classified as being low in fructose:

• Freedom Foods Corn Flakes
  
• Freedom Foods Quick Oats
  
• Freedom Foods Triple Treat Brownies
  
• Freedom Foods Choc Blitz
  
• Freedom Foods No Salt Potato Chips
  
• Freedom Foods Vege Spread
  
• Freedom Foods Gluten Free Wraps
  
• Norganic Multigrain Wraps
  
• Australia’s Own Organic Rice Milk
  
• Australia’s Own Malt Free Soy Milk
  
• Australia’s Own Premium Soy Milk
  
• So Natural Rice Milk
  
• So Natural Rice Milk with Omega 3
  
• So Natural Original Soy
  
• So Natural Light Soy
  
• So Natural Calci Rich Soy

Note: Everyone’s dietary requirements differ so we ask that you please talk to your medical practitioner about whether these products are suitable for you.

• Naturally!

• There is a thin layer of aluminum coated on either side with thin layers of polyethylene. This is not PVC.

• There is none whatsoever used in the packaging of our soy, rice and oat milks.

• Sadly we’ve had to delete this product as we moved our production into a completely nut free factory in Stanbridge, NSW. This move has benefited many of our consumers but unfortunately means that we will need to reformulate our yummy Chocolate Hazelnut Deluxe to remove the hazelnuts.
  We will bring it back and it will be even better than ever!

• No, unfortunately we stopped making Frozen Food about 2 years ago.

• No, unfortunately we stopped making the Grape Juices about 2 years ago.

• Unfortunately this product is now only sold through Franklin Supermarkets in NSW and some distributors.

• We had some feedback from our consumers that our Ultra Rice cereal lacked flavour so we have reformulated it to make it tastier than ever.
• It is now called Maple Crunch and has delicious maple flavoured syrup.
• The pack now looks like this.

• Rice Puffs is pretty popular with our younger consumers so we have redesigned the Rice Puffs pack to be a part of our kids cereal range.
• We have also reformulated it to make the puffs smaller, crunchier and tastier!
• This is what the new pack looks like.

• Unfortunately we no longer make this product as it wasn’t selling very well. Sorry… we miss it too!

• No Freedom Foods product contains artificial colours or flavours.
• In fact, many of our products use 100% natural colours and flavours.

• We always choose fruit juice over refined cane sugar where possible because your body takes longer to process it so you don’t get the crazy sugar spikes in your blood. We usually use apple juice.

• The short answer is no. All Oats contain a type of gluten protein called Avenin that affects 1 in 5 people with Coeliac Disease.
• Freedom Foods Oats are tested to ensure that there is no detectable gluten from other sources of gluten such as wheat! So, for those people who are following a gluten free diet and can tolerate oats, you can be sure that Freedom Foods Oats have not been contaminated by other sources of gluten that you may react to.
• Best to speak to your medical practitioner for advice on what may be suitable for you. 

• We moved to Canola Oil from Soy Oil so people with soy allergies can enjoy our Crunchola too.

• 1401 is a type of starch used as a thickener and it is corn based. Vege Spread is completely gluten free.

• An emulsifier is one of those words we often read but don’t know what it does. It’s used in food processing and it affects the structure and texture of foods.
• We use 471 that comes from a natural plant-based source so it’s vegetarian-friendly.

• Maltodextrin is another ‘sciency’ word for a type of carbohydrate made from corn starch.
• If you have Coeliac Disease, corn-based maltodextrins are safe as they don’t contain proteins from wheat, barley, oats or rye. However they may be a problem if you have an intolerance to corn.

• Calcium Phosphate is a mineral salt found in rocks and this particular type is a raising agent in our Maple Crunch (Ultra Rice) Cereal. It helps give it a crunchy texture.

• The Acidity Regulator is a natural Malic Acid that is derived from apples.

• It is corn based so there is no gluten in the grain vinegar.

• The egg is not raw. It has also been pasteurized.

• Aquamin is an extract from organic seaweed that is naturally high in calcium.

• The oil used in the Organic Mayo is expeller pressed, or cold pressed, and has not been solvent extracted. In layman’s terms this means that the oil-bearing seeds have been mechanically crushed, rather than using chemical solvents to extract the oil.

• Absolutely not. We make sure we use a gentle and natural milling process.

• Our sunflower oil is cold pressed or expeller pressed. It’s never a chemical based process.

• Just send us an email and we’ll be in contact very soon!