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Vegemite owner Bega Cheese has inked a deal which sees the spread blended with chocolate, yoghurt, dates, and banana in Boost Juice stores.

The juice and smoothie bar is calling it the Vegemite Boost, and notes similarities to salted caramel – with an Aussie twist.

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Available as part of Boost Juice’s new Aussie Milk Bar range, each smoothie is made with real fruit and an added twist.

Other Aussie classics include Rocky Road and Cookies & Creme.

Boost Juice CMO Joanne Bradley says the company has been looking at ways to think outside the square in product development. 

Packaging News

Phil Biggs has been elected chair of the Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association, succeeding Rob Marguccio, with Rosanne Jessop and Mark Emmett continuing in their executive roles.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has completed a $39.7 million manufacturing upgrade at its Kewdale facility in Western Australia, installing a high-speed can production line that increases capacity by more than 40 per cent and lifts production speeds to 1500 cans per minute.

APPMA members have re-elected Phil Biggs and Nathan Wardell to the association’s Board, while Select Equip founder James White joins as a director for the first time.