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Up to 85 per cent of infant formula brands in the crowded China market could eventually vanish, and some Australian casualties are possible among the also - rans.

Not exact matches

The infant formula joint venture between Bega Cheese and Blackmores, which suffered a loss of $ 14 million in 2016 - 17 is headed for its two - year anniversary with its products being sold at a 20 per cent discount at Chemist Warehouse and a cloud over its future prospects.

Swisse makes up about 42 per cent of the broader Health & Happiness business, which also operates an infant formula and baby nutrition division under the Biostime brand.

Coles and Woolworths account for almost 90 per cent of all Australian infant formula sales.

Sales of a2 Milk's infant formula have soared more than 300 per cent in four months to account for almost half of the trans - Tasman dairy company's total revenue.

That data reveals that Blackmores has won just 0.1 per cent market share of the total amount of infant formula sold by Australian pharmacies, the equivalent to just $ 1.7 million of annual sales.

Natures Way has only managed to win 0.4 per cent of the Australian pharmacy market for infant formula.

Ms Holgate said the company waited to launch its infant formula range across supermarkets, which account for 90 per cent of the Australian market, to ensure it had enough supply for Australian mums and dads.

The former chief executive of infant formula marketer Bellamy's Australia is shifting her sights to quince paste, ice cream, pate and beyond after becoming managing director of the ASX - listed company that owns a 48 per cent stake in Maggie Beer Products.

Wattle Health is acquiring a 5 per cent stake in Blend and Pack, which has the certification of Chinese authorities to supply infant formula into China.

In the April update, a2 said it was working with Synlait Milk - it has an 8.2 per cent stake - to increase supply for the rest of the financial year to meet rising demand for its Platinum infant formula product.

Bubs shares climbed from 30 cents on July 27 to close at 51 cents on Friday as investors focus on some of the smaller ASX companies supplying infant formula to China.

A2 said it was working with Synlait Milk, which it holds an 8.2 per cent stake, to increase supply for the rest of the financial year to meet rising demand for its Platinum infant formula product.

The losses were made public on Tuesday in the financial statements of the 48 per cent owner of Maggie Beer Products, ASX - listed company Longtable Group, which is now run by Laura McBain, a former chief executive of infant formula company Bellamy's Australia.

Bellamy's — the biggest of Australia's ASX - listed infant formula companies — is hopeful it can get CFDA approval within six months, with the company confirming at its interim result last month it expected «zero» sales in the current half from Chinese label products, which represented about 15 per cent of annual sales in 2016 - 17.

«We've got a category that's growing absolute gangbusters,» he said, adding that goat's milk formula had secured about 10 per cent of the total infant formula market in Australia, with nutrients found in goat's milk shown to help gut health and digestion.

Also on Wednesday, Wattle Health, another junior infant formula company with big ambitions but tiny revenues, reported a $ 13 million bottom - line loss for the first half of 2017 - 18 with revenues up 18 per cent to $ 661,261.

It revealed on December 28 that it had agreed to acquire 51 per cent of Golden Koala Group from businessman Rongjun Zhao in its first foray into infant formula.

Wattle's share price took off in July when Wattle was part of a consortium with Hong Kong financial firm Masons, part of the broader Genius Link Asset Management group which acquired 80 per cent of Melbourne infant formula manufacturing facility Blend and Pack.

Sales of Bubs Goat Milk Infant Formula grew 63 per cent in the quarter, while sales to China grew 55 per cent in the period.

Up to 85 per cent of the 2500 infant formula brands competing in the lucrative China market could eventually be locked out under tough new regulations by authorities that came into force on January 1, with some Australian brands likely to be caught up in the global shake - out over the next few months.

The Wattle share price took off in July when Wattle was part of a consortium with Hong Kong financial firm Masons, part of the broader Genius Link Asset Management group, which acquired 80 per cent of Melbourne infant formula manufacturing facility Blend and Pack.

Wattle has a 5 per cent stake in Blend and Pack, which has the capacity to produce 20 million tins of infant formula annually.

Wattle has a 5 per cent stake in Blend and Pack which has the capacity to produce 20 million tins of infant formula annually, based on a five - day week with daytime shifts only.

That means it has even outpaced the remarkable rise of other infant formula producers, both big and small, such as Bubs Australia, which has risen more than four times to 83 cents in the same period, Bellamy's which has rallied from $ 3.81 to $ 18.30 and The A2 Milk Company, which has flown from $ 2.44 to $ 12.11.

It makes infant formulas, yoghurt, ice cream, and dairy - based drinks, and more than 50 per cent of sales are from fluid milk.

A2 has managed the channel well, and the A2 brand is consistently ranked as one of the most sought - after infant formula brands in the China market, where it is thought the group has about 3 per cent market share.

The intrinsic contamination by the highly pathogenic and heat resistant bacteria, Enterobacter sakazakii has been found in as many as 14 per cent of powdered infant formula tins tested.

A study conducted by researcher at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children of 2184 children determined that the risk of asthma and wheezing was approximately 50 per cent higher for formula fed infants when compared to their breastfed counterparts.