At Kagome Australia, traceability is more than a quality requirement—it's a commitment. Every tomato and carrot we process is Australian grown and transformed into premium ingredients at our Echuca facility.
Through a combination of advanced technology, local farming partnerships and vertically integrated processing, we can trace every finished lot back to the exact farm and field where it was grown.
Every Kagome tomato and carrot begins its journey in local growing regions across northern Victoria and southern New South Wales. Once harvested, the produce is transported directly to our Echuca processing facility, where it is transformed into a wide range of ingredients including tomato paste, diced tomatoes, powders, fibres, concentrates and natural oils.
Our locally integrated supply chain provides customers with greater confidence in product quality, food safety and provenance. Unlike imported ingredients that may pass through multiple handlers and countries, Kagome maintains visibility and control from the paddock to the finished product.
Harvesting is where traceability begins.
Our harvesting fleet is equipped with advanced tracking technology that records exactly when and where produce is harvested. Using GPS positioning and RFID identification systems, each load is digitally linked to its harvest location, date and grower information. This creates a digital record at the moment of harvest, ensuring produce can be tracked with precision from the field onwards.
When produce arrives in Echuca, the traceability journey continues
As trucks pass across our weighbridge, RFID technology, camera systems and AI-powered verification tools capture and validate incoming loads. This provides another layer of traceability and quality assurance before produce enters processing.
From there, every lot is tracked through unloading, storage, processing and packaging. Information collected throughout the journey is maintained and linked to finished production lots, creating a complete chain of custody from farm to product.
This end-to-end visibility gives Kagome Australia a unique capability: the ability to trace every finished lot from the end of the production line back to the individual farm and harvest event that supplied it.
By entering a lot number, customers can identify where the produce was grown, when it was harvested and how it moved through the supply chain before becoming a finished ingredient.
This level of transparency supports food safety, quality assurance and supply chain confidence while strengthening our connection with Australian growers.
In today's food industry, knowing where ingredients come from has never been more important.
Kagome Australia's investment in local farming, advanced harvest technology and end-to-end digital traceability ensures every tomato and carrot we process can be traced with confidence. From seed to harvest, from field to factory, and from processing line to finished product, every step is recorded, verified and connected.
That's the advantage of a truly integrated Australian supply chain. That's the Kagome difference.
