100% Australian. 100% Family-Owned.
For over 100 continual years, 5 generations of the Cottee family have played a pivotal role in the global nutritional industry.
Our products are used extensively in the food health, nutraceutical, technical protein, industrial and retail markets.
Casein since 1911
OMC [MCHA] 100% Australian Sourced and Manufactured
The Science of Nutrition – Our Complete Range of Nutraceuticals
Boasting a history of over 100 years within the global dairy market, Cottee continues to be an innovator in the sourcing, manufacture, and utilisation of dairy ingredients. Our broad range of naturally-derived dairy ingredients serve essential roles within the food, health and industrial markets.
The Cottee family first manufactured casein in 1911 in the magnificent hinterland dairy country of northern New South Wales in Australia. Since those early days, five generations of the family have played a prominent role in the global casein marketplace.
Cottee has over a century of experience in casein manufacturing and marketing throughout Australia, the sub-Continent, Europe, and the USA.
Cottee offers a wide variety of caseins and caseinates for all applications within food, nutritional and industrial sectors.
Acid and Rennet Caseins, Fresh Curd Sodium, Potassium and Calcium Caseinates and Granular Caseinates including Sodium and Potassium are available under both Cottee and alternate brands.
For further information regarding casein and caseinates, including full product specifications, contact us here.
Whey protein is a highly bioavailable component from milk and is widely used in health and nutrition throughout the world. Whey protein is soluble, has an excellent amino acid balance, and has a very high nutritional value [Protein Efficiency Ratio or PER]. These characteristics make it particularly popular in the bodybuilding scene.
Cottee has a wide selection of bulk whey protein powders, the most common of which are:
For further information regarding whey protein concentrates and isolates, including full product specifications, contact us here.
Milk powders form the fundamental basis for an enormous variety of foods currently marketed in both developed and developing nations.
Cottee offers a large variety of milk powders, all of which are competitively priced on the world market and originate primarily from Eastern Europe and India, with some availability from Australasia.
For further information regarding milk powders, including full product specifications, contact us here.
Milk is a source of myriad macro and micro components, many of which may be purified from wholemilk during production. Cottee provides a competitive source of quality refined milk ingredients including:
For further information regarding specialty milk derivatives, including full product specifications, contact us here.
We also supply premium milk derivatives, which are often used in nutraceutical and pharmaceutical products. These derivatives include colostrum, lactoferrin, and milk calcium.
From simple beginnings in dairying and casein, Cottee today has evolved into a highly specialised food resource company. We work both directly and indirectly with a number of industries, providing them with key ingredients and formulations aimed towards innovative and cost-effective product creation.
Hydroxyapatite has many trading names. Microcrystalline Hydroxyapatite [MCHA] in North America. Ossein Mineral Complex [OMC] in the Subcontinent. Ossein Hydroxyapatite Compound [OHC] in Asia. Calcium Hydroxyapatite in Europe.
At Cottee, we simply call it CoCal – a name we registered way back in 1983 when we were the first company to introduce the product into the US market.
With its ideal calcium to phosphorus ratio and superior bioavailability, MCHA rapidly became the product of choice for health professionals looking for an effective calcium supplement.
30 years later, Cottee maintains its position as a leading global supplier of bone-derived calcium for nutraceutical formulations and supplements.
MCHA boasts a calcium level of 24%, as well as containing many other minerals and trace minerals naturally complexed in collagen. The calcium found within MCHA is bound within a protein matrix, which offers increased absorption by the body as opposed to other natural sources of calcium.
Cottee MCHA is manufactured exclusively in Australia, from 100% SRM-free Australasian Bovine. Due to Australasia's tight biosecurity regulations, our Bovine are regarded as some of the safest livestock worldwide due to the absence of many common international diseases including BSE.
For further information regarding MCHA, including full product specifications, contact us here.
There are many high-value milk derivatives that serve essential roles within nutraceutical and pharmaceutical products. These premium products are carefully sourced from select manufacturers, with all manufacturing and health certification requests able to be facilitated.
Colostrum – First milk from a mother is rich in IgG's and plays a fundamental role in the development of infants.
Lactoferrin – Obtained via ultrafiltration of the whey stream during milk processing, essential for the development and maintenance of the immune system.
Milk calcium – Milk is an excellent natural source of calcium (28%), and has excellent bioavailability.
For further information regarding our Premium Milk Derivatives, including full product specifications, contact us here.
Our Seafood Processing Aid [SPA] range of products are aimed at meeting the demands of the worldwide seafood industry.
SPA is a pre-soak water conditioner that can reduce moisture loss in shrimp/prawns during processing by up to 10%. The addition of SPA effectively increases the yield of the product, significantly boosting return.
As well as decreasing moisture loss, SPA also improves visual, texture and taste characteristics. It leaves no unwanted residuals, and is free from added sulphites, phosphates and polyphosphates.
For further information regarding SPA, including full product specifications, contact us here.
For over 30 years, Cottee has been supplying nutraceuticals to the dynamic US, European and Asian marketplace. This experience positions us as the perfect team to partner your product development.
From formulation through to finished product, Cottee has the requisite experience to successfully realise your product.
Our private label services include:
For further information regarding Private Label Formulations, contact us here.
Proudly developed, manufactured and certified in Australia, Cottee Blue Label represents our retail line of nutraceuticals and complementary medicines. The distinctive Cottee Blue Label banner, featuring a white Southern Cross against the royal blue of Australian sky, is an assurance to the customer of unmatched quality, safety and nutritional benefit.
Cottee Pregnancy Care provides essential vitamins and nutrients for mother and baby during preconception, pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Each dose contains a well-rounded balance of Omega-3 fatty acids and bioavailable Milk Calcium, in addition to Iron, Folic Acid, and Vitamin C and Vitamin D. Specially tailored to ensure the healthiest possible start to a mother's day, and a baby's life.
| Active Ingredients | per dose |
|---|---|
| Hydropoxiate [equiv. calcium 170mg] |
630mg |
| Natural Fish Oil [equiv. EPA 100mg, DHA 68mg] |
560mg |
| Vitamin D | 1.25mcg |
| Vitamin C | 60mg |
| Iron | 7mg |
| Folic Acid | 500mcg |
Every cell in the human body relies upon omega-3 fatty acids [DHA and EPA] to ensure regular health and development.
Cottee Daily DHA, made from natural fish oil derived exclusively from premium tuna, contains double the DHA of regular fish oil and provides all the essential Omega-3 your body needs in just one tasty citrus-flavoured dose per day.
| Active Ingredients | per cap |
|---|---|
| Natural Fish Oil [equiv. DHA 100mg, EPA 20mg] |
400mg |
Out of all the Omega-3 fatty acids, DHA plays a particularly important role in the development of children.
Cottee DHA for Kids contains DHA in a 5:1 ratio to EPA. A naturally superior composition for improved childhood development.
Cottee DHA for Kids contains natural fish oil derived exclusively from tuna. This premium source of oil contains double the DHA of regular fish oil and provides all the essential Omega-3 kids need in a delicious berry-flavoured liquid.
| Active Ingredients | per dose |
|---|---|
| Natural Fish Oil [equiv. DHA 100mg, EPA 20mg] |
400mg |
All products within the Cottee Blue Label range are manufactured under strict GMP guidelines and are listed on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods [ARTG].
To trace the history of Cottee is to trace the history of the Australian milk industry.
Cottee has its origin in the northern NSW township of Lismore. From these humble dairy roots, the company rapidly transformed into a pioneering company of Australian milk products thanks to the imagination and enterprise of Spencer Cottee.
Herbert Cottee's AIF enlistment papers from 1915, in which his profession is given rather plainly as 'Casein Manufacturer'. Given that casein manufacture would play a part in the Cottee family's fortune for the next 100 years, it is particularly suitable that the language of the time refers to his vocation as a 'calling'.
Throughout the course of the 20th century, Spencer Cottee displayed great innovation in the use of milk by-products, particularly in the production and marketing of casein.
Initially a product utilised mainly in industrial applications, Spencer realised the potential casein had to offer the global food industry.
As the market for casein expanded, several plants in Queensland and NSW were constructed, which quickly developed the casein market beyond its limited industrial applications and out into the arena of the global food industry.
A progressive company, whose identity is nonetheless bound to its history, Cottee is now a 5th generation family-owned company. It is currently under the Directorship of Ross Cottee.
With an intimate knowledge of the international nutritional marketplace, Ross Cottee's business acumen is testament to over 100 continual years of family expertise.
Cottee owns and operates a large rural cropping and livestock enterprise in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia.
The rich red soils of the area are ideal for broadacre cropping of oilseeds and cereals, as well as breeding and raising prime Australian fat lambs.
Cottee Farms reflects our integrated attitude as a company – true understanding of agricultural commodities begins at the agrarian level, with a simple seed in the soil. We also recognise that, with the ever-mounting pressures on the planet, ethical sustainability must underpin every link within the global agricultural supply chain.
Indeed, our corporate social responsibility is centred very firmly around this core value of sustainability. From our extensive on-farm re-vegetation programmes through to the ethical sourcing of natural ingredients for our retail goods, Cottee recognises the need to give must exceed that taken.
Australia's natural beauty is perfectly suited to Agricultural production. With an abundance of fertile land, stretching across nearly every climactic zone imaginable [from desert to rainforest], there are very few agricultural commodities that are not produced domestically, and all to the highest possible quality standards.
Thanks to our natural isolation, as well as strict biosecurity and quarantine laws, our produce is also recognised as amongst the cleanest and safest in the world.
Our proud Australian heritage affords us a privileged emphasis on Australian sourcing and manufacture, however our logistical capabilities are truly global. Flexibility is our forte, with an unmatched ability to fulfil any requirement within any marketplace.
We have the capacity to scan global supply options to deliver the most cost-effective solution to your dairy requirements, and can cater for all documentation and certification requests (including kosher and halal).
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With an intimate knowledge of the international nutritional marketplace, our business acumen is testament to over 100 continual years of family expertise.
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Casein manufacturing and marketing throughout Australia, the sub-Continent, Europe, and the USA.
Competitive sourcing of dairy ingredients from Eastern Europe, India, and Australasia.
Supplying nutraceuticals to the US, European and Asian marketplace for over 30 years.