Ice cream manufacturer
                                    South Australia's largest ice cream manufacturer. Their factory is in Laura, where  the company's links date back as far as 1880. Part of National Foods from 1991 til 2001, when a group of South Australian businessmen purchased the Golden North business.
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            (Last updated Jul 2025)        
        
        
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                Golden North Pty Ltd
            
                            
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         Palm oil free
        Palm oil free
    
    
        Golden North ice cream is 100% palm oil free and made in South Australia. Golden North has been working with Adelaide Zoo on the issue of palm oil in food products. As a result Golden North's full range is now palm oil free.
    
            Source: Zoos SA
                                    (2020)
                            
        
    
         4/5 for packaging performance
        4/5 for packaging performance
    
    
        This company received a packaging performance level of 4 (Leading) in its 2025 APCO Annual Report. Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) is a not-for-profit organisation leading the development of a circular economy for packaging in Australia. Each year, APCO Members are required to submit an APCO Annual Report and Action Plan, which includes an overall performance level from 1 (Getting Started) to 5 (Beyond Best Practice).
    
            Source: APCO
                                    (2025)
                            
        
    
         Govt grant to reduce energy costs
        Govt grant to reduce energy costs
    
    
        With a $447,500 grant from the Australian Government's Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment program, Golden North will upgrade its refrigeration system at its ice-cream manufacturing facility, 230 kilometres north of Adelaide. With initiatives funded by the grant, Golden North expects to: Decrease the carbon emissions intensity of its refrigeration system by 47%; save $140,000 in annual energy costs; and boost refrigeration capacity by 44%.
    
            Source: Australian Govt
                                    (2013)
                            
        
    
         Palm oil free products
        Palm oil free products
    
    
        Some, but not necessarily all, of this company's ice cream products are palm oil free. For more details, follow the link to see Borneo Orangutan Survival Australia's list of products which manufacturers have told them are palm oil free or contain segregated certified sustainable palm oil.
    
            Source: BOS Australia
                                    (2020)
                            
        
    
Company Details
Employees:
                55
                                            (2010)
                                    
                                            Contact Details
                    Address:
                
                
                    4/780 South Road, Glandore South, SA, 5037, Australia
                
                                        
                    Phone:
                
                08 8292 3500
                                        
                    Freecall:
                
                1800 001 572
                                        
                    Website:
                
                
                    Products / Brands
Golden North
                Golden North
                                    
                                Ice Cream
                
                                            
            
            ★ palm oil free
                                                         
                    