Organic Times

What Organic Times does

Organic Times Aust Pty Ltd is an Australian privately-held manufacturer and wholesaler of certified organic and fair-trade chocolate, cookies, and pantry ingredients, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Bayswater, Victoria. The company's core technology centers on production using premium Swiss couverture chocolate and Dutch-process cocoa powder, with all ingredients certified organic by Southern Cross Certified and fair-trade by Hand in Hand. Its product portfolio spans three core lines — chocolates and confectionery (including seasonal Easter and Christmas ranges), boutique-bakery cookies, and pantry staples such as cocoa powder, carob powder, rapadura sugar, blackstrap molasses, popping corn, nuts, coconut flour, icing sugar, and glucose syrup — alongside adjacent extensions including grass-fed butter, rice/lentils/beans, seeds and dried fruits, and sanitizers and masks.

The business operates a dual-channel go-to-market model: direct-to-consumer e-commerce through organictimes.com.au with Australia-wide delivery, and wholesale supply of the full range in retail and bulk quantities to retail stockists nationwide. Pricing is per-unit with separate wholesale carton SKUs (e.g., 18x35g, 12x200g, 8x500g) targeted at stockist buyers. The company markets through a broad organic social footprint (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube, LinkedIn, X), an email newsletter, an SEO-optimized recipe blog, and direct product page content.

Revenue is split between two diffuse customer bases — health-conscious individual consumers purchasing for home baking and snacking, and SMB wholesale stockists reselling to end consumers. No institutional investors, parent company, subsidiaries, patents, or public funding rounds are disclosed. Headcount is reported in the 11–50 range. The company carries no disclosed AI/ML capability, no API, and no enterprise software layer; its differentiation rests on certification credentials, ingredient quality, and brand longevity rather than technology.

Name

Organic Times

Legal name

Organic Times Aust Pty Ltd

Website

https://organictimes.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Organic Times is an Australian manufacturer and wholesaler, founded in 1999, of certified organic and fair-trade chocolate, cookies, and pantry ingredients, selling via its own e-commerce site and through retail stockists nationwide to health-conscious consumers and wholesale buyers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organic Confectionery and Baking Ingredients

NAICS

Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing (31135), Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate (311352), Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing (3113)

SIC

Sugar & Confectionery Products (2060), Cookies & Crackers (2052), Bakery Products (2050)

akta.pro primary industry

Chocolate & Chocolate Confectionery (CRADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Confectionery Manufacturing (Chocolate, Candy, Gum) (AFAKAAAD), Chocolate & Candy Snacks Manufacturing (AFAKAIAM), Baking Ingredients & Desserts (Flour, Mixes, Frosting, Gelatin) (CRADAAAD)

Keywords

• Organic confectionery
• Fair-trade chocolate
• Bakery ingredients
• Organic pantry staples
• Gourmet cookies

Headquarters

HQ city

Bayswater

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. E-commerce Direct Sales: Direct-to-consumer online sales through their website. Customers purchase individual products and bulk quantities for home delivery across Australia.
2. Wholesale Distribution: Supply of entire product range in retail and bulk quantities to wholesale customers and stockists.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Organic Times manufactures and wholesales certified organic and fair-trade chocolate, cookies, and pantry ingredients in Australia. The company operates a boutique bakery in Bayswater, Victoria, producing Swiss couverture chocolate confectionery (bars, Rocky Road, marshmallows, seasonal Easter/Christmas ranges), baked cookies, and baking staples such as cocoa powder, rapadura sugar, blackstrap molasses, popping corn, and nuts. Products are distributed via their own e-commerce store and through wholesale supply to retail stockists nationwide.

Product overview

Organic Times is an Australian manufacturer and wholesaler of natural, organic chocolate, cookies, and pantry ingredients founded in 1999. The company offers a diverse portfolio of products centered around certified organic and fair-trade ingredients. The core product lines include: (1) Chocolates and Confectionery - featuring dark, milk, and white chocolate varieties, Rocky Road, Little Gems, and seasonal Easter/Christmas ranges; (2) Cookies - hand-baked gourmet cookies; (3) Pantry Ingredients - baking essentials including Cocoa Powder, Carob Powder, Rapadura Sugar, Blackstrap Molasses, Popping Corn, nuts (Almonds, Macadamias), Coconut Flour, Icing Sugar, and Glucose Syrup; and (4) Specialty Items like Drinking Chocolate and Vanilla Mallows. All products emphasize certified organic, fair-trade, non-GMO, palm-oil free, and gluten-free attributes with Southern Cross Certified and Hand in Hand Fair Trade certifications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chocolates
• Cookies
• Pantry Ingredients
• Drinking Chocolate
• Popping Corn
• Blackstrap Molasses
• Rapadura Sugar
• Cocoa Powder
• Carob Powder
• Vanilla Mallows
• Australian Raw Almonds
• Australian Macadamia Nuts
• Little Gems
• Rocky Road
• Icing Sugar
• Coconut Flour
• Glucose Syrup
• Choc Berry Jellies
• Christmas Range
• Easter Range

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Southern Cross CertifiedcoreOthersOrganic certification body that certifies all Organic Times products as certified organic. All ingredients are certified organic by Southern Cross Certified.
• Hand in Hand Fair TradecoreOthersFair-trade certification organization. Organic Times is certified fair-trade under Hand in Hand, ensuring ethical sourcing practices for cocoa and other ingredients.
• Southern Cross CertifiedcoreOthersCertifies their Dutch-process cocoa powder as certified organic, with beans sourced from lush growing regions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Alter Eco: Organic and fair-trade chocolate and pantry brand focused on regenerative sourcing and carbon-neutral positioning. Comparable clean-label and fair-trade value proposition, with emerging brand momentum in the same consumer segment.

Broad incumbents

• Lindt: Global premium chocolate manufacturer with an Australian operation and an expanding organic and fair-trace-certified product range. Competes for the same premium gifting and pantry-shelf consumer in Australia with substantially larger marketing and distribution resources.
• Green & Black's: Iconic organic and fair-trade chocolate brand now owned by Mondelez, distributed globally through mainstream grocery. Represents the scaled incumbent version of Organic Times' positioning and a direct threat on shelf space and pricing.
• Cadbury (Mondelez Australia): Mass-market chocolate incumbent in Australia with broad Easter and seasonal confectionery ranges. Sets the pricing benchmark that organic and premium brands must justify, and increasingly introduces organic variants that compete in Organic Times' category.

Direct peers

• Haigh's Chocolates: Premium Australian bean-to-bar chocolate maker with national retail distribution and a long-standing heritage brand. Comparable on premium positioning and Australian retail/wholesale GTM, though not exclusively organic — represents the premium incumbent Organic Times must differentiate against.
• Loving Earth: Australian maker of organic, fair-trade chocolate and superfood snacks using couverture chocolate and natural ingredients. Highly comparable on raw-material sourcing philosophy, certification posture, and product mix (chocolate bars, pantry superfoods) targeting the same Australian health-conscious consumer.
• Pana Organic: Australian organic chocolate brand offering couverture-based bars, snacks, and spreads with a clean-label positioning. Directly competes with Organic Times in the Australian organic confectionery aisle on similar price points and certifications.
• Ceres Organics: Trans-Tasman organic food brand specializing in pantry staples (grains, flours, sugars, nuts) sold through Australian and New Zealand health-food retail. Directly comparable on certified-organic pantry range and wholesale-to-stockist GTM motion.
• Honest to Goodness: Australian organic and natural pantry brand offering wholesale and DTC distribution of nuts, flours, sugars, and baking staples. Overlaps directly with Organic Times' pantry category and serves the same wholesale stockist and health-conscious consumer base.

Regional players

• Whittaker's: New Zealand premium chocolate manufacturer with deep Australian retail penetration through supermarkets and wholesalers. Comparable premium positioning and mass-premium distribution model, though not organic — competes for the same Australian consumer chocolate wallet.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/OrganicTimesAus
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC784-N0feEAQS4AxoC7twMA/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/organictimes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/organic-times-aust-pty-ltd
• Instagraminstagram.com/organictimes
• Pinterestpinterest.com.au/organictimesaus
• TikToktiktok.com/@organictimes

Compliance2 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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