This ABC Landline segment is a local industry feature about Kingaroy’s peanut sector reinventing itself through a new peanut protein powder factory. The core story is that Josh Gadiski’s cold-pressed oil business found a higher-value use for second-grade Australian peanuts, creating a zero-waste protein ingredient that could support growers, lift demand, and add a new export pathway.
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The segment’s central thesis is straightforward: the struggling Kingaroy peanut industry is getting a potential lift from value-added processing, specifically a new $22 million peanut powder factory that turns second-grade peanuts into a high-protein ingredient. The report frames this as a meaningful innovation for a regional industry that has been under pressure for decades from imports, drought, and lower farm-gate prices, but it also makes clear that the factory is not a full fix for the sector’s structural decline. Josh Gadiski is positioned as the key entrepreneur behind the project. …
Tactically, the new factory is a near-term positive for local peanut prices and sentiment, but it is too early to treat it as a broad re-rating event for the whole sector.
Over the next several quarters, the setup depends on whether food manufacturers adopt the powder as a repeat ingredient and whether the plant can sustain demand beyond launch curiosity. Confirmation would come from steady orders, expansion plans, and a measurable lift in grower economics.
The structural thesis is that commodity agriculture can create more resilient economics through value-added processing and ingredient innovation. If that model scales, the long-term winner is not the raw peanut itself but the processing layer that converts low-value output into branded, exportable protein.
Second-grade Australian peanuts can be turned into a high-protein powder for food manufacturers.
Core business premise of the segment.
The factory uses a zero-waste model because the extracted oil is useful in another part of the business.
Explains the economics of the process and why the oil is not waste.
The peanut industry in Kingaroy has been in decline since the early 1990s due to imports and drier weather.
Historical context for why the factory matters.
Is that machine your secret weapon?
Josh confirms the press is his secret weapon. He explains that other manufacturers try to produce a powder but can't remove the oil without adding fiber, making it difficult to get the fine texture and high protein. The press operates at 500 bar of pressure, which is key to producing a super fine nut powder.
Is 500 bar a lot?
Josh explains that 500 bar is a massive amount of pressure, contrasting it with car tire pressure which is about 2.4 bar.
What about that fine talc feel? Is that something that food manufacturers want?
Josh confirms absolutely, explaining that the fineness is a real secret to the product because it allows full dissolvability in beverages and sports nutrition drinks like protein shakes.
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