Bonox
{{Short description|Australian beef extract}}
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| currentowner = Bega Cheese (2017–)
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Bonox is a beef extract made in Australia, currently owned by Bega Cheese after it acquired the brand from Kraft Heinz in 2017.[https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/4413568/bega-pays-460m-for-vegemite-and-other-kraft-brands/ Bega Cheese buys Vegemite and other Kraft brands] by Brian Robins and Andrew Marshall on Farm Online, 19 Jan 2017 It is primarily a drink but can also be used as stock in cooking.
History
Bonox was invented by Camron Thomas{{cite web | title=Kraft Foods Ltd| website=Private Revenue Perfins of Victoria| url=https://www.perfins.com.au/OZ-Revenue-Perfins/Victoria-Revenue-ZK-Perfins.html | access-date=15 January 2021|others=Article includes historical information about a stamp used by Kraft Foods Ltd. in 1932 in Australia.}} for Fred Walker of Fred Walker & Co. in 1918. Bonox was launched the following year.{{cite web |url=http://www.kraft.com.au/virtualMuseum/decades/index.cfm?Page=decades1910 |title=Kraft Online: Virtual Museum - 1910s |date=2005 |website=Kraft |publisher=Kraft Foods Limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050311025801/http://www.kraft.com.au/virtualMuseum/decades/index.cfm?Page=decades1910 |archive-date=11 March 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=12 May 2019 }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article80756233 |title=BONOX' DEMONSTRATION. |newspaper=Singleton Argus |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 September 1919 |accessdate=15 January 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
The Walker company was purchased by Kraft Foods Inc. sometime after Walker's death in 1935.{{cite web | title=Walker, Fred (1884–1935)|website=Australian Dictionary of Biography | date=1990| url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/walker-fred-8953 | access-date=14 January 2021|quote=This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12, (MUP), 1990|first=K. T. H.|last= Farrer}} The product was produced by Kraft (from 2012 Kraft Foods, from 2015 Kraft Heinz) until 2017, when Bonox, along with other brands, was sold to Bega Cheese. It kept the same recipe and jar designs.{{cite web |url=https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/4413568/bega-pays-460m-for-vegemite-and-other-kraft-brands/ |title=Bega Cheese buys Vegemite and other Kraft brands |last=Robins |first=Brian |last2=Marshall |first2=Andrew |date=19 Jan 2017 |website=Farm Online National |publisher=Fairfax Media |access-date=12 May 2019 |quote=The sale includes ZoOsh and Bonox, and products sold under the Kraft brand license}}
{{as of|2021}}, Bonox continues to be produced by Bega.{{cite web | title=Bonox Beef Stock Paste Extract 230G| website=Woolworths Supermarket | date=26 December 2020 | url=https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/33893/bonox-beef-stock-paste-extract | access-date=15 January 2021}}
Nutritional information
This concentrated beef extract contains iron and niacin. It is a thick dark brown liquid paste which can be added to soups or stews for flavoring and can also be added to hot water and served as a beverage.{{cite web|title=NUTTAB 2010 Online Searchable Database|url=http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumerinformation/nuttab2010/nuttab2010onlinesearchabledatabase/onlineversion.cfm?&action=getFood&foodID=10F40015|publisher=Food Standards Australia New Zealand|accessdate=19 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325021736/http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumerinformation/nuttab2010/nuttab2010onlinesearchabledatabase/onlineversion.cfm?&action=getFood&foodID=10F40015|archivedate=25 March 2012}}
=Approximate per 100g=
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- Thiamin (B1) 0.36 mg
- Riboflavin (B2) 0.27 mg
- Niacin (B3) 5.4 mg
- Niacin Equivalents 8.17 mg
- Pantothenic acid (B5) 0.38 mg
- Pyridoxine (B6) 0.23 mg
- Biotin (B7) 12 ug
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See also
{{portal|Australia|Food}}