The Buddee Story

The Buddee Story
Our Founders: Seong-Lee and Rodney

Inspired by a Dad’s Mission

The inspiration for Buddee was born when one of our Co-Founders discovered that both of his children suffered from severe food allergies - a reality that became especially difficult as they approached school age. That personal experience sparked a mission to create a safe, tasty solution for families everywhere.

How Buddee Came to Life

Australia is the food allergy capital of the world, which is why we're no strangers to parents juggling the need for meals that are easy, healthy, delicious and safe. This challenge becomes even bigger with the majority of Australian schools enforcing strict no-nut policies, making lunchbox planning harder than ever.

Crafted in Melbourne

Made for Every Home

Buddee is proudly made in our own purpose-built allergen-friendly facility in Melbourne, using at least 95% Australian ingredients and packaged in recyclable PET jars.

Buddee was created not just for children with allergies, but for all families, children and adults alike. To be enjoyed in offices, schools, at parties, camps, anywhere!

We can’t wait for you to welcome Buddee into your home and join us in changing the landscape of school lunches for the better.

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With many schools and kinders banning nuts and nut butters, two Aussie dads teamed up to produce an allergy safe spread, Buddee. Now they've done a million dollar deal with Woolworths and Coles to stock their products.

The Melbourne men scored a deal with both Woolies and Coles, worth $1 million, before they had even sold one product after suffering a “frightening” time.

Allergy-friendly spread business Buddee lands $1 million deals with Coles and Woolworths. Buddee is Seong-Lee Ang and Rodney Chieng’s answer to the no-nut policy across Australian schools.

Dad's genius food idea lands him a $1 million dollar deal with Coles and Woolworths after spotting a huge gap in the market - and the inspiration came from his CHILDREN

Food Allergy Week a chance to address issue of Australia being ‘allergy capital of the world’ - Buddee, makers of allergen-free spreads, is helping raise awareness and support families affected by food allergies.

Dad’s genius idea means your kids can now take peanut butter to school - A new range of products is helping parents put their kid’s favourite spreads back in the school lunchboxes - without risking harm to kids with allergies.

Buddee wins awards ahead of Food Allergy Week 2023 - With the goal to put spreads back into lunchboxes, Buddee has received numerous awards in recognition of its innovation, health attributes and Australian manufacturing excellence.

Behind the brand: Aussie dad’s mission to make allergy-safe spreads - Food allergies affect around 1 in 10 children in Australia, and whilst some allergic reactions are mild and can be “outgrown”, others can be extremely severe and life-threatening.

Melbourne Dad’s Allergy and Lunchbox-Friendly Buddee Spreads a Deal Breaker! A Melbourne dad, struggling to find safe spreads for his two children with severe food allergies, created Buddee - a range of school-safe, nut-free spreads made from chickpeas.

Nut-free spread startup Buddee - which uses chickpeas instead of legumes - has secured $1 million in deals with supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths. Buddee’s range of nut-free spreads includes Chocolate, Smooth, and Crunchy, all made with roasted chickpeas.

Melbourne-based brand Buddee have recently developed a range of allergen-friendly spreads which might just be the solution you’re looking for. Buddee’s chickpea-based spreads are free from peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, dairy, egg, soy, sesame, fish, shellfish and lupin.