Innovation Never Sleeps
Technology and functionality for the meat industry of tomorrow: We create integrated systems of consulting, functional ingredients and market-ready brands. Our developments are based on applied research, industrial process practice and internationally validated methods. We continuously work on new functional systems and product solutions, ranging from stable emulsions to optimized injection processes and scalable brand products. The goal is technical excellence, economic efficiency and market-ready implementation in every production environment.
Boer’s Power for You
Explore Our New Products
Fuel your body and mind with our latest range: Boerewors, Droëwors & Biltong. Nutrient-rich, healthy, high-quality powerfood rooted in family tradition and refined with modern expertise.
“Protein? It runs in my veins. Meat is simply in my DNA.”
OUR SOLUTIONS
We place great importance on ensuring that collected data is not only recorded but also actively integrated into ERP systems, quality control and HR processes and view meat plants as data-driven systems. Through audits, process analyses and AI-based diagnostics we uncover inefficiencies and develop solutions for greater transparency, higher yields and stable operations, regardless of location or equipment.
Smart Functionals
Our systems ensure stable emulsions, enable precise fat integration and make variable raw materials such as PSE pork or DFD beef reliably usable. They also include methods for injection and skin-fat emulsions that improve tenderness, flavour and yield. In addition, we develop practical solutions for catering bacon and in-house MDM production. This reduces dependence on costly imports, lowers production costs and increases yields while maintaining quality and process reliability.
Oake Woods Brands
Under the Oake Woods label, we develop products that combine technical functionality with market-ready concepts. Examples such as Marbled Meat, Boerewors and Biltong demonstrate how our technical solutions become reliable, economical and market-relevant products in practice. Each development is designed for yield, nutrition and efficiency, supported by precise ingredient specifications, packaging design, marketing assistance and ongoing research in Europe.
NEWS & MEDIA
Simplifying complexity – empowering people.
INTO THE FUTURE, WITH INTUITION
From automation to AI, meat producers around the world are facing similar challenges. However, local conditions could hardly be more different. In Africa, for instance, automated systems are bridging the gap between culture, training, and equipment.
DISCOVER THE HISTORY OF MEAT PROCESSING!
EarthwormExpress is a leading blog on meat science and technology. It covers topics from the history of meat processing to modern innovations, combining solid research with industry insight.
Described as an “outstanding blog in meat science and technology,” it offers a unique view of the meat industry’s past, present, and future.
Author Eben van Tonder dedicates it to all who love meat as food and as science.
DISCOVER THE HISTORY OF MEAT PROCESSING!
For us, bacon is more than just meat. It’s memory, craftsmanship, and living culture. Bacon Stories shares the people, places, and decades of passion behind every slice. From the smoky aroma of Alpine curing rooms to the modern production halls of West Africa, ancient techniques meet scientific precision and relentless dedication.
Christa recalls her childhood on an Austrian mountain farm, where bacon was part of daily life. Eben tells of his 23-year journey to a breakthrough method for reformed bacon. Two worlds, united by one love: bacon that tells a story.
ABOUT US
About Origins Global Meats
What We Do
Origins Global Meats develops integrated meat solutions that translate technology, functionality, and brand into measurable business impact. Eben and Christa van Tonder work as a team where strategy, technical depth, and operational execution interlock seamlessly. From building design and construction to the finished product, Origins supports every stage of development. Projects span Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.
WHY ORIGINS?
Because with us
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Innovation never sleeps
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Systems work together
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Efficiency becomes measurable
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Solutions fit every market
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Ideas scale into results
WHY ORIGINS?
Because Origins works end-to-end.
Because Origins delivers results: higher yield, lower costs, stable quality, stronger margins.
Because Origins thinks globally, executes regionally, and meets international standards.
Founders
Eben van Tonder
Industrial Innovator and Meat Processing Specialist
Eben has more than twenty years of experience in building, operating, and scaling industrial meat processing. He led the complete setup of the largest meat factory in West Africa, including layout, equipment, recipes, training, and quality standards, and scaled Woody’s Consumer Brands from one ton per week to fifteen tons per day using a cost-efficient bacon system later adopted in New Zealand. His areas of expertise include lean layouts, team-based workflows, ERP-supported and data-driven process control with artificial intelligence, functional ingredient systems, meat-plant hybrids, the consolidation of distributed operations, direct procurement, and HACCP and hygiene. His focus is on achieving higher output per shift, stable processes, and reliable profitability.
Christa van Tonder
Entrepreneurship, Cultural Intelligence & Operations
Christa leverages her agricultural experience (slaughtering, curing, food preservation) into scalable, modern operations and implementation expertise, blending technical know-how with organizational rigor and an entrepreneurial mindset. She manages end-to-end projects from procurement to commissioning, owns the integration of machinery and spare parts including supplier management and logistics, and maintains resilient customer relationships. She leads project controlling, allocates resources and ensures audit-ready procedures. Her focus is on well-defined accountabilities and intercultural collaboration across continents so solutions perform reliably in day-to-day operations.
What we deliver
Full carcass utilization with higher value per animal.
Hybrid innovation with real cost and nutritional advantages.
Operational excellence with clear standards, motivated teams, and stable quality.
Brands that can be manufactured and sold.
Partnerships
Based in South Africa, Origins works closely with selected spice and functional ingredient partners from Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands and South Africa. These collaborations bring modern functionality directly into production, calibrated to raw materials, climate and cost realities in Europe, Africa, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Argentina.
Let’s build what lasts
Whether greenfield plant, performance turnaround, or a clearly positioned range, Origins delivers practical, profitable and scalable results.
Contact: office@originsglobalmeats.com
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