Lactogal is a Portuguese food products company focused on dairy products, milk, fruit juice and mineral water. It is headquartered in Porto and is placed among the twenty largest agro-food European companies. It has major factories in Oliveira de Azeméis and Vila do Conde.

Lactogal
Company typePrivate
IndustryDairy
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
HeadquartersPorto, Portugal
ProductsFood
Websitelactogal.pt

History

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Lactogal was founded in 1996 by the fusion between the three largest Portuguese companies in the sector: AGROS – União das Cooperativas de Produtores de Leite Entre Douro e o Minho e Trás-os-Montes, UCRL (headquartered in Espaço Agros in Póvoa de Varzim; founded in 1949); LACTICOOP – União das Cooperativas de Produtores de Leite entre Douro e Mondego, UCRL (headquartered in Aveiro; founded in 1962); and PROLEITE/MIMOSA S.A. (headquartered in Oliveira de Azeméis; founded in 1973). The company acquired the Spanish company Leche Celta in 2006, and in 2007, Lactogal was planning to complete before 2010 a new factory in Oliveira de Azeméis.[1] In March 2016, Lactogal along with Lactalis opened war against Galician producers of organic milk.[2]

Factories in Portugal

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Brands

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  • Mimosa (diverse dairy food)
  • Agros (diverse dairy food)
  • Gresso (diverse dairy food)
  • Vigor (diverse dairy food)
  • Pleno (water with flavour)
  • Matinal (diverse dairy food)
  • Adágio (yogurt)
  • Fresky (fruit juices)
  • Águas Serra da Penha (mineral water)
  • Primor (butter)
  • Castelões (cheese)
  • Serra Dourada (milk)
  • Milhafre (milk and butter)
  • Leche Celta (diverse dairy food)[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lactogal investe 50 M€ numa fábrica em Oliveira de Azeméis, in Diário Digital Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Lactalis y Lactogal abren una guerra por los productores gallegos de leche ecológica". Galicia. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  3. ^ Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação
  4. ^ SAPO. "SAPO". SAPO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-04-29.
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