The milk processing company “Food Union” has invested 90,000 euros in the development of its most functional brand “Lakto”, creating a new product category – the line of fermented milk products “Lakto Imuno” without lactose.
The recipe for the new lactose-free fermented milk product “Lakto Imuno” was developed by the leading food technologists of the “Food Union” Fresh Dairy Products Excellence Center in Riga. In turn, the production of products takes place in the company’s specialized factory “Valmieras piens” in Valmiera.
“Lakto Imuno” lactose-free fermented milk products are available with four natural flavors of fruit and berry additives – pomegranate, mango, raspberry-blueberry and strawberry-rhubarb.
The products are packaged in small 100 g bottles. “By creating the innovative “Lakto Imuno” line without lactose, we have taken an important step not only within our company, but also within the entire Latvian food industry. We are pleased that these new drinks are in line with modern nutritional trends,” comments Ilona Jaroša, head of dairy product brands at Food Union.
“Food Union” in Latvia worked with a turnover of 111.5 million euros in 2021, which is 4% more than the year before, but the company’s gross profit decreased by 5% – to 25.5 million euros. The turnover of the “Food Union” group in Europe in 2021 amounted to 291 million euros. The largest shareholder of the concern is Andrejs Beshmelnickis.
The group of companies includes Latvia’s “Valmieras piens” and “Rīgas piena kombināts”, which added “Rīgas piensaimnieku” in February 2020, as well as the ice cream manufacturer in Estonia “Premia”, the ice cream manufacturer in Denmark “Premier Is” and the ice cream distributor “Hjem Is” in the group , ice cream manufacturer in Norway “Isbjrn Is”, ice cream manufacturer in Romania “Alpin57Lux”, “Food Union” also has two factories of dairy products and baby food in China.
