Arla Foods invests €20m in mozzarella production at UK site
Summary
According to the company, the new technology enables better flexibility and innovation opportunities to meet customer demands for mozzarella that browns, melts or stretches in specific ways. Arla Foods’ executive vice president and COO, Peter Giørtz-Carlsen, said: “Our mozzarella business has seen double-digit growth over the past five years, and we have strong relationships with key customers, particularly in global foodservice, and it’s from that very solid starting point we are announcing the investment today”. This investment allows us to stay among the leaders within mozzarella, serve our customers even better and at the same time improve profitability for our farmer owners’ milk.” Arla Foods’ executive vice president and head of supply chain, David Boulanger, commented: “With this investment, Taw Valley will become a state-of-the-art cheese production site and combined with our strong channel understanding in the global mozzarella category, we are strengthening further our business”. The company said that the cheese produced at Taw Valley will increase Arla Foods’ mozzarella production, with most of it destined for export to global foodservice customers. Boulanger added: “This is a prime example of how we at Arla Foods constantly innovate in our process capabilities, improve our efficiency and drive product superiority in order to deliver our strategic ambitions, create growth and ultimately secure value for our farmer owners”.