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.

History

It 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 Vila do Conde); LACTICOOP - União das Cooperativas de Produtores de Leite entre Douro e Mondego, UCRL (headquartered in Aveiro); and PROLEITE/MIMOSA S.A. (headquartered in Oliveira de Azeméis). The company acquired the Spanish company Leche Celta in 2006, and as of 2007, Lactogal is planning to complete before 2010 a new factory in Oliveira de Azeméis.

Factories in Portugal

• Tocha – milk collecting and juice
• Oliveira de Azeméis – yogurt, UHT milk, cream
• Vila do Conde – UHT milk, butter, cream and yogurt
• Sanfins (Sever do Vouga) – cheese
• Aviz – cheese, butter
• Leça – pasteurized milk
• Lousado – milk collecting that is stored in order to be sent to Vila do Conde's factory
• Macedo de Cavaleiros – UHT milk
• Azores – cheese

Source: Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação

Brands

• Mimosa (diverse dairy food)
• Agros (diverse dairy food)
• Gresso (diverse dairy food)
• Vigor (diverse dairy food)
• Pleno (milk)
• 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)

References

External links

• Lactogal