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-based dairy processor and
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's largest dairy company acquiring other dairy companies across
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. The company was established around 1926. Ault sold off parts of their business in the mid-1990s; milk division (
Sealtest Dairy Sealtest Dairy is a Good Humor-Breyers brand for dairy products. Formerly a division of National Dairy Products Corporation (precursor to Kraft Foods) of Delaware, it produced milk, cream, ice cream, and lemonade. The Sealtest brand was also late ...
and
Silverwood Dairy Silverwood Dairy was a London, Ontario, Canada, dairy company that operated in the early 20th century and was later acquired as a brand name by Ault Foods. History Founding owner and early years Silverwood Dairy was founded by Albert Edward Sil ...
) was sold to
Agropur The Agropur Dairy Cooperative, usually shortened to Agropur, is headquartered in Saint-Hubert, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. Agropur Cooperative is a North American dairy cooperative founded in 1938. It is a supplier of products for the industri ...
. Ault itself was acquired by Parmalat in 1997 and the name ceased to exist.


Operations

Ault had 15 processing plants and 30 outlying distribution depots: Some processing facilities included: * Winchester, Ontario *
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* Ottawa,
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Orleans, Ontario Orleans (; French: ; officially and in French OrléansThe suburb is called ''Orléans'' (with an accent) in French, but is commonly called ''Orleans'' (no accent) in English. The official name in English was changed from ''Orleans'' to ''Orléan ...
Main distribution centres consists of: *
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Brands

A list of products sold by Ault: * Haagen-Dazs *
Sealtest Sealtest Dairy is a Good Humor-Breyers brand for dairy products. Formerly a division of National Dairy Products Corporation (precursor to Kraft Foods) of Delaware, it produced milk, cream, ice cream, and lemonade. The Sealtest brand was also late ...
milk Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfed human infants) before they are able to digest solid food. Immune factors and immune-modula ...
in
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* Drumstick * Orco


See also

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Parmalat Canada Lactalis is a French multinational dairy products corporation, owned by the Besnier family and based in Laval, Mayenne, France. The company's former name was Besnier SA. Lactalis is the largest dairy products group in the world, and is the se ...
**
Beatrice Foods Canada Beatrice Foods Canada Ltd. is a dairy unit of Lactalis Canada based in Toronto. The Canadian unit of Beatrice Foods was founded in 1969 and separated from its American parent firm, Beatrice Foods in 1978. The Beatrice trademark in Canada is owne ...
**
Sealtest Dairy Sealtest Dairy is a Good Humor-Breyers brand for dairy products. Formerly a division of National Dairy Products Corporation (precursor to Kraft Foods) of Delaware, it produced milk, cream, ice cream, and lemonade. The Sealtest brand was also late ...
**
Silverwood Dairy Silverwood Dairy was a London, Ontario, Canada, dairy company that operated in the early 20th century and was later acquired as a brand name by Ault Foods. History Founding owner and early years Silverwood Dairy was founded by Albert Edward Sil ...
*
Nestlé Nestlé S.A. (; ; ) is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. It is the largest publicly held food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since ...
**
Parlour A parlour (or parlor) is a reception room or public space. In medieval Christian Europe, the "outer parlour" was the room where the monks or nuns conducted business with those outside the monastery and the "inner parlour" was used for necessar ...


References

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External


http://www.eap.mcgill.ca/MagRack/RH/RH_E_97_05.htm

Ault Foods
Companies based in Toronto Dairy products companies of Canada Lactalis Companies disestablished in 1997 Defunct companies of Ontario 1926 establishments in Ontario 1997 mergers and acquisitions