Lactogal is a

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food products company focused on dairy products,

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, fruit juice and

mineral water Mineral water is water from a mineral spring that contains various minerals, such as salts and sulfur compounds. Mineral water may usually be still or sparkling (carbonated/effervescent) according to the presence or absence of added gases. T ...

. It is headquartered in

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

and is placed among the twenty largest agro-food

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an companies. It has major factories in

Oliveira de Azeméis Oliveira de Azeméis () is a city and a municipality located in Porto Metropolitan Area in Portugal. Administratively, the municipality belongs to the District of Aveiro. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 68,611, in an area of 161.1 ...

and

Vila do Conde Vila do Conde (, ; "the Count's Town") is a municipality in the Norte Region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 79,533, in an area of 149.03 km². The urbanized area of Vila do Conde, which includes the parishes of Vila do Conde, Azurar ...

History

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 Póvoa de Varzim (, ) is a Portugal, Portuguese city in Norte Region, Portugal, Northern Portugal and sub-region of Greater Porto, from its city centre. It sits in a sandy coastal plain, a cuspate foreland, halfway between the Minho River, Minho ...

; 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

; 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. In March 2016, Lactogal along with Lactalis opened war against Galician producers of organic milk.

Factories in Portugal

Tocha Tocha is a civil parish in the municipality of Cantanhede, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,992, in an area of 78.44 km². References Freguesias of Cantanhede, Portugal {{Coimbra-geo-stub ...

–

collecting and juice *

–

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, UHT milk, cream *

– UHT milk, butter, cream and yogurt * Sanfins ( Sever do Vouga) – cheese * Aviz – cheese, butter * Leça –

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* Lousado – milk collecting that is stored in order to be sent to Vila do Conde's factory *

Macedo de Cavaleiros Macedo de Cavaleiros () is a city and municipality in northeastern Portugal, in Bragança District. The population in 2011 was 15,776, in an area of 699.14 km². History During antiquity, the region was occupied by the Celts, then Romans and ...

– UHT milk *

Azores ) , motto =( en, "Rather die free than subjected in peace") , anthem= ( en, "Anthem of the Azores") , image_map=Locator_map_of_Azores_in_EU.svg , map_alt=Location of the Azores within the European Union , map_caption=Location of the Azores wi ...

– cheese

Brands

* 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)

References

External links

Official website
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History

Factories in Portugal

Brands

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