Mlekovita is a

dairy A dairy is a business enterprise established for the harvesting or processing (or both) of animal milk – mostly from cows or buffaloes, but also from goats, sheep, horses, or camels – for human consumption. A dairy is typically located on ...

products company based in

Wysokie Mazowieckie Wysokie Mazowieckie is a town in north-eastern Poland, in Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the capital of Wysokie Mazowieckie County. Population is 10,034 . In town there is one of the biggest dairy companies in this part of Europe - " Mlekovita ...

, Poland. The company's slogan is "Twoja Mleczna Droga Do Radości!" (Your Milky Way To Happiness)

History

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The ''Spółdzielnia Mleczarska Mlekovita'' dates back to the pre-First World War period. The establishment in

was founded in 1928, and recruited around 30 people and produced

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and butter. After the Second World War, the ''Delegatura Centrali Mleczarsko-Jajczarskich'' was founded and after three years the ''Powiatowy Zakład Mleczarski'' began also producing smetana,

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and ice cream. In 1957 in

the ''Okręgowa Spółdzielnia Mleczarska'' was founded. At that time the new production manufacturing company have been built, which was open in 1962, which was used for

making, butter,

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, milk keeping and apparatus.

Capital Group

The capital group Mlekovita was founded on the 1 March 2014 by 14 companies with distribution centres in: with the base in

and Baranowo,

Biała Podlaska Biała Podlaska ( la, Alba Ducalis) is a city in eastern Poland with 56,498 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated in the Lublin Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the capital of Biała Podlaska Voivodeship (1975–1998). ...

Bielsk Podlaski Bielsk Podlaski ( be, Бельск Падляскі, , yi, ביעלסק, Bielsk) is a town in eastern Poland, within Bielsk County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 24,883. Geography Bielsk Podla ...

, Brzesko, Chrzanów, Działdowo,

Goręczyno Goręczyno ( csb, Gòrãczëno, german: Gorrenschin) It lies approximately south-west of Somonino, south of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pome ...

, Kluczbork, Kościan, Lubawa, Łódź, Morąg, Pilica, Pyrzyce, Sanok,

Susz Susz (german: Rosenberg in Westpreußen) is a town in Iława County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, with 5,600 inhabitants (2004). Geographical location Susz is located about east of Kwidzyn, south of Elbląg and south-west of Kalini ...

, Toruń,

Trzebownisko Trzebownisko is a village in Rzeszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Trzebownisko. It lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów ...

, Warsaw, Wolsztyn,

Wyszków Wyszków (; yi, ווישקאָוו ''Vishkov'') is a town in eastern Poland with 26,500 inhabitants (2018). It is the capital of Wyszków County in Masovian Voivodeship. History The village of Wyszków was first documented in 1203. It was gr ...

and Zakopane. Mlekovita is the second largest

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producer in Poland, after Mlekpol in Grajewo. Around 35% of the production is exported, the company is able to produce through 3.0 million litres of milk daily. Mlekovita is the organiser of the National Milk Day in Poland. As of March 2014 the ''Okręgowa Spółdzielnia Mleczarska'' in Sanok joined the company, this was done to protect the business from the competition.

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