Paramount Dairies Limited (PDL), often referred to as Paramount Dairies, is a
dairy processing company in
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
. PDL is a leading manufacturer of
Cheddar
Cheddar most often refers to either:
*Cheddar cheese
*Cheddar, Somerset, the village after which Cheddar cheese is named
Cheddar may also refer to:
Places
* Cheddar, Ontario, Canada
* Cheddar Yeo, a river which flows through Cheddar Gorge and th ...
and
Gouda cheeses in Uganda. In 2013, the
Daily Monitor
The ''Daily Monitor'' is a Ugandan independent daily newspaper. Its name is shared by the ''Saturday Monitor'' and ''Sunday Monitor'', which are also published by Monitor Publications Limited. ''Daily Monitor'' averaged a daily circulation of 24,2 ...
newspaper named this company among the 6 key milk processors in the country, out of at least 30 licensed operators.
Location
The head office and factory of the company are located in the neighborhood called ''Kakoba'', in the town of
Mbarara
Mbarara City is a city in the Western Region of Uganda and the second largest city in Uganda after Kampala. The city is divided into 6 boroughs of Kakoba Division, Kamukuzi Division, Nyamitanga Division, Biharwe Division, Kakiika Division, Nyakay ...
, in
Mbarara District, in Uganda's
Western Region, approximately , by road, southwest of
Kampala
Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...
, the capital and largest city in that country. The coordinates of the company headquarters and factory are:0°36'39.0"S, 30°40'29.0"E (Latitude:-0.610830; Longitude:30.674718).
Overview
PDL began as a family business in 1992, with installed capacity of 200 liters per day.
As at 2011, the company employed over 50 personnel to produce 8 varieties of cheeses, which were sold to leading supermarket chains in Uganda's urban centers and to neighboring
Rwanda
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. At that time, plans were underway to expand processing capacity to 100,000 liters per day.
Products
The include cheese and
cream
Cream is a dairy product composed of the higher-fat layer skimmed from the top of milk before homogenization. In un-homogenized milk, the fat, which is less dense, eventually rises to the top. In the industrial production of cream, this process ...
.
See also
*
List of milk processing companies in Uganda
The following are the licensed milk processing companies in Uganda. The list is not exhaustive.
See also
* Agriculture in Uganda
* Dairy industry in Uganda
References
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External linksUganda milk exports make good inroads into KenyaA ...
*
Dairy industry in Uganda
The dairy processing industry in Uganda is young, rapidly growing, and vibrant.
Economic impact
It was first estimated that livestock contributed 1.7 percent to total national GDP in 2009. That estimate was later revised to about 3.2 percent. B ...
References
External links
Opportunities and challenges in Uganda’s dairy industry
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Dairy products companies of Uganda
1992 establishments in Uganda
Food and drink companies established in 1992