Arla Foods: World's Number One Farmer-Owned Organic Dairy Company Now Avaialble in the Philippines

If you compare the Philippines to other foreign countries, you'd be amazed that we have more restaurants here. Thus, I believe we have become one of the best food places in the entire world.
With that, I was am eagerly awaiting more quality products to be available here too. And, that is why I really welcome Arla Foods, the world's number one farmer-owned organic dairy company in choosing the Philippines as their first target in Southeast Asia. It is ranked top 15 valuable food brands worldwide.

Amanda Griffin-Jacob, Jan Top Christensen, Stephanie Zubiri-Crespi, Chef China Cojuangco-Gonzalez, Chef Gino Gonzalez, Chris Everingham and Marco Lobregat

Arla Foods has a humble beginning. It started in the 1880's as a small cooperative among dairy farmers. Being farmer-owned, they govern the whole value chain from raw milk, to transportation and production facilities. And, with their dedication to their 100% all-natural claim and using the best raw material to produce hormone-free milk, no doubt it has now become the world's number 1 organic dairy producer and the 5th largest dairy with over 13,400 Swedish, Danish, Dutch, German, British, Luxembourgian and Belgian dairy farmers.

They have a brand quality assurance method called Arlagaarden (pronounced as Arla-Gon) which means farm. Arlagaarden has 4 cornerstones of quality:

Milk Composition - hormone-free, no additives, no preservative, no colorants, no stabilizers so when you read the labels, you'll recognize all the ingredients
Food Safety - undergoes ultra-heat treatment (UHT) to kill microorganisms and allowing it to have a 12-month shelf-life
Animal Welfare - cows are cared for by the farmers as they believe that healthy and happy cows produce happy milk
Environmental Protection - by using natural raw materials, they protect the environment landscape and reduce use of hazardous chemicals thereby promoting a healthy eco-system

Arla has 5 All Natural Milk Variants: Full Cream UHT Milk 3.5%, Semi-Skimmed Low Fat UHT Milk 1.5%, skimmed Low-Fat UHT Milk 0.3%, Organic Full Cream UHT Milk and Lactose Free Full Cream UHT Milk. Yup, cool huh? If you're lactose intolerant and missing milk, then now is your chance.

Arla Natural Cheese Slices comes in 4 variants: Harvati, Gouda and Emmental and Mozzarella.

Arla's Natural Cream Cheese line is my favorite! It's very rich and creamy. There are 5 variants to choose from: Herbs and Spice, Pineapple, Lacto-Free, Natural Light and Natural.