Nestle has opened a new state of the art milk plant within Erguna in Inner Mongolia, China in it’s on-going attempt to keep up with the demand for liquid and powder milk which is on course to double a second time within a ten year period. Along with improving its own operations, Nestle claims that the move will continue its focus on maintaining sustainability in the country's milk supply.Nestle’s move to supply local facilities with local product comes at a time when costs for raw product have increased across the planet in answer to China’s comparatively recent awakening to the likes of a Milky Bar shake.
Consumers are also moving from milk powder to UHT milk as they become more brand conscious due to quality and food safety fears.
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TOO LATE FOR BRITISH FARMERS
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Cheddar hits £2,000 a tonne as global milk demand soars
Cheese sandwiches and pizzas may no longer be a cheap snack. A combination of freakish weather and runaway global demand for milk is sending the price of cheese soaring.
In the past three months the wholesale price of cheddar in Britain has increased by £350 a tonne, breaking the £2,000 mark. Similar rises over the next quarter look likely and cheesemakers are braced for hefty price hikes.
It is bad news for pizza chains and Britain's fromage lovers who have enjoyed four years of the price remaining stable. But no more.
'There has been a surge in prices for butter and milk powder,' said Nigel White, secretary of the British Cheese Board, the body that represents more than 40 of Britain's cheesemakers. 'It's going to have to ripple through to the cheese market.
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