Valio Ltd
Meijeritie 6
HELSINKI
00370
Finland
+358 10381121
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Valio is a leading Finnish food company offering pure natural dairy ingredients for the food and nutrition industry. We serve customers globally with solutions to all age groups from babies to elderly people. Our solutions, expertise and ingredients can be used in various applications. With over 110 years of experience and Nobel Prize winning innovation, we help you meet the market demand of natural food, as well the business objectives of the modern food industry.
Valio has net sales of EUR 1.78 billion and is Finland’s biggest food exporter. Valio products are found in some 60 countries and account for 25 % of Finland’s total food exports. The company holds 350 patents in 50 countries. Valio seeks strong growth in international markets and has subsidiaries in Russia, Sweden, the Baltics, USA and China.
We serve customers globally with solutions to all age groups from babies to elderly people. Our solutions, expertise and ingredients can be used in various applications. With over 110 years of experience and Nobel prize winning innovation, we help you meet the market demand of natural and sustainable food, as well the business objectives of the modern food industry.
Valio is offering high-quality dairy ingredients like milk and base powders, butter and cheese for the global food industry. We are world's leading expert in lactose free business. The secret behind our products is fresh Finnish milk, pure and clean from our own dairy farmers. The use of genetically modified GMO (Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 and No 1830/2003) feed is not permitted in Valio. Our commitment to quality carries through our entire quality chain, and we conform to international standards in all our operations.
FOOD INGREDIENTS NEWS
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FOOD INGREDIENTS NEWS
10 Apr 2024 --- Consumers are seeking protein inclusions and offerings in their F&B choices as they try to incorporate more of it into their diets. However, they also recognize that it is not... Read More
FOOD INGREDIENTS NEWS
20 Feb 2024 --- Despite a string of innovations and NPD in the plant-based meat space, price remains a major obstacle preventing consumers from switching to plant-based products —... Read More
NUTRITION & HEALTH NEWS
13 Feb 2024 --- Researchers at the food tech start-up Yali Bio, supported by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), have utilized precision fermentation to create a fat compound identical to... Read More
NUTRITION & HEALTH NEWS
15 Jan 2024 --- Having just received €12 million (US$13.2 million) in funding from the EU NextGenerationEU recovery instrument, Finnish biotech start-up Enifer can build the factory to produce... Read More
16 Jan 2024 --- At FiE 2023, in Frankfurt, Germany, we sat down with Jarna Tanskanen, Valio’s business manager for powders, baby food and ice cream, about its Eila MPC-65 offering. We explore what makes it unique compared to other milk protein concentrates on the market, how it overcomes the grittiness present in many protein powders, its ease of digestibility and its many and varied application potentials. We also discuss what we can expect from the company in 2024.
09 Dec 2021 --- Valio is focusing on health and nutrition, unveiling better-for-you solutions like sugar reduction and protein enrichment. Timo Pajari explains how lactose-free Nutri F+ milk powder helps appeal to seniors in markets like Asia, where lactose intolerance is especially widespread. The company has also long maintained a presence in the plant-based market, with Pajari anticipating a growing interest in this area.
15 Nov 2018 --- Finnish-based dairy company, Valio, presented their latest food innovations and tailor-made ingredients solutions – including Valio MiFU, a new, milk-based alternative to meat. "Valio is addressing key industry food trends including vegetarianism and flexitarianism and creates solutions that manufacturers globally can adapt to local market needs," Timo Pajari tells FoodIngredientsFirst at SIAL last month. Valio’s products and food ingredients satisfy the demand for high quality, high protein and lactose-free dairy. The company also presented their new concepts in vegan dairy, using oat and vegetable proteins.
19 Apr 2018 --- Valio is launching a new line of lactose-free yogurt to the Spanish market. Speaking to FoodIngredientsFirst, during Alimetaria 2018, in Barcelona, Anette Almi, said: “In Spain, we are moving into the lactose-free dairy market. We see more and more that consumers in Spain are conscious about lactose-free dairy. They don't want vegan products they do want dairy but without the lactose. At Valio, we are the expert in lactose-free dairy and now it is growing and there is a much bigger focus on the technology behind it. Protein has been developing a lot too, Spain is about five years behind the Nordic market, so we are targeting two things at once with some of our new Spanish launches - protein and lactose-free.
16 Oct 2017 --- Global food ingredients manufacturer Valio will showcase the latest developments in its tailor-made solutions for food ingredients customers during Anuga, created in response to growing demand for innovative solutions. The company, which provides dairy from Finland, supplies to some of the world’s biggest producers in 60 markets. Its solutions range from lactose-free and baby food to ingredients for the pet food and health supplements industry.
10 Oct 2022 --- The challenge confronting chocolate and confectionery manufacturers is how to balance taste and health in confectionery. To help manufacturers create better-for-you options, with less sugar, clean label and natural ingredients, Valio introduced a new, complete solution called Valio Bettersweet™. This white paper explains how Bettersweet™ can help your business.This Technical Paper is from Valio.
11 Nov 2019 --- Research bulletin by Dr Anu Turpeinen. Aging adults want to invest in food products that help them maintain their physical activity and cognitive functions. Phospholipids naturally found in dairy fat have been associated with improved brain health in several scientific studies. Valio Eila™ NUTRI F+ lactose free formulated milk protein powder contains phospholipids in addition to B vitamins and iodine and fulfills all key nutritional needs of the elderly.