PROLIQ NUTRITION

Timeline.

1780

Lactose was identified as a sugar in 1780 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele.

1814

First cows introduced to New Zealand by missionary Samuel Marsden.

Early 19th Century

Value for lactose or milk sugar as a supplement in baby food recognised.

1913

Prospectus filed for The New Zealand Sugar of milk and Casein Company in Edendale.

1914

In December lactose production commences at Edendale producing first streams of Mother Liquor in New Zealand known as ‘Vialac’.

1947

A 20 year Agreement with T. L. Joll Co-operative Dairy Company was established to supply whey to a new lactose plant in Kapuni, while Mother Liquor was returned back to the Joll company.

1948

Kapuni Lactose New Zealand formed, producing mother liquor as a value add product.

1950

Fletchers, New Zealand’s largest manufacturer of stockfood in New Zealand at the time purchased surplus Mother Liquor and installed a roller drier in Patea to manufacture ‘Molactrate’ blocks from mother liquor mixed with molasses.

1983

Unigate sell to the Dairy Board.

1985

Mother liquor is trade Mark registered as PROLIQ.

2001

Fonterra formed through the merger of New Zealand Dairy Group, Kiwi Cooperative Dairies and the New Zealand Dairy Board.

2001

Hautapu Lactose production commissioned, Mother Liquor sold as ‘Nutriliq’.

2002

Clandeboye Lactose commissioned.

2006

Fonterra and Dutch dairy co-op FrieslandCampina establish DFE Pharma, the world’s largest producer of pharmaceutical lactose.

2018

September new mozzarella plant commissioned at Clandeboye increasing the volumes of PROLIQ available in the South Canterbury region.

TESTIMONIALS

"Since we started feeding Proliq we have found that the cows have been utilising feed through the shed so much better and cow flow has improved dramatically. The great thing about Proliq is that I am getting a whole lot of benefit at a cost-effective price."

 

Michael Copeland, South Canterbury.

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