Lactose was identified as a sugar in 1780 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
First cows introduced to New Zealand by missionary Samuel Marsden.
Value for lactose or milk sugar as a supplement in baby food recognised.
Prospectus filed for The New Zealand Sugar of milk and Casein Company in Edendale.
In December lactose production commences at Edendale producing first streams of Mother Liquor in New Zealand known as ‘Vialac’.
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.
Kapuni Lactose New Zealand formed, producing mother liquor as a value add product.
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.
Unigate sell to the Dairy Board.
Mother liquor is trade Mark registered as PROLIQ.
Fonterra formed through the merger of New Zealand Dairy Group, Kiwi Cooperative Dairies and the New Zealand Dairy Board.
Hautapu Lactose production commissioned, Mother Liquor sold as ‘Nutriliq’.
Clandeboye Lactose commissioned.
Fonterra and Dutch dairy co-op FrieslandCampina establish DFE Pharma, the world’s largest producer of pharmaceutical lactose.
September new mozzarella plant commissioned at Clandeboye increasing the volumes of PROLIQ available in the South Canterbury region.
"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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