Rachel'S Organic Greek Style Natural Yogurt, 450g

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Rachel's Organic launches brand refresh alongside new yogurt line". FoodBev Media. 31 January 2019 . Retrieved 23 March 2022. Construction of the extension started in late 2003 and was officially opened in November 2004 by Rhodri Morgan, the First Minister of the Welsh Assembly. Adams, Stephen (20 April 2009). "The Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. London . Retrieved 22 May 2010. Despite these challenges, Brook believes that as inflationary pressures abate, the brand is well placed to offer more people “ great quality, organic products​”. With support from the Welsh Government it has been able to grow its export market, which now makes up 15% of the overall business, and developing this further remains a target.

Rachel's received a Gold award at Wales the True Taste Food & Drink Awards 2010, for their Wholemilk Gooseberry Yogurt. [15] Products [ edit ] Because of the cost of living crisis, organic brands have taken a slight hit due to how people prioritise their spending with energy bills going up, but as inflation eases and people feel they have more control of their finances, ethical and sustainability concerns will become more top of mind and they will seek out these products once again.”​As all of the ingredients that go into Rachel’s yoghurt have to be certified organic, the brand has been particularly impacted by the rising input costs experienced across the food and drink industry. Brook said that while the team has been able to weather the storm up until now, the way in which this has affected operations “ cannot be under-estimated​”. The company produces a full range of organic dairy products, but the major products are organic yoghurts, including a range of well known flavours and different styles such as Greek, fat free, low fat, bio-live and set yoghurts (now yoghurt drinks as well). The company is also well known for its introduction of new combination flavours such as Mango & Vanilla, Raspberry & Elderberry, and Peach & Passion Fruit. Special festive Christmas flavours such as the ‘Rudolph’s Organic’ Christmas pudding yoghurt and Brandy and Nutmeg cream are also part of the product range. Rachel’s Organic Dairy, a dairy product company operating in West Wales, UK, produces a range of premium organic dairy products such as milk, yoghurt, crème fraiche, rice desserts, butter (salted and unsalted) and cream-based products.

The company dropped the “organic” from its name in 2009 [3] becoming simply Rachel’s. However, all products remained organic and include milk, butter, rice pudding, cream, crème fraiche and a variety of yogurts. In 2019 the name returned to Rachel's Organic. [4] Crunch talks for 140 staff as factory is sold". Cambrian News. July 28, 2010. Archived from the original on August 12, 2010 . Retrieved July 28, 2010. As a result, in 1952 Brynllys became one of the earliest members of the Soil Association, and established the farm as the first certified organic dairy farm. [1] After the death of her husband in 1966, Williams handed over the farm to her middle daughter Rachel and son-in-law Gareth Rowlands. [1] At this time they were supplying premium organic milk to the Milk Marketing Board.

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The home for the company’s production stayed on Brynllys farm, but between 1985 and 1990 the company experienced considerable growth, which resulted in a purpose-built dairy being built at Glanyrafon, Aberystwyth. For an organic yoghurt, you need to source organic milk and organic fruit, and the farming processes involved are more complicated, expensive and time consuming​,” Brook explained. The new extension has increased daily output of the facility threefold, allowing the production of over 50 tonnes of yoghurt per day.” The extension provided an additional 50 jobs at the company, bringing the total workforce to 100. Since the expansion the workforce has increased to 140 and yoghurt production has trebled. The company supplies organic yoghurt and other dairy products to major supermarket chains such as Morrison, Tesco, Sainsburys, ASDA, Co-op and Waitrose; other clients include Ikea, the London Ritz and Eurostar catering. The new extension has increased daily output of the facility threefold, allowing the production of over 50 tonnes of yoghurt per day.

of 8,000kg capacity, a yoghurt pasteuriser of 5,000l per hour capacity, two fruit addition modules of 1,000kg capacity and the process control system for the facility. The latest data from Kantar showed that the grocery price inflation rate is starting to fall​​, but at 9.7% consumer spending on premium products is still being supressed. Managing rising input costs In May 2012, Rachel's was moved into Lactalis Nestlé Chilled Dairy (LNCD), which is a joint venture with Nestlé. Lactalis owns 60% of LNCD and Nestlé 40%. [8]During this time, Rachel’s Organic was acquired by Horizon Organic Dairy of America (1999), which was itself taken over by Dean Foods in early 2004. In 2002–04 the company’s turnover doubled, with more than 10 million pots of yoghurt per year being produced. This prompted the plans for a new major expansion. Based in Aberystwyth in West Wales, Brook said that the physical geography of the region creates conditions that are ideal for milk production, where the “ high-quality nature of the local supply contributes to great tasting yoghurt​”. Dairy Produce Catalogue" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2011 . Retrieved 10 August 2010.

Hence Rachel's was included in a boycott related to baby milk products by the Lactalis Nestlé from 2012 onwards. [9] Awards [ edit ] The Williams family took over Brynllys farm in Ceredigion, West Wales, in 1942, and started developing a herd of Guernsey cows. Dinah Williams was the daughter of Abel Jones, Professor of Agriculture at Aberystwyth University, and his wife Bessie Brown MBE, the university’s first dairy instructor and organiser of the Women's Land Army in Wales during World War I. After World War II, Dinah often appeared with Lady Eve Balfour, trying to dissuade farmers from using artificial fertilisers and pesticides, leading to the formation of the Soil Association. [1] The company was born out of the need for farming diversification. When heavy snow hit Aberystwyth in 1982, preventing milk tankers from reaching the isolated farm, the Rowlands were forced to find other uses for their milk. Using an old butter churn, they made cream and butter by hand. After the snow cleared, the Rowlands discovered they had inadvertently created a market for their dairy goods and they were spurred on to extend their range of products. Rachel began researching old recipes, including yogurt, and the Rachel’s Dairy brand was born as a company in 1984. Graafland Engineering supplied an evaporator of 1,200l per hour capacity. Penmann Climatic Systems provided the blast chilling equipment. Rachel’s Organic The company was helped by a manufacturing tie up with Yoplait Dairy Crest. This helped Rachel’s develop more and better organic yoghurt products such as yoghurt drinks (introduced in September 2006), the ‘in the mood’ range of premium yoghurts in conjunction with Waitrose and Rachel’s Organic kids range (introduced in January 2006). Rachel’s products are available across the majority of UK supermarkets. Contractors and constructionOrganic certification is awarded by the Soil Association, an organisation that the original Rachel’s mother Dinah was a founding member of. Farms that are certified are able to prove that their processes sustain the health of soils, ecosystems, animals and people, and comply with current EU regulations.