Arla Foods is one of the largest multinational dairy companies in the European Union, Arla is derived from the ancient Swedish language, meaning early morning, and the Chinese name is Aishi Chenxi. Founded in 1881 by the union of Swedish and Danish dairy farmers' cooperatives, Arla Foods has continued to merge with dairy companies from other EU countries in the 21st century, including more than 13,500 cooperatives in various regions. In the 2018 Rabobank list of the world's top 20 dairy companies, Arla Foods ranked seventh in terms of revenue.
 
After the merger of MUH (Milch-Union Hocheifel) in Germany, Ai's Chenxi has become the largest dairy farmer cooperative in Germany, with a single factory that can process four million liters of milk per day, and the Arla normal temperature pure milk imported from China is produced by the factory in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, and the circular factory traceability label DE RP 247 EG (DE is the country code, RP is the federal state code) on the milk packaging box refers to this.
 
Pasteurized milk is mainly consumed in the UK and the Nordic countries, but the situation is different in other European countries. Germany mainly consumes ambient milk, and UHT ambient milk has a market share of 66.1% in Germany. Among the EU countries, Germany is the largest exporter of ambient milk, and its export volume can account for about 3% of China's imports of ambient liquid milk.
 
The normal temperature milk exported to China is mainly pure milk, divided into three types: full-fat, low-fat and skimmed, and the nutrient density is at the second echelon level, with a protein of 3.4g/100ml and a calcium of 120mg/100ml, which is higher than that of China's mainstream pure milk, but not as high as high-grade pure milk.
 
It is recommended to buy 1L family packs for imported milk, which is large in quantity and cost-effective. The price of a single bottle is less than 10 yuan, and it also has 250ml or 200ml specifications, the unit price is slightly more expensive, but the portability is good, and it can be drunk at one time.
 
The production scale and standardization of German dairy industry are very high, the production and processing costs of raw milk are much lower than those in China, and the quality is more uniform. AIS Chenxi produces OEM for a number of milk brands, including the private label of the famous affordable supermarket Aldi and Lidl, as well as the mid-range supermarket Levi brand and the high-end milk brand Anderkesen.
 
The milk source is supplied by farms within a radius of about 100 kilometers from the surrounding area, and after the milk truck retains the samples, the milk from different farms will be mixed and transported back to the processing plant, and the initial raw materials are almost the same. Both local affordable milk and branded milk are produced from the same milk source and the same process line, and the retail price difference between them can be doubled due to their sales strategy and brand premium, but the milk quality is almost the same.
 
The documentary "How Good Our Milk" is on German TV 2 "Times" once said that the price of 0.55 euros/L affordable milk and more than twice as expensive 1.25 euros/L high-end milk can not be tasted, and the ingredient test report shows that the nutritional value is similar, and the high price is more reflected in the brand premium.
 
Different from ordinary milk, the milk source comes from Danish organic farms, and the products have been certified by Euro-leaf in Europe and China Green China by the Ministry of Agriculture of China. The nutritional content of Dawn organic milk is almost the same as that of regular milk, but the price is nearly twice as high. If you are not looking for an organic concept, we recommend that consumers buy regular milk with high cost performance.