MUH (Milch-Union Hocheifel) is a German dairy brand, the former eighth largest dairy company in Germany, located in the southwest of Cologne, near the border between Belgium and Luxembourg, mainly producing UHT milk and pasteurized milk. In 2012, the European Union approved the merger requirements of Arla Foods and MUH, and established Arla Foods Deutschland, the third largest dairy company in Germany.
 
Germany is the world's largest exporter of dairy products, with exports reaching 6 million tons in 2016, accounting for 18.25% of global dairy trade. Thanks to the EU free trade principles, Germany imports a large amount of milk from other EU countries, and part of the MUH milk comes from Belgium and Luxembourg. The merger between MUH and Arla is more focused on the production of UHT sterilized milk, which provides the basis for Arla to develop its ambient milk business in the Chinese market, and more than half of its business revenue comes from export business. Global demand for dairy products, especially in Asia, continues to increase, and after the European Union abolished its milk production quota management policy, the German dairy industry has more autonomy to further expand the production of dairy products for export.
 
MUH is called Gandi Ranch in Chinese, also known as Mupai, which was first introduced to China by METRO supermarkets in Germany. MUH's factories in Germany produce several brands of milk at the same time, including its own Gandy Ranch brand and Dawn Milk. The factory traceability number on the packaging of Gandi Ranch is the same as that of the domestic Dawn of Love, which is DE RP 247 EG.
 
Similar to Dawn, Gandy Ranch Pure Milk is also divided into three categories: full-fat, low-fat, and skimmed. The nutritional content of Gandy Ranch whole milk is almost the same as that of Ace's Dawn, with protein 3.4g/100ml, fat 3.6g/100ml, and calcium 124mg/100ml. In the e-commerce channel, the price of 1L of Gandy Ranch whole milk is about 13 yuan, which is slightly higher than that of Ai's Dawn.
 
Milk flavor is one of the important bases for many consumers to judge the quality of milk, the milk flavor is "rich and smooth", the milk flavor is "tangy", it means that the milk is high-grade, if it is "light as water", the quality is low, these methods are not reliable. The flavor of milk is related to the source of feed, the production environment, and the health of dairy cows, and the taste of volatile substances such as terpenes, aldehydes, and ketones in the grass feed can enter the milk, but the odor in the production environment will also enter, and the nutritional value of milk has little relationship with the flavor in theory.
 
The Gandy Ranch brand adopts a large-scale production method, focuses on product uniformity and stability, feeds cows standardized and carefully matched feed, and strictly controls the production environment, with the aim of providing sufficient nutrients, so that cows can produce more milk and contain more protein and fat. Under this premise, the milk produced by Gandi Ranch has a high nutritional content, but the taste is average, and there is no special feature, which also exists in other large-scale dairy enterprises. If you are looking for a richer milky taste, it is more recommended to choose pasteurized milk.