Food Ingredients USA

Food Ingredients USA processed 2.0 billion litres of milk into 205,000 tonnes of cheese and 50,000 tonnes of whey-based ingredients from facilities located in Idaho. Food Ingredients Idaho plants, corporate head office and state-of-the-art research and development facility employs 640 people. The business purchases over one third of the milk produced in Idaho. Idaho is the third largest milk producing state in the USA and is amongst the fastest growing states for milk production, up by approximately 7% in 2008.

High cheese prices enabled Food Ingredients USA to post record revenues in 2008, with strong demand and pricing during the year. Positive market conditions and continued investment in production capabilities and efficiencies, underpinned margin improvement in 2008.

Glanbia added four additional medals to its trophy case in 2008 earning two gold medals and two silver medals in the World Cheese Championship contest held in Madison, Wisconsin. A record breaking eight medals were awarded, including two gold and four silver, in the US Cheese Championships in March 2009.

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