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Sudan• Khartoum North

DAL Dairy is the dairy business of DAL Food, part of Sudan's DAL Group, and markets its products under the CAPO brand. DAL Dairy Factory was established in 1997 to pioneer pasteurised fresh milk and UHT milk in Sudan; the group states it became the country's top dairy processing company, and in 2013 it merged with the group's other food companies to form DAL Food. The CAPO range includes pasteurised and long-life milk, plain and fruit yoghurt, cheese, cream, butter and mish, a traditional Sudanese dairy delicacy. The company runs its own distribution with a fleet of refrigerated trucks, and the dairy business moved into a new plant in Khartoum North designed together with Tetra Pak. The group cites a herd of 3,000 Holstein/Friesian cows and 200,000 yoghurt cups produced per day. In 2000 the business received ISO 9001:1994 approval from Lloyd's Register, which the group describes as the first ISO certification in Sudan; it was most recently renewed in 2010 to ISO 9001:2008. The group does not publish dairy export data.

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Mauritania• Nouakchott

Tiviski is a dairy in Nouakchott, Mauritania, that started operating in April 1989 under the name Laitière de Mauritanie to bridge the gap between fresh milk in the countryside and consumers in the capital. The company states it was the first dairy in West Africa to collect raw milk from nomadic herders, and that its first product was pasteurised camel milk in a carton. It buys camel, cow and goat milk from hundreds of pastoralists; the milk is delivered to two collecting centres near pasture in Rosso and Boghé, within a radius of about 90 km, and carried chilled to Nouakchott in insulated tanker trucks. The company says it follows HACCP quality-control procedures, uses no preservatives, and has produced UHT cow milk under a Candia franchise since 2002. Its range includes Tiviski camel milk, Leezib cultured camel milk, El Badia cow milk, butter, yogurts, ice cream and Caravane, which the company calls the only cheese in the world made from camel milk. The GAFSP fund, which invested in the company's expansion in 2016, cites a milk collection capacity of 42,000 litres per day and a goal of creating export potential for camel milk powder.

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Algeria• Akbou, Béjaïa

Laiterie Soummam was founded in 1993 by the Hamitouche family in Akbou, northern Algeria. In 2000 it opened a new production site with modern equipment, and since 2009 it has run a milk-production programme involving independent farmers, collection centres and transport across the country. The company states it has two production sites and 51 production lines with a stated capacity of 1.8 million tonnes per year, and more than 183 product references in four businesses: yogurts and desserts, milk drinks, UHT milk and cheese. It reports 2,000 permanent jobs and over 10,000 indirect jobs. The company cites 13,837 m² of in-house cold storage and a fleet of refrigerated trucks serving regional distribution centres in 58 wilayas every day.

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Morocco• Taroudant

COPAG is a Moroccan agricultural cooperative founded in 1987 in Aït Iazza, Taroudant province. It states it brings together more than 24,000 farmers and 72 member cooperatives, with over 9,500 direct employees, and that 95% of its members are small livestock farmers. Its activities cover milk and dairy products, red meat, and citrus and early vegetables. Its dairy products are sold under the Jaouda brand and include UHT milk (whole, semi-skimmed, lactose-free), fresh pasteurized milk, flavored milk, leben, raïb, kefir, a wide yogurt range, fresh and processed cheese, butter and cooking cream. The company history notes a dairy manufacturing unit commissioned in Larache in 2013. The company states it exports to various international destinations through its trading company Prim Atlas.

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Egypt• Cairo

Arab Dairy (Panda) was established in September 1985 as an Egyptian joint-stock company and began production in 1990. It was originally set up to produce white cheese, and in 1990 its objective was expanded to cover all dairy products and cheese types; its shares have been listed on the Egyptian Exchange since January 2001. The factory is in Sandbis, Qanater El Khairiya, Qalyubia Governorate, with the administrative office and sales branch in the Katameya industrial zone, Cairo. The company states it produces white, processed and Swiss cheese under the Panda, Dairy and Panda Gourmet brands and complies with ISO 9001 and HACCP procedures. Its website lists exports to 22 countries, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Turkey, Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania and Thailand.

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Egypt• El Obour City

Obour Land for Food Industries is an Egyptian company based in the First Industrial Zone of El Obour City. The company states it is a leading dairy manufacturer in Egypt that supports local farmers and sustainable practices. It runs an investor-relations website where it publishes its periodic financial results. Its website lists 35 white-cheese products and 13 processed-cheese products under the Obourland and Mafroda brands, 9 milk products, and a juice range. The export category holds 29 products under the Lovely and Obour Garden brands, including feta, cream cheese and flavored milk. The company has an export department with an export director and two export managers, reachable through its dedicated export email.

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Egypt• Sheikh Zayed, Giza

Juhayna Food Industries is an Egyptian company founded in 1983 by Safwan Thabet that produces, processes and packages dairy, juice and cooking products. It states it was the first to bring packaged milk to the Egyptian market and that it is the leading dairy company in Egypt. The company states it operates four manufacturing plants, including the El Dawleya complex (operational since 2009), the El Marwa factory (1998) and the El Masreya factory (acquired in 2005), plus two specialized facilities for yogurts and yogurt drinks such as Rayeb and Zabado, and a fully owned 600-feddan livestock farm with capacity for 7,500 milking cows. It lists more than 200 products, over 4,000 employees and a distribution network serving more than 262,000 retail outlets. The company states its products have reached 62 countries and that it runs an integrated management system to ISO 9001, FSSC 22000, ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 50001. It has an export section with an export catalogue and a dedicated export email.

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Iraq• Duhok

Kavin Ltd is an agribusiness company based in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq that states it specializes in dairy and agricultural production. Its projects in Duhok Governorate include Kavin Farm, a hydroponic greenhouse project and an olive-tree project. The company states that Kavin Farm covers more than 2.5 million square meters and includes automated milking parlors, specialized barns, a modern dairy processing plant, grazing fields and feed-cultivation areas, as well as a veterinary hospital and a manure treatment facility. Its listed products include full cream UHT milk, flavored and low-fat milk, plain, Greek and flavored yogurt, feta and mozzarella cheese, fresh butter, cooking cream and ayran.

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Oman• As'Sunainah

Mazoon Dairy Company states it is the largest integrated dairy company in the Sultanate of Oman, with a capital outlay of OMR 100 million, incorporated on 1 January 2015 under the National Food Security initiative. Its site is in As'Sunainah, Al Buraimi Governorate, spread over 15 sq km. The integrated facility includes a dairy farm with capacity for over 25,000 cows and a 50,000 sqm Central Processing Plant able to produce over one million litres of liquid milk per day, with lines for fresh dairy, long-life milk, cheese, ice cream and juices, plus a waste-water treatment plant and a biogas plant. The company says its fresh milk, long-life milk, flavoured milk, yoghurt, laban, ice cream, cheese and juices reach consumers across the GCC region. The company states it is ISO 9001:2015, ISO 22000:2018, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2017 compliant.

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Kuwait• Kuwait City

KDD was founded in 1962 as the Danish Kuwaiti Dairy Company (Dankuwa) in Shuwaikh, starting with pasteurized milk and yoghurt. In 1981–82 it inaugurated the Sabhan factory with long-life UHT milk technology and became 100% Kuwaiti under its current name, having added an ice cream line in the 1970s and a labneh line in 1978. The company states that in 1985 it introduced a cheese production line and began exporting to GCC countries, followed by expansion to MENA and other global markets, and opened branches in Saudi Arabia and the UAE in 2003–04. It produces and distributes 24 varieties of dairy products, 75 varieties of ice cream and 27 juices and fruit drinks, plus culinary products such as thick cream, liquid cream and tomato paste. The company lists FSSC 22000, ISO 14001, ISO 27001 and ISO 45001 certification, a Halal certificate, the Kuwait Conformity Assessment Scheme and the Emirates Quality Mark.

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Qatar• Al Khor

Baladna describes itself as Qatar's largest dairy and beverage producer, with a fully vertically integrated farm-to-shelf model. Its facility north of Doha covers 2.4 million sqm with capacity for 24,000 dairy cows, and includes on-site milk filling, packaging, cheese and dairy production. The company's website reports three factories for milk, dairy products and juices with a capacity of 700 tons of dairy per day plus 200 tons of juice, 80 tons of UHT milk daily, and more than 268 SKUs under the Baladna and Awafi brands. The range covers fresh and long-life milk, milk powder, evaporated milk, laban, ayran, labneh, yoghurt and Arabic cheeses such as halloumi, akawi, majdoula, moshalal and nabulsi. The company states it has started exporting to regional markets, and publishes share and financial information for investors on its website.

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UAE• Al Ain

Al Ain Farms states it was founded in 1981 by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Father of the UAE, and was the first dairy company established in the United Arab Emirates, starting with a milk processing plant and 200 imported Friesian cows. It describes itself today as the largest integrated dairy and poultry company, running five farms covering dairy, juices, camel milk production, a hatchery and poultry. Its website says its farms were merged into a single farm at Al Foah, where its corporate headquarters is located, equipped with international technology for feeding, milking and processing. Its range includes fresh, UHT and flavored milk, laban, yoghurt and cheese, camel milk and Camelait camel milk powder, which received SIAL Innovation Awards. The company states it exports its products across the GCC, Asia, China, Europe and the USA. Its export page shows ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 22000:2018 and ISO 45001:2018 certificates and GSO Halal certification, and it publishes a dedicated email for export inquiries.