Al-Maha Shaninah

Manufacturer• Jordan• Member since 1968

Jordan Dairy Company Ltd. was founded in 1968 and states it is the only public shareholding company operating in Jordan's dairy sector. It markets its products under the Al-Maha brand and puts its market share at around 12%. Its dairy factory in Ruseifeh, on 6.7 dunums of land, produces pasteurized milk, yoghurt, labneh, white and yellow cheeses, jameed and shaninah on four filling lines. Through Al Maha for Agricultural and Livestock Investment it owns a 150-dunum cattle farm in Mafraq with 3,200 cows, of which about 1,500 are milked daily; the company states the milk averages 3.7% fat. The company also runs a plastics factory producing containers from 160 g to 1,000 g and a fleet of 39 specially equipped vehicles serving all Jordanian governorates. It does not publish export data.