Baladna Halloumi Cheese

Manufacturer• Qatar

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.