İçim UHT Plain Milk

Manufacturer• Turkey• Member since 1996

Founded in 1996, Ak Gıda states it is Turkey's largest producer of milk and dairy products, with five production facilities in Sakarya, Karaman, Lüleburgaz, Kahramanmaraş and Tire and a daily milk processing capacity of 5,000 tons. It launched the İçim brand in 1998, started exporting dairy products in 2000, joined Groupe Lactalis in 2015, and also markets the Président and Masterini brands. The company states its range exceeds 300 products, from UHT and pasteurized milk, yogurt, ayran and kefir to fresh cheeses, labneh, cream, kaymak and milk desserts; İçim Labneh won Gold at the 2018 World Cheese Awards. According to a news item on its brand site, the company exports more than 20,000 tons of products to over 30 countries in the Caucasus, Egypt, North Africa and the Middle East, was one of the first in its sector to export to China, and its Sakarya plant received EU approval to export labneh and fresh cheese.