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salad cheeses, made from goat’s milk (Festkoz) and cows milk (Festina), available in packs weighing 250, 450 and 900 grams, as well as a brand new sandwich cheese in 150 gram packaging, manufactured using the very high quality ultra-filtration technology.”

The company’s geographical location, and that of the dairy farmers from whom it purchases the raw ingredient, as well as the natural, organic way of breeding and feeding goats, makes AGRO Danmis products totally unique on the market, both in terms of their taste and quality, and, most importantly, in terms of their health aspects. “Consumers are increasingly choosing healthy dairy products made from goat’s milk, particularly those with protein intolerance, including many children,” says the company’s sales director. “Furthermore, goat’s milk is also an excellent natural source of many important vitamins, so year on year the demand for our products is visibly rising. In addition, our goat’s milk based products are ideal for people who have gastric illnesses or discomforts, as well as for those recuperating after sickness or medical operations.”

Over the years, AGRO Danmis has also forged excellent partnerships with dairy farmers, including goat farmers, which is really important, as the supply of goat’s milk in Poland is still fairly limited, despite the fact that the demand for goat’s milk based dairy products is steadily increasing. “Our factory has the capacity for processing up to 20 million litres of milk every year, whereas at the moment we are operating at an output of between four and five million litres per annum,” points out Mr Dałkowski. “This is why it is so important to ensure that we continue to expand our supplier base and continue supporting and working closely with our existing 20 dairy farmers in the region. It is also worth pointing out that many of these suppliers have been working with us from the very moment that our company began its own business operations, so we really value the long-term, well-established relationships that we have with our farming partners. This is why we also created the Danmis dairy producers group which works to strengthen and develop everyone’s operations.”

Continued expansion

AGRO Danmis is a company that is dedicated to ongoing development and growth, and so the investment programme will continue to be implemented. Foreseeable plans include further strengthening of the quality and output

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capacity of the factory, including the addition of a new line for yoghurt production. “We will also invest in ensuring much better working conditions for our staff and have decided to install air conditioning throughout the entire factory,” says Mr Dałkowski. “We would also like to be more environmentally-friendly and will install our own sewage treatment plant. We very much recognise the need to be a socially responsible business.”

The company’s growth is also enhanced by the fact that it sells its products to all large retail networks, which recognise the need to make available healthy, goat’s milk based dairy products in their stores. This is particularly important in larger towns and cities, where consumers do not have access to very local produce, as is the case in rural areas, but due to the nature of the faster and busier pace of life, they have to rely on leading retailers to access highquality and healthy products. Thus the AGRO Danmis offering is the ideal answer to satisfy the increasing consumer demand for dairy products made from goat’s milk. “The major area of our operations is Poland, though we are also strong in exports to eastern European markets, including Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Czech Republic and Slovakia,” explains Mr Dałkowski. “Western European markets, such as Germany, are much more difficult to get into, so we continue to work with our established export destinations, which is not to say that if an interesting offer for sales in new market arises, we will not consider it. Above all, however, we will continue to focus on organic growth and ensure that our access to goat’s milk as the raw ingredient continues to be expanded.” n

THE TASTE OF NATURE

EkoLukta Dairy, from Lukta, is Poland’s only dairy company that has consistently focused on the production of organic food. Quark cheese with a traditional Polish taste is its flagship product.

“The production of certified organic food has been our main aim from the very beginning. Other dairy companies offer organic products as an addition to their typical, commercial food offer or they have been only partly adapted to organic production, while EkoLukta has always been focused on the ecological production of dairy products,” explains Mr Robert Saluda, EkoLukta’s president of the board.

“EkoLukta Dairy is a small company located in the heart of the area of Warmia and Mazury that is called the Green Lungs of Poland due to the unspoiled nature that creates the excellent conditions for the development of ecological industries. Our history is very short: EkoLukta was founded in October 2007 in order to purchase the assets of the bankrupt company from the receiver. At the end of October, the agreement was signed and production started in late January 2008, after the company had been granted the authorisation from the