Candia Italia posts positive 2018 results driven by the lactose-free segment

Candia Italia, the Italian subsidiary of Sodiaal, one of France’s leading dairy cooperatives (the third largest European and fifth largest world milk producer), posted sales of 112 million litres of milk in 2018, including 22 million litres under the Candia brand name, 60 million litres under private labels and 30 million litres in the low-price segment.

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In the UHT category, which makes up 70% of the Italian milk market with sales of 807 million litres (3.2% down on 2017), the brand ranks sixth with a market share of 2.3% and an increase in volume of 0.1%.

The most encouraging results were in the lactose-free segment, which during 2018 reached a share of 20.4% of sales of long-life milk, an annual increase of 5%.

The Candia brand remained in third place after the big players Parmalat and Granarolo with a market share of 2.5% and 0.5% annual growth in volume.