Lactel

{{Short description|French brand of organic milk products}}

{{for|Lactel, a Canadian dairy exporting company|La Coop fédérée}}

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Lactel is a brand of French company Lactalis specializing in organic milk products.

In August 2017, Lactel celebrated its 50th anniversary by launching a collector's edition signed by Mary Gribouille on its Lactel Vitamin D range.{{cite web | last=Boisbaudry | first=Editions du | title=Lactel fête ses 50 ans avec un pack "C'est quoi cette bouteille de lait ?" | website=Process Alimentaire, le magazine de l'industrie agroalimentaire | url=http://www.processalimentaire.com/Flash-IAA/Lactel-fete-ses-50-ans-avec-un-pack-C-est-quoi-cette-bouteille-de-lait-31739 | language=fr | access-date=December 9, 2017}} In November 2017, Lactel launched semi-skimmed milk "the call of the meadows".{{Cite news|url=http://www.web-agri.fr/actualite-agricole/economie-social/article/lactel-sort-son-nouveau-lait-demi-ecreme-l-appel-des-pres-1142-131654.html|title=Filière Lactel sort son nouveau lait demi-écrémé : " l'appel des prés "|work=Web-agri|access-date=2017-11-22|language=fr-FR}}

In 2018, Lactalis acquired the Nestlé dairy business in Malaysia in a $40 million deal with the entire Nestlé chilled dairy products in the country being rebranded to Lactel by the following year.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1MJ0QE/|title=Lactalis buys Nestle Malaysia's chilled dairy business in $40 million deal|last1=Vidalon|first1=Dominique|last2=Kar-Gupta|first2=Sudip|work=Reuters|date=9 October 2018|access-date=25 May 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.minimeinsights.com/2019/10/06/lactel-is-the-new-brand-for-nestle-yogurt-in-malaysia/|title=Lactel is the new brand for Nestle yogurt in Malaysia|last=Heng Hong|first=Tan|work=Minime Insights|date=6 October 2019|access-date=25 May 2024}}

In 2020, Lactel 1 litre UHT toned milk was officially launched in India following its entry to the country dairy market since early 2014.{{cite news|url=https://www.dairyreporter.com/Article/2020/11/19/Lactalis-brand-Lactel-moves-into-Indian-market|title=Lactalis brand Lactel moves into Indian market|last=Cornall|first=Jim|work=Dairy Reporter|date=19 November 2020|access-date=25 May 2024}}