Table 6. Dairy processors and their milk products

Region. Company name (brand name) Factory location (city) Processing capacity (L/d) Daily attained capacity (L) Products (price)1)
Addis Ababa Lame Dairy PLC (Shola Milk) Addis Ababa 160,000 90,000 Pasteurised milk, table butter, cheese, yogurt, bottled products
MB PLC (Family Milk) Addis Ababa 70,000 30,000 Pasteurised milk, UHT, yogurt, cheese, table butter
Nuredin Hassen Milk Processing1) Addis Ababa 30,000 Yogurt, cheese
Seven D Food Factory PLC Addis Ababa 24,000 2,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt
Berta and Family PLC Addis Ababa 12,000 6,000 Cheese
Chuye Milk & Milk Products Addis Ababa 8,000 2,000 Pasteurised milk, butter, soft cheese (ayib)
Amhara Evergreen Bahir Dar 24,000 6,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt
Embet and Her Children Milk Processing Bahir Dar 10,000 5,000 Yogurt, cheese
Ruth & Hirut Milk Production & Milk Processing PLC Chacha 30,000 5,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt, cheese, UHT, table butter
Misale Dairy1) Chacha 24,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt
Happy Milk Chacha 24,000 5,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream
Yohannse Ashenafi Milk Processing (Mulu Milk)1) Chacha 24,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt
Fana Milk Processing PLC Debre Birhan 1,000 800 Cheese, butter
GAPE PLC1) Debre Markos 24,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt
Jantekel Dairy Union (Fassil Milk)1) Gondar 8,000 Pasteurised milk, butter, soft cheese (ayib)
Oromia Enat Wotete Addis Alem 24,000 5,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream
Adama Wotete Adama 24,000 5,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt
Awash Melkasa Milk Processing (Fana Milk) Awash Melkasa 15,000 5,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt
Bekoji Wotete Bekoji 24,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt, cheese, butter
Holland Dairy Bishoftu 50,000 19,000 Pasteurised milk, plain and fruit flavoured yogurt, gouda cheese
Ada’a Dairy Cooperative Bishoftu 15,000 2,000 Pasteurised milk, butter
Prime Milk Bishoftu 1,500 300 Cheese, butter
Azu Dairy Bishoftu 1,000 350 Cheese
Helen Agro Industry (Selam Milk) Chancho 24,000 10,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt
Bobo Agro Processing Dukem 60,000 30,000 Flavoured UHT milk
Lasal Milk (Latica Cheese) Meki 8,000 5,000 Cheese
One-to-One International Business PLC (Lena Dairy) Mojo 12,000 4,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt
Maza Dairy Farm and Processing (IDC)1) Muketuri 24,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt
Selale Dairy Development PlC1) Muketuri 12,000 Pasteurised milk, butter
Sebeta Agro Industry (Mama Dairy) Sebeta 70,000 35,000 Pasteurised milk, UHT, yogurt, cheese, table butter
Etete Milk1) Sendafa 24,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt, cheese, table butter
Elemtu Integrated Milk Industry S.Co Sululta 60,000 20,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt, cheese, table butter
Selale Milk Processing Union1) Sululta 24,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt, cheese
Loni Agro Industry PLC Sululta 24,000 8,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt
Zagaol Sululta 20,000 15,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt
Agar Agro Industry1) Sululta 20,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt
Life Agro Industry (Life Milk) Sululta 5,000 1,500 Pasteurised milk
Lala Dairy Teji 24,000 8,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream
Yaya Milk Ziway 10,000 5,000 Yogurt, butter, soft cheese (ayib)
Sidama JoJo Milk Yirgalem 30,000 13,000 Flavoured UHT milk
Almi Tekus (Almi Fresh Milk)1) Hawassa 24,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt
SNNP Sosi Milk1) Butajera 18,000 Pasteurised milk, yogurt
Tigray AJGG Dairy Products PLC1) Adigudom 12,000 Pasteurised milk, butter, cream, yogurt
Bokra Union (Bokra Milk) Maychew 5,000 500 Butter, yogurt, cheese, milk
Mulu Dairy Processor Mekelle 2,000 500 Butter, yogurt, cheese
Total 1,139,500 343,950
Price (US$) of Pasteurized milk: 1.10 /L; UHT milk: 1.65–1.78 /L; UHT milk imported: 3.22–3.91 /L; Yogurt 1.40–2.00; Cottage (Farm) cheese: 3.80 /kg; Slice cheese: 15.5/ kg; Imported cheese: 41.85; Butter: 30.20/ kg).
Adapted from De Raad et al. (2021) [24] with CC-BY.
SNNP, Southern nations, nationalities, and peoples.