Lactalis Canada Reopens Former Dairy Plant as Plant-Based Milk Facility
Major dairy producer Lactalis Canada has announced the reopening of its manufacturing plant in Sudbury, Ontario as a plant-based milk facility. The site was a liquid milk processing plant for 60 years, but shut down in 2022 when Lactalis Canada announced plans to convert it into a 33,150 sq. ft facility for the production of plant-based beverages. The company said at the time that fluid milk had seen a “long-term volume decline”, reducing the profitability and sustainability of the plant. The Sudbury facility will now produce Lactalis Canada’s new plant-based milk brand, Enjoy!, which was launched this May. The milk alternatives are unsweetened and high in protein, with six varieties currently available — Oat, Oat Vanilla, Almond, Almond Vanilla, Hazelnut, and Hazelnut & Oat. The …