Nutrinor, a dairy co-operative consisting of 15 organic farms in the Saguenay-Lac Saint Jean region of Quebec, is launching certified organic Nordic milk, which can be found on the shelves of Metro and Sobeys in Quebec and Adonis in Quebec and Ontario.
The milk is called Nordic due to the region’s varying climate, isolation and distance from more populated areas. Nutrinor’s Nordic milk lineup will include milk, chocolate milk and 10 and 35 per cent creams. The milk will be available in one or two litre containers in percentages of non-fat, one per cent, two per cent or 3.8 per cent fat. Nutrinor predicts it will sell 1.5 million litres of dairy in its first year.
“We live in a region where we can raise animals in the best conditions, far from other agricultural activities and protected from more urbanized Quebec by a national park,” Nutrinor General Manager Yves Girard told Canadian Grocer.
The milk packages will be displayed with Ecocert and AgroBoreal certifications.
