Zott (dairy company)

Zott SE & Co. KG
Native name
Zott SE & Co. KG
TypeSocietas Europaea
IndustryFood processing
FoundedMertingen, Germany (1926)
FounderAnna and Balthasar Reiter[1]
Number of locations
Sales in 75 countries
Key people
  • Christine Weber
  • Anton Hammer
  • Frank Uszko
ProductsDairy products
Revenue865 million euro (2016)
Number of employees
3,000 (2017)
Websitewww.zott-dairy.com/en

Zott is a German dairy company founded in Mertingen, Germany in 1926.[2][3][4][5] Zott produces dairy products including milk and cheese, cream, yogurt and desserts. Its brands include Monte, Jogobella, Zottarella, Sahne-Joghurt and Bayerntaler.

Zott is one of the largest dairy companies in Europe[6] and one of the leading dairy producers in Poland, manufacturing 951 million kg of milk with sales of €865 million in 2016 while employing 3,000.[7]

A wood-chip heat power station supplies the plant in Mertingen (Germany) with energy.[8]

In 2012 Zott obtained the license to use the "GM-free" label for the brands Zottarella and Bayerntaler.[9][10][11]

References

  1. ↑ Zott: History, June 8th 2015
  2. ↑ FoodBev: Company, March 5th 2014
  3. ↑ Bloomberg: Company profile[link removed], March 5th 2014
  4. ↑ Google Books: The European Directory of Consumer Brands and Their Owners, March 11th 2014
  5. ↑ Google Books: Applied Evolutionary Economics and the Knowledge-based Economy, March 11th 2014
  6. ↑ Zott Website (German):Factsheet (DE), March 4th 2014
  7. ↑ datamonitor.com: Dairy Food in Poland to 2014 Archived May 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, March 11th 2014
  8. ↑ Dairy sustainability initiative: Steam from biomass: wood-chip heat power station - Germany Archived May 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, March 11th 2014
  9. ↑ topagrar.com: GMO-free seal for Zottarella and Bayerntaler Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on July 29, 2014
  10. ↑ topagrar.com: Ohne Gentechnik-Siegel fuer Zottarella und Bayerntaler Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 29 July 2014
  11. ↑ ohnegentechnik.org: Ministerin Aigner wuerdigt Engagement der Genuss-Molkerei Zott Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 29 July 2014
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