Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limited is a dairy products co-operative in Canada producing butter, sour cream, cottage cheese, whipped cream and lactose free milk for retail, foodservice, industrial and export markets. Gay Lea also produces a new[citation needed] product called "Spreadables", which is a spreadable butter, made as a canola oil and butter blend, that tastes like butter but is spreadable directly out of the fridge. The company is based in Mississauga, Ontario and owned and operated by Ontario milk producers, currently representing approximately thirty-five per cent of all Ontario dairy farms.[citation needed]

History

The company was founded in 1958[1] as United Dairy and Poultry Co-operative Limited and later renamed Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limited, to reflect the brand name of its products.

In 1981, Gay Lea purchased the 106-year-old Teeswater Creamery.[2]

In October 2016, Gay Lea acquired Canadian butter maker Stirling Creamery[3][4]

Operations

Products

References

  1. ^ "Gay Lea Co-operative Growing". Blackburn News, By Steve Sabourin October 15, 2014
  2. ^ "Gay Lea lays out dairy processing expansion plans". Agriculture Canada, Nov. 21st, 2016
  3. ^ "Gay Lea to buy central Ontario butter maker | Grainews". www.grainews.ca. 18 October 2016. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  4. ^ "Gay Lea Foods acquires Canadian butter maker Stirling Creamery - FoodBev Media". www.foodbev.com. Retrieved 2017-10-10.