MEVGAL (Macedonian Milk Industry) is a

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brand of dairy products company, the largest in Northern Greece and the third largest producer of fresh dairy products in the country. Its name is an acronym for Macedonian Milk Industry (

: Μακεδονική Βιομηχανία Γάλακτος, ΜΕΒΓΑΛ). It is headquartered in

Koufalia Koufalia ( el, Κουφάλια) is a municipal unit and a town of the Chalkidona municipality. Koufalia is the seat of the municipality of Chalkidona. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a municipality. Administrative division The mu ...

in the Thessaloniki regional unit. It manufactures dairy products that include

yogurt Yogurt (; , from tr, yoğurt, also spelled yoghurt, yogourt or yoghourt) is a food produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. The bacteria used to make yogurt are known as ''yogurt cultures''. Fermentation of sugars in the milk by these bact ...

cheese Cheese is a dairy product produced in wide ranges of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep. During product ...

and dairy-based deserts which total up to 170 individual products. MEVGAL was founded in 1950 in

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where 67% of Greece's fresh cow milk is produced. Its workforce consists of around 1,200 people. It purchases its raw products from up to 1,600 local farms based exclusively in Greece's north province of Macedonia. Its main market is through the local Greek outlets but it also exports to 23 countries around the world. Since 2003 it expanded in the production of

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s and fruit drinks.

Logo

Its logo has a blue circle with its name emblazoned across it in white

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Products

*''Beautiful'' - yogurt *''Harmony'' - low-fat yogurt range *''Makedoniko'' - cheese brand since 1965 *''Feta Mevgal'' - Feta cheese & more

External links

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Homepage Mevgal
Food and drink companies of Greece Greek brands Food and drink companies established in 1950 Companies based in Thessaloniki Dairy products companies of Greece 1950 establishments in Greece {{food-company-stub