Price rises on organic milk after infant deal

AUSTRALIAN Consolidated Milk has increased the price it will pay for organic milk next season, becoming one of three processors to ink a deal with organic infant-formula business Bellamy’s Australia.

China’s infant formula producers shine in 2017, despite shrinking newborns

According to market intelligence firm CCM, the infant formula sales in China have been surging in 2017, measured by the success of four major players in the industry. While China’s newly introduced two-child policy is not causing a higher baby rate as expected, dairy companies are fighting for the shrinking market share.

Goat's milk infant formula company Nuchev eyes ASX after $7m raising

Infant formula company Nuchev is another step closer to a likely public float in 2018 after a fresh capital raising of more than $7 million to help fuel growth that is running strongly now that its Oli6 product is on the shelves of pharmacy giant Chemist Warehouse.
By: Simon Evans
Source: The Australian Financial Review
Link: http://www.afr.com/business/health/goats-milk-infant-formula-company-nuchev-eyes-asx-after-7m-raising-20171218-h06wju

Chinese tourists raid Danish supermarkets for infant milk powder

Following a string of food safety scandals, Chinese tourists visiting Copenhagen have this year stocked up on Danish-made organic infant milk formula, prompting some supermarkets to limit the number of cans each customer can buy.
By: Julie Astrid Thomsen
Source: Reuters
Link: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-arla-foods-china/chinese-tourists-raid-danish-supermarkets-for-infant-milk-powder-idUSKBN1E91AK

Buying infant milk powder is still a really scary thing in China

It’s been almost a decade since China’s infamous milk powder scandal came to light—when tainted formula killed six infants. The trauma left by that episode has been so strong that people in China still strongly prefer a foreign brand to a domestic one when it comes to infant formula.