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Dairy Double-Play for Fonterra + UAE Precision Fermentation Scale-Up


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In the desert heat of the UAE, a vast new 4-million-litre precision fermentation facility will take shape and quietly, New Zealand’s Fonterra has a stake in the mix. Through its backing of Netherlands-based Vivici, Fonterra now sits within an Abu Dhabi partnership alongside The EVERY Company and the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), marking one of the world’s largest industrial-scale fermentation projects designed for high-purity, Halal-compliant protein production.


While Fonterra’s farmer-owners vote on the NZ $3.8 billion sale of its consumer brands to Lactalis, the co-op appears to be setting a new course - staying anchored in its lucrative NZ-milk B2B engine while securing future access to animal-free dairy proteins through Vivici’s UAE build-out.


It’s a shrewd piece of long-range chess. Fonterra isn’t walking away from cows, it’s hedging its bets. By pairing its traditional dairy-ingredients dominance with precision-fermentation scale in a region hungry for sustainable protein, Fonterra may be engineering the next iteration of “dairy” - one that runs on both grass and bioreactors.



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