All around the world, more and more people want and need the kind of natural nourishment that high-quality dairy nutrition from Aotearoa New Zealand provides.
As a global B2B dairy provider, we share trusted dairy from New Zealand with customers through our global Ingredients brand NZMP and global Foodservice brand Anchor Food Professionals, which provide dairy products for every life stage.
Follow the milk drop
Explore our immersive journey and discover that there is more to milk than meets the eye.
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Mythbusting
There have been many questions, myths and misconceptions about milk and dairy products over the years. Ever wondered what to believe? We’ve got the science and the facts right here.
Plant-based beverages have the same amount of protein as milk.
Fact
Plant-based beverages are not nutritionally equivalent to cow’s milk. For example, cow's milk packs 4x the protein of an oat beverage.¹
If you’re lactose intolerant you should skip milk and dairy products completely.
Fact
People with lactose intolerance may not need to avoid dairy products altogether. In fact, reducing your lactose intake, rather than avoiding it completely, is recommended, with some cheeses containing very low levels of lactose that can be well tolerated.²
Humans are not designed to drink cow’s milk.
Fact
The human body has evolved genetically over thousands of years to produce lactase, the enzyme that helps us digest and tolerate lactose, which is the sugar found in milk.³
References
1. Scholz-Ahrens K E, Ahrens F, Barth C A (2020). Nutritional and health attributes of milk and milk imitations. European Journal of Nutrition, 59(1):19-34.
New Zealand Food Composition Database. 2022. The Concise New Zealand Food Composition Tables, 14th Edition 2021. The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited and Ministry of Health www.foodcomposition.co.nz/concise-tables/
2. Eating, Diet, & Nutrition for Lactose Intolerance - NIDDK (nih.gov)
3. https://www.fao.org/4/i3396e/i3396e.pdf
Nutrition community initiatives
Alongside our partners here in New Zealand we will continue to nourish those who need it most and support sustainable community projects. Learn more about just some of the many nutrition community initiatives we have underway.
KickStart Breakfast
KickStart Breakfast is a joint initiative between Fonterra, Sanitarium and the Ministry of Social Development. The programme is designed to positively impact child wellbeing through providing access to nutritious food at school. It's helping give our tamariki and rangatahi a boost to both their school day and their future by ensuring they have a healthy start along with a full puku to keep them alert in the classroom. KickStart Breakfast has served more than 80 million breakfasts since 2009 and has more than 1,500 schools participating nationwide.
Feeding New Zealand communities
Through our Doing Good Together programme, we're working with New Zealand Food Network and Feed Out to put dairy nutrition in the hands of those who need most. We donated over 14 million dairy serves to communities across Aotearoa New Zealand in 2025.
Contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
We wholeheartedly support the the United Nations SDGs and are committed to playing our part by working collaboratively to deliver change at scale.
