Mevgal
Encyclopedia
MEVGAL is a Greek
a 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 (Greek
: ΜΕΒΓΑΛ, Macedonian
dairy products industry; last part: -gal is from gala milk
). It is headquartered in Koufalia
in the Prefecture of Thessaloniki
, the second-largest Greek city in the north of the country. It manufactures dairy products that include yogurt, cheese
and dairy-based deserts which total up to 170 individual products.
MEVGAL was founded in 1950 in Macedonia
where 67% of Greece's fresh cows' 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 fruit juices and fruit drinks.
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Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
a 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 (Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
: ΜΕΒΓΑΛ, Macedonian
Macedonia (Greece)
Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of Greece in Southern Europe. Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greek region...
dairy products industry; last part: -gal is from gala milk
Milk
Milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food. Early-lactation milk contains colostrum, which carries the mother's antibodies to the baby and can reduce the risk of many...
). It is headquartered in Koufalia
Koufalia
Koufalia is a former municipality and a city in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chalkidona, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is located 40 kilometres North-West of the City of Thessaloniki, and virtually...
in the Prefecture of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki Prefecture
Thessaloniki is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Region of Central Macedonia. Its capital is the city of Thessaloniki. It is the second most populous regional unit in Greece, behind Central Athens.-Geography:...
, the second-largest Greek city in the north of the country. It manufactures dairy products that include yogurt, cheese
Cheese
Cheese is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based food products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms....
and dairy-based deserts which total up to 170 individual products.
MEVGAL was founded in 1950 in Macedonia
Macedonia (Greece)
Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of Greece in Southern Europe. Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greek region...
where 67% of Greece's fresh cows' 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 fruit juices and fruit drinks.
Logo
Its logo has a blue circle with its name emblazoned across it in white Greek lettersGreek alphabet
The Greek alphabet is the script that has been used to write the Greek language since at least 730 BC . The alphabet in its classical and modern form consists of 24 letters ordered in sequence from alpha to omega...
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Products
- Beautiful - yogurt
- Harmony - low-fat yogurt range
- Makedoniko - cheese brand since 1965
- Feta Mevgal - Feta cheese