Nestlé Lanka marked a new milestone in its Sri Lankan local dairy development by opening another new milk chilling center in Jaffna recently. 

The new milk chilling center situated in Urumpirai. It will enable the farmers in the area to preserve the quality and freshness of their milk, collecting only the excess amount after meeting the needs of the farming families. 

The new facility is equipped with high quality testing equipment and farmers will be paid for the quality of milk they provide the higher the quality.   

Nestlé is Sri Lanka’s largest private sector collector of fresh milk, procuring milk from close to 20,000 dairy farmers daily, to manufacture its products such as Nespray, Milo and Milkmaid.  

The company has played an active role in developing the local dairy sector since the early 1980’s, working closely with the government and farmers over the years.