Amalgamated Dairies Limited

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Amalgamated Dairies Limited
Company type Dairy co-operative
Industry Dairy
Founded1953
Headquarters
Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Area served
Canada
Products Milk, cream, butter, cheese, evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk
BrandsADL, Dairy Isle
Members160 dairy producers
Number of employees
300+
Website adl.ca

Amalgamated Dairies Limited (ADL) is a Prince Edward Island dairy processing co-operative founded in 1953. It is owned by roughly 160 dairy producers and operates multiple facilities across the province.

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History

ADL's headquarters in Summerside ADL PEI (Amalgamated Dairies Limited).jpg
ADL's headquarters in Summerside

ADL’s formation in 1953 consolidated several community dairies into a single Island-wide processor to centralize milk collection and processing. [1] Over the decades it expanded beyond fluid milk and butter into cheddar and specialty cheeses, as well as shelf-stable evaporated and sweetened condensed milk. [2]

In 2016 ADL introduced the Dairy Isle brand to sell outside Prince Edward Island, later distributed nationally by Walmart Canada. [3]

A major expansion of the Summerside cheese plant was completed in 2018. [4] Additional upgrades were announced in 2018 to modernize the facility. [5] A 2025 news report noted that ADL was expanding capacity while monitoring U.S. trade developments affecting dairy. [6]

Production and distribution

ADL processes a majority of Prince Edward Island’s raw milk, with cheese production centered at its Summerside plant and fluid milk handled at a facility in Charlottetown’s West Royalty industrial area. [7] [8] Products include butter, cheddar, feta, havarti, ice-cream mix, evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk. [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Agency, Atlantic Canada Opportunities (February 11, 2021). "Amalgamated Dairies". www.canada.ca.
  2. 1 2 "Home". ADL | Amalgamated Dairies Limited.
  3. ↑ "How Walmart Canada helps bring ADL's P.E.I. dairy products coast to coast". www.walmartcanada.ca.
  4. ↑ "ADL Marks Completion Of $19M Expansion To Summerside Cheese Production Center". November 26, 2018.
  5. ↑ "ADL to modernize its Summerside, PEI plant - Food In CanadaFood In Canada". April 9, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Amalgamated Dairies Limited has one eye on U.S. trade fracas as it looks to update P.E.I. plant". March 10, 2025 – via YouTube.
  7. ↑ "DFPEI". www.dfpei.pe.ca.
  8. ↑ https://ca.kompass.com/c/adl-milk-plant/cac1366178/
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