Ski Dairy

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Ski Dairy
Founded1963
FounderEden Vale
Headquarters Haywards Heath, Sussex,
United Kingdom
Area served
Europe, Australia (until 2006)
Parent Nestlé
Website Official Website

Ski Dairy is a British dairy and yogurt brand owned by Nestle. [1]

Contents

History

The company was founded by Express Dairies in Haywards Heath in 1963 [2] and was the first yogurt to contain fruit pieces. [3] It was bought out by Fonterra and Nestle in 2002 [4] [5] and was popular around Europe and Australia (until 2006). [5]

Recall

In 2020 the Food Standards Agency recalled Ski yogurts [6] for claims that it contained pieces of rubber. It is unknown whether this was resolved. [7] [8] [9] Nestle UK says it was due to a manufacturing error. [10]

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