A round-up of the week’s key events in the dairy industry in Ukraine and worldwide 👇

🇵🇱 Poland has banned the term ‘plant-based milk’
The regulator has confirmed that plant-based drinks may not use ‘milk’ in their names, even in an indirect form, thereby tightening EU labelling rules.

🤖 AI is discovering new prebiotics
Ingredion and Shiru are using artificial intelligence to create new functional ingredients, including prebiotics for gut health.

💰 Milk prices: who is profiting?
Wholesale milk prices are falling, but products aren’t getting any cheaper in shops — the key profit margin is generated at the retail level.

📍 Forum on infant nutrition in Kyiv
On 28 April, an industry forum will be held in Kyiv to discuss quality standards for baby food and the development of the sector in Ukraine.

🐄 Livestock Cull in russia: Possible Foot-and-Mouth Disease
The mass culling of animals may be linked to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, posing risks to the agricultural sector and exports.

🌍 The world’s top 10 dairy companies
The global dairy market is heading towards $1.5 trillion, with key players strengthening their positions through innovation, protein products and M&A.

📈 Agrifirm returns to profit
The cooperative has shown a strong recovery in 2025 thanks to cost optimisation and a new development strategy.

🇬🇧 The collapse of a milk supplier in Britain
Ever Fresh Dairy, which is being wound up amid overproduction and falling prices, is exacerbating the crisis in the dairy sector.

🥛 Alpro is not ‘milk’: Danone has lost a court case in Switzerland
Alpro’s plant-based drinks cannot be referred to as milk, even in a veiled manner.

🇪🇺 Integration of Ukraine’s agricultural sector into the EU: the dairy sector in focus
The dairy sector is one of the key areas of integration, which could strengthen food security and export potential.

🥤 Coca-Cola is investing $650 million in Fairlife milk production
The company is investing $650 million in the development of the Fairlife brand in response to growing demand for high-protein dairy products.