Arla Foods: version 1

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# Arla Foods <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Arla Foods
legal_name: Arla Foods amba
country: DK
website: https://www.arla.com/
founded: 2000-04-17
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## Relations <!--relations-->
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name            | type   | locale | from | until |
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| Arla Foods amba | legal  | da     | 2000 |       |
| Arla            | search | da     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref            | url                                                                      | title                                                                             | accessed   |
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| enwiki-arla    | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arla_Foods                                 | Wikipedia (en): Arla Foods                                                        | 2026-09-10 |
| arla-brand     | https://www.arla.com/our-brands/cocio/                                   | Arla: Cocio®                                                                      | 2026-09-10 |
| arla-datasheet | https://www.lcl.dk/.0/pp-static/prodimages/Datablade/datablad_369338.pdf | Arla Foods Foodservice DK: Produktdatablad COCIO CLASSIC DK 18X400ML (27-08-2025) | 2026-09-10 |
| cvr            | https://virkdata.dk/firmaer/35712011/cocio-chokolademaelk-a-s            | Virkdata (CVR): COCIO CHOKOLADEMÆLK A/S, CVR 35712011                             | 2026-09-10 |
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## About <!--about-->
Arla Foods amba is a Danish-Swedish dairy co-operative with limited liability, formed on 17 April 2000 when the Swedish Arla merged with the Danish MD Foods; the Swedish side traces back to 1881.[^enwiki-arla] It is owned by its farmer members across Denmark, Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and ranks among the largest dairy companies in the world.[^enwiki-arla] Its Danish head office is at Sønderhøj 14, 8260 Viby J, the address printed on the group's Danish foodservice product data sheets.[^arla-datasheet] Arla took a half share in the Esbjerg chocolate milk business Cocio in 2002 and has owned it outright since 2008; it lists Cocio among its brands and says the drink is made at a dedicated factory in Esbjerg.[^arla-brand] The Danish company register records ARLA FOODS AMBA as the owner of Cocio Chokolademælk A/S.[^cvr]
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