Saputo Dairy UK: version 1

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# Saputo Dairy UK <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Saputo Dairy UK
legal_name: Dairy Crest Limited
country: GB
website: https://uk.saputo.com/en/
register_ids: GB-CH:02085882
gs1_prefixes: 5000373
founded: 1986-12-23
<!--/identity-->

## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target             | market | from       | until | ended | status  | source | note                                                                  |
| -------- | ------------------ | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/saputo-inc | global | 2019-04-15 |       |       | sourced | ^wiki  | The acquisition of Dairy Crest by Saputo Inc. completed on that date. |
<!--/relations-->

## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                | type   | locale | from | until |
| ------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Dairy Crest Limited | legal  | en-GB  |      |       |
| Dairy Crest         | name   | en-GB  |      | 2019  |
| Saputo Dairy UK Ltd | search | en-GB  |      |       |
<!--/aliases-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref  | url                                                                         | title                                                  | accessed   | publisher       | kind        | published | record_id | locator | licence      | attribution            | upstream |
| ---- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | --------------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- |
| wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saputo_Dairy_UK                               | Saputo Dairy UK                                        | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia       | publication |           |           |         | cc-by-sa-4.0 | Wikipedia contributors |          |
| ch   | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02085882 | Companies House: DAIRY CREST LIMITED, company 02085882 | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry    |           | 02085882  |         |              |                        |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Saputo Dairy UK is the British dairy business that traded as Dairy Crest until Saputo Inc. of Canada bought it in April 2019 and renamed it that July; Dairy Crest Limited remains the principal legal entity and is still registered at Companies House under number 02085882, active from 23 December 1986 at 5 The Heights, Brooklands, Weybridge.[^wiki][^ch] The business began in 1981 as the processing arm of the Milk Marketing Board.[^wiki] Its brands include Cathedral City, Clover, Country Life, Utterly Butterly, Vitalite and Willow, and spread and Frylight production is consolidated at Kirkby on Merseyside.[^wiki] A separate company, Saputo Dairy UK Ltd, number 11834952, is registered at the same address.[^ch] The GS1 prefix 5000373 is recorded here as derived from this barcode and the brand ownership, not from a register: no public source names the licensee.
<!--/about-->