Misguided campaign
OPINION: Last week, Greenpeace lit up Fonterra's Auckland headquarters with 'messages from the common people' - that the sector is polluting the environment.
Last year, the company managed to successfully commission a new factory at their West Auckland facilities - expanding its capability to produce non-dairy products for all of New Zealand and Australia.
The first yoghurts to launch from the new factory, last October, were plant-based layered yoghurts. According to the company, the yoghurt is made using "sustainably sourced New Zealand oats, coconut and rice and is packaged in post-consumer 100% recycled plastic (#1), that can be recycled again and again within New Zealand. "Oh, so very woke, but it all sounds yuck!
