Falköpings Mejeri launched a consumer-packaged Swedish milk powder in February – a product aimed both at ordinary households and at the growing interest in food preparedness.
The launch comes amid a broader discussion about food security. “Milk powder is a fantastic product that we talk far too little about,” Arla Sweden CEO Cecilia Kocken wrote recently on LinkedIn, highlighting its importance for both exports and emergency supplies.
Milk powder is easy to store and transport and can help secure demand for the milk supplied by farmers, she noted in connection with a visit by the Director General of the Swedish Food Agency to Arla’s milk powder facility in Vimmerby.
Milk powder is increasingly highlighted as an important staple in emergency stockpiles. In the Swedish preparedness brochure “If Crisis or War Comes,” the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) recommends milk powder because it is nutritious, provides energy and can be stored at room temperature for long periods.
The new pack from Falköpings Mejeri makes it easier for consumers to stock up on milk powder for emergency preparedness. It contains 480 grams of powder, equivalent to about five litres of milk. It can be used for drinking, cooking and baking, and is made from Swedish milk and labelled Från Sverige.
The dairy has long produced milk powder for export in large industrial formats but is now making the product available to the retail market.
Since 2024, the three dairies Skånemejerier, Gäsene and Falköpings have been building a new milk powder facility with an investment of about SEK 300 million. The plant is expected to be completed in 2027 and will increase production significantly, to around 20 million kilos per year from the current 5 million.
The joint investment is partly driven by declining consumption of drinking milk in Sweden, while global demand for dairy products – including milk powder – continues to grow. A larger production capacity could also strengthen Sweden’s national food preparedness.