Amalthea Uses Infor Integrated AI Solution to Help Improve Cheese Quality & Yields, Build Customer Loyalty and Boost Sustainability
Leading global provider of goat cheese expects to save 500,000 euros, for every 1 percent increase in yields, which it can reinvest in the business
NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Infor®, the industry cloud company, today announced that Amalthea, a leading global provider of goat cheese and organic cow cheese, is using Infor’s integrated artificial intelligence (AI) solution to help improve cheese quality and yields, build customer loyalty and boost sustainability.
For every 1 percent increase in yields, Amalthea expects to save approximately 500,000 euros, which it can reinvest to further develop the business. Amalthea plans to significantly increase its manufacturing capacity in five years to meet the high demand for more cheese types and innovative solutions such as its CleardMilk® formula, a process by which it can extract whey, cream and other components from raw milk. This helps lessen waste and improve sustainability practices.
Headquartered in the Netherlands, Amalthea strives to make the most of the top-quality goat milk it receives from about 50 goat farmers who are members of the Amalthea Cooperative of Goat Farmers. Amalthea’s stated mission is to enhance the lives of consumers, customers and farmers by making delicious and nutritious dairy products in a sustainable way, based on utilizing the richness of goat and cow milk to the full extent.
One of the biggest challenges for dairy manufacturers such as Amalthea is that milk composition varies across farms and seasons. Therefore, there is no standard recipe that can be applied across all milk batches to achieve consistent quality and yield. Close monitoring and steering of the cheese production process is required to create cheese consistency so that customers stay loyal and Amalthea maximizes yield potential.
“Our customers require consistency in the cheese we produce,” said Joris Aarts, chief financial officer at Amalthea. “The big challenge is that milk is the raw material used to…
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