Double-the-price US premium Fairlife milk brand will ‘rain money’: Coca-Cola

By Mark ASTLEY

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Double-the-price US milk brand Fairlife will ‘rain money’: Coca-Cola

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Coca-Cola is confident its premium Fairlife milk brand, due to launch across the US next month, will "rain money" once established in the market.

Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer Conference yesterday, Sandy Douglas, president, Coca-Cola North America, revealed plans for the nationwide roll out of Fairlife, available in 2% fat, skim (less than 0.2% fat), and chocolate variations, in late December.

Lactose-free Fairlife, which contains 50% more protein and calcium and 30% less sugar than regular milk, was trialed in Minneapolis, Denver and Chicago.

Now after "amazing"​ results in the three test markets, the Fairlife brand will be launched nationwide.

Given the "better taste"​ and premium status of Fairlife, consumers will be charged "twice as much for it as the milk we're used to buying in a jug," ​Douglas said.

Looking ahead, Coca-Cola hopes Fairlife will emulate the success of its premium orange juice brand, Simply.

"It's basically the premiumization of milk,"​ he said. "Our ambition there is to create the Simply of milk."

“Now to be clear, we’re going to be investing in the milk business for a while to build the brand, so it won’t rain money in the early couple of years,"​ he said.

"But like Simply, when you do it well it rains money later."

Fairlife is produced by Fair Oaks Farms - a joint venture established in December 2012 by The Coca-Cola Company and Select Milk Producers, the company behind Core Power.

Fair Oaks Farm uses a "proprietary milk filtering process"​ to separate milk procured from suppliers into its five key components - water, butterfat, protein, vitamins and minerals, and lactose. 

These components are then recombined in different proportions to produce lactose-free milk with 50% more protein and calcium and 30% less sugar.

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Product is Meeting unmet Demand

Posted by Mike Brown,

I have had the good fortune of living near Chicago, and have enjoyed this product for a while. It is certainly more expensive than commodity fluid milk, but has a remarkable flavor profile and provides more milk protein with less lower carbohydrates - a perfect combination for me. Even the chocolate milk has a body and flavor not usually found in lower-carb products. Based on test marketing, apparently many others agree.

We need more creativity in fluid milk products and this one appears to do so with a taste and nutrition profile that consumers want.

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Sounds Good

Posted by Kevin Milk,

Like more Americans than not I'm Lactose. And like a lot of Lactose I like milk more than soy. I will pay for a lactate free healthy milk. It is sure to cook down better than that wretched soy stuff I tolerate.

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target markets

Posted by Maged Elsawi,

what is the target market of this prodcut ? is it US market only or it is alos for Europe and Middle east ?
this is as this market is quite booming in middle east and gulf area .

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