{"id":93327,"date":"2025-10-22T02:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T02:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/93327\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T02:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T02:09:11","slug":"fonterra-looks-to-boost-butter-production-after-selling-off-iconic-brands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/93327\/","title":{"rendered":"Fonterra looks to boost butter production after selling off iconic brands"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThis investment supports that goal by increasing our production of a high-value product and improving our product mix by adding value to milk fat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fonterra planned to invest up to $1b over the next three to four years to help drive further value.<\/p>\n

The co-op said the new butter line<\/a> at Clandeboye would improve its ability to produce a range of butter formats for global ingredients customers and professional kitchens.<\/p>\n

The plant would also be able to meet diverse requirements, including Halal and Kosher certifications.<\/p>\n

Butter demand has been strong in recent times, prompting stronger prices globally, including in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Hurrell said demand for butter continued to grow.<\/p>\n

Fonterra chief operating officer Anna Palairet said the expansion would create 16 new jobs at the site.<\/p>\n

Construction at Clandeboye would start in December 2025, with the first product expected off the line in April 2027.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Fonterra invested $64m at Clandeboye to convert two coal boilers to wood pellets.<\/p>\n

\u2013 RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThis investment supports that goal by increasing our production of a high-value product and improving our product mix…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[74,11231,650,138,298,7226,16569,663,111,139,69,6662,8417,24035,61],"class_list":{"0":"post-93327","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-after","9":"tag-boost","10":"tag-brands","11":"tag-business","12":"tag-butter","13":"tag-fonterra","14":"tag-iconic","15":"tag-looks","16":"tag-new-zealand","17":"tag-newzealand","18":"tag-nz","19":"tag-off","20":"tag-production","21":"tag-selling","22":"tag-to"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}