{"id":670707,"date":"2026-07-02T23:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T23:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/670707\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T23:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T23:56:17","slug":"milk-prices-rise-for-second-time-in-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/670707\/","title":{"rendered":"Milk prices rise for second time in a year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The price of milk has risen for the second time in a year, with a litre of milk up by seven cents.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Malta Dairy Products Ltd has raised the price of several Bennna dairy products, including milk, butter and cheese.<\/p>\n

As of Wednesday, one litre of whole milk has increased from \u20ac1.30 to \u20ac1.37.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The company said it had increased prices due to “increasing costs across several areas of the supply chain.\u201d<\/p>\n

It added: \u201cWhile Malta Dairy Products Ltd has worked to absorb these increases wherever possible, a limited revision in pricing is now required on selected product lines.\u201d<\/p>\n

The national dairy processor said the increase was linked to higher production and processing costs, as well as rising costs for ingredients, packaging materials, transport and distribution.<\/p>\n

It said the changes reflected continued investment in quality, food safety and operational reliability, as well as ongoing support for a sustainable local dairy sector.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One-litre cartons of 2.5% milk have risen by 6c, from \u20ac1.26 to \u20ac1.32, while one-litre lactose-free 2.5% milk has also gone up by 6c, from \u20ac1.51 to \u20ac1.57.<\/p>\n

Other products affected include 500ml cartons of whole milk, 2.5% milk and lactose-free 2.5% milk.<\/p>\n

The company has also increased the price of \u0121bejna friska 120g, mozzarella fresh mini portions 150g, mozzarella fresh single portion 125g, salted butter 200g, unsalted butter 200g and lactose-free unsalted butter 200g.<\/p>\n

\"MaltaMalta Dairy Products Ltd new price list Photo: MDP<\/p>\n

Malta Dairy Products Ltd said the price adjustments were necessary \u201cto support the continued sustainability of local dairy production and to ensure that consumers across Malta and Gozo continue to have access to fresh, high-quality dairy products produced to the highest standards.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company had given a similar explanation when it raised the prices of several Benna milk products in January.<\/p>\n

At the time, it said the increases were needed \u201cto ensure the long-term sustainability and reliability of Malta\u2019s fresh milk supply.\u201d<\/p>\n

The largest January increase was also on one-litre whole milk, which rose by 7c.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The price of milk has risen for the second time in a year, with a litre of milk…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-670707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}