cooperative industry food and dairy fate merged with campina successor frieslandcampina founded july 16 1879 ; 137 years ago 1879 07 16 defunct december 31 2008 ; 7 years ago 2008 12 31 headquarters meppel netherlands area served worldwide revenue 5.075 billion 2007 number of employees 14 582 website www.frieslandfoods.nl royal friesland foods koninklijke friesland foods n.v. is a netherlands based multinational cooperative that develops produces and sells branded dairy products and fruit based drinks . royal friesland foods has a strong presence in western europe central europe west africa and southeast asia . in 2008 friesland foods merged with campina under the new name of frieslandcampina . the process was announced on december 2007 . the eu conditioned the merger to the sale of certain cheese and dairy drink divisions by both companies . 1 contents 1 overview 2 longevity brand s a ng th 3 2008 baby milk scandal 4 references 5 external links overview edit royal friesland foods employs 15 312 of whom 10 000 work outside the netherlands . the cooperative s leading brands are appelsientje bonnet chocomel c c mel completa coolbest debic dubbelfrisss dutch lady extran frico friso foremost friesche vlag frisian flag fristi milli noynoy peak p tty s t r rudi rainbow and taksi . royal friesland foods is organized as a cooperative with roots going back to 1879 . it has grown through mergers and takeovers the most significant of which occurred in late 1997 when four dutch dairy cooperatives joined to create the business in its current form . in december 2001 kff nv acquired the drinks & dairy division of numico including the brands chocomel c c mel fristi and extran . royal friesland foods gained its current name in june 2004 after queen beatrix of the netherlands granted it the royal status koninklijk in dutch in honour of its 125th anniversary . prior to that the company was known as friesland coberco dairy foods . longevity brand s a ng th edit in vietnam the u.s. and canada the company is well known for its canned condensed milk product s a ng th longevity brand condensed milk popularly used in vietnamese iced coffee with milk c ph s a drinks and in various other vietnamese desserts . s a ng th was mass produced in the saigon bi n h a area and widely consumed in the republic of vietnam produced by friesland foods prior 1975 . it was used in coffee mixed with hot water to produce hot milk for babies and young children to drink since fresh milk had to be imported and were thus expensive dipped with french bread b nh m or in other dessert applications . after the 1975 fall of saigon the factories manufacturing s a ng th along with all other commercial and private properties were collectivized by the communists and the facilities came under the state company vinamilk who continued to produce s a ng th condensed milk under the same name and used domestically and elsewhere in indochina . friesland foods continued production of s a ng th longevity brand after 1975 in the u.s. and canada for the north american market especially catering to overseas vietnamese consumers and increasingly to western consumers as the popularity of vietnamese coffee and cuisine in general increases . in north america longevity brand s a ng th is widely available in asian supermarkets and increasingly in conventional supermarkets . 2008 baby milk scandal edit hk filled evaporated milk dutch lady friesland foods main article 2008 chinese milk scandal in september 2008 the testing of agri food and veterinary authority of singapore ava found that the dutch lady brand of strawberry flavoured milk manufactured in china to be contaminated with melamine . this product was recalled and destroyed . 2 friesland foods recalled all of its plastic bottled milk in hong kong and macau . 3 references edit dealbook 2008 12 17 . accessed 9 feb 2009 . dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com . retrieved 2012 08 01 . http www.ava.gov.sg nr rdonlyres 29135226 ecba 41ed aa07 8a8988408e08 21963 suspensionofallmilkandmilkproductsfromchina.pdf 1 archived september 23 2008 at the wayback machine . external links edit company website english language version royal friesland foods media release september 9 2004 dairy industries international july 2004 v69 i7 page 7 article about name change wilmington international wikimedia commons has media related to friesland foods . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title friesland foods & oldid 744093752 categories defunct companies of the netherlandscooperatives in the netherlandsmultinational food companiescompanies established in 1879companies disestablished in 2008hidden categories articles with wayback machine linkscommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to 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