Sodiaal is a French dairy cooperative, founded in 1964, that describes itself as owned by its member farmers. Its French site calls it “la première coopérative laitière française”. Its English site gives 13,900 dairy farmers, 4.2 billion litres of milk collected and 53 industrial sites in France. Antoine Collette is described on the site as directeur général de Sodiaal.
The cooperative’s activities cover milk, cream and butter; cheese; ultra-fresh products; specialised nutrition; and ingredients. Its brands include Candia, Entremont and Yoplait, which the cooperative says was created in 1965 by its dairy farmers, as well as Nactalia, Bonilait and Euroserum. The pages read do not mention operations in India or the UK.
Sodiaal ranks 76th in Food Engineering’s 2026 Top 100 Food and Beverage Companies, which puts its food sales at $7,274 million (€6,200 million) for the year to December 2025.