The partnership between FCP and ACF is aimed at elevating the professional accreditation of the barista community in ASEAN and to develop the knowledge of milk use in cafe settings. Milk, as a key ingredient in coffee concoctions, plays an essential role in the taste experience. With increasing consumer demand for cafe and coffee experiences, the baristas' mastery of the art of coffee making is often overlooked. By co-developing the Milk Science module with ACF, through its official coffee training and education body, ACI, FCP hopes to kick-start a decade of improved appreciation of coffee mastery in ACF's ASEAN markets, enabled by the knowledge of milk use in cafe settings. This follows true to ACI's objectives to establish coffee quality and standards and providing affordable coffee education across ASEAN.
FCP, part of Royal FrieslandCampina, is one of the world's biggest dairy companies with 150 years of heritage and has many well-known, retail market-leading dairy brands in the Asia Pacific region, including Dutch Lady, Falcon, Foremost, Alaska, Omela and Frisian Flag. With more than 100 years of dairy experience and expertise, a full range of coffee and tea solutions under its global and regional brands, and esteemed partnerships over 40 locations across 5 continents, FCP is proud to be the Founding Partner of ACF and ACI for such a meaningful initiative.
"ASEAN Coffee Federation (ACF) is pleased to have FrieslandCampina Professional come onboard as one of the Founding Corporate Partners of ASEAN Coffee Institute - the official education arm of ACF. With milk being an important part of coffee, we believe that our partnership will provide fruitful outcomes in elevating the coffee industry through affordable educational programmes", said Mr. Victor Mah, President of ASEAN Coffee Federation and ASEAN Coffee Institute.
"Our dairy brands have been providing ASEAN consumers, food service professional and industrial customers with high quality products for over a hundred years. We believe in constantly innovating and adding value to our industry partners, so that our consumers continue to enjoy the most up-to-trend beverages. We are excited about our partnership with ACF and ACI and look forward to a decade of equipping and improving the barista mastery," said Ms. Tracy Fortu, Marketing Lead for Coffee and Tea APAC, FrieslandCampina Professional.
About Royal FrieslandCampina N.V.
FrieslandCampina is one of the largest dairy companies in the world with a cooperative tradition going back 150 years. The company processes the milk from dairy farms into a wide range of dairy products and ingredients. This way Royal FrieslandCampina provides hundreds of millions of people throughout the world with valuable nutrients from milk.
Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. is fully owned by Zuivelcooeperatie FrieslandCampina U.A., with 15,703 member dairy farmers in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany in 2021. Through the cooperative, these member dairy farmers own and supervise the company. Together with member dairy farmers, FrieslandCampina manages the entire production chain: from grass to glass.
FrieslandCampina provides consumers with dairy products, such as milk, yoghurt, condensed milk, dairy-based beverages, cheese, butter, quark, and cream. The dairy company supplies specific nutrition to specific consumer groups, such as children, the elderly, and sportspeople. Professional customers, such as bakers, pastry chefs, chocolate confectioners, chefs, and caterers can rely on FrieslandCampina for a broad product range, including creams, butters, desserts, and fillings. In addition, the company supplies high-quality ingredients to international food producers and pharmaceutical companies.
In 2021, 10,564 member dairy farms in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium supplied almost 10 billion kilos of milk for processing into dairy products and ingredients. FrieslandCampina has branches in 32 countries and exports to more than 100 countries worldwide. At year-end 2021, FrieslandCampina employed an average of 22,961 workers (FTEs). For additional information, please visit our website: www.frieslandcampina.com.
About ASEAN Coffee Federation
ASEAN Coffee Federation (ACF) was first conceived by a group of passionate ASEAN coffee industry players who are in constant pursuit of improving and developing the quality of ASEAN's coffee beans, so as to compete in the world stage.
Established in year 2010, ASEAN Coffee Federation currently represents 10 coffee associations across Southeast Asia as its key members, with 1 other coffee association as associate member from North Asia. The key members are:
Indonesia - (1) Specialty Coffee Association of Indonesia and (2) Association of Indonesian Coffee Exporters and Industries
Laos - (3) Lao Coffee Association
Malaysia - (4) Malaysia Specialty Coffee Association
Myanmar - (5) Myanmar Coffee Association
Philippines - (6) Philippine Coffee Board
Singapore - (7) Singapore Coffee Association
Thailand - (8) Thai Coffee Association and (9) Barista Association of Thailand
Vietnam - (10) Vietnam Coffee & Cocoa Association
About ASEAN Coffee Institute
In 2021, ACF formed its official coffee training and education body - ASEAN Coffee Institute (ACI). The institute's objective are to: (i) establish coffee quality and standards for the ASEAN region reaching out to the world (ii) provide affordable coffee education to all (iii) promote sustainability practices to coffee farmers (iv) encourage sustainable sourcing by traders, roasters and cafe owners. For more information, please visit: https://aseancoffeeinstitute.org/
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Caption - Mr. Victor Mah, President of ASEAN Coffee Federation and ASEAN Coffee Institute, and Mr Steven Tan, Executive Director of ASEAN Coffee Federation, and Ms. Loes Snijder, Head of Marketing Coffee and Tea Specialists, FrieslandCampina Professional, and Mr. Jelle Folmer, Commercial Director APAC, FrieslandCampina Professional, at the sponsorship-signing ceremony held in Singapore on 26 October 2022.