SAVENCIA Snapshot
Bongrain assists milk in its great white leap toward immortality. The company makes a variety of commodity and specialty cheeses and other dairy foods, including yogurt and butter. Its several hundred brand names include Caprice des Dieux, Elle & Vire, Fine Bouche, Saint Albray, and Tartare. Bongrain's North American brands include Alouette, Chavrie, and Ile de France. Processing 3 billion liters of milk a year, Bongrain's products are sold in 114 countries worldwide. The company was founded by Jean-Noël Bongrain, who took over his family's cheese-making business in the small French village of Illoud in 1944.