TH Group wins three major awards in Gulfood 2016
TH Group wins three major awards in Gulfood 2016
Locally-invested TH Group, which owns the TH true MILK brand, yesterday hit three prestigious awards at the Gulfood 2016, an international food fair in Dubai.
The awards include Gulfood Outstanding Achievement, Best Health Education Initiative, and Best New Frozen or Chilled Product.
These awards are top ones, among 21 award categories, at the fair. TH is Vietnam’s first enterprise to reap them.
The Gulfood Outstanding Achievement Award is for the group’s chairwoman Thai Huong who has laid groundwork for Vietnam’s fresh milk industry. Since the participation of TH in Vietnam’s milk market in 2009, the country’s fresh market soared from 5 per cent in 2009 to 30 per cent in 2015.
Last year, Huong flew to a climax of power while she was named by US’ Forbes magazine as one of Asia’s most powerful businesswomen.
Currently, Huong is asking the government to change regulations on labelling liquid milk into a more transparent manner in terms of input materials. This is for consumers to be able to enjoy veritable fresh milk.
Huong has also ordered the making of high-quality fresh milk suitable to Muslim nations. TH Group has had 42 products that have been granted a Halal certificate in line with Islamic guidelines, for Muslim consumption.
Meanwhile, the Best Health Education Initiative Award is for praising TH’s TH true MILK School Milk product, which has been tested over more than 3,600 pupils and certified by Vietnam’s Ministry of Health for being able to improve kids’ health and malnutrition. Last May, this product also won ASEAN Best Food Award.
TH Group is also the leader in implementing Vietnam’s School Milk Programme, which is aimed to improve kids’ health and mentality.
Best New Frozen or Chilled Product is for the group’s TH true Yogurt Green Tea Matcha product. This product is said by the fair’s organising board to be more competitive than the world’s biggest yogurt brand name Yoplait, because it meets all strictest conditions in production, quality, and food safety.
Last September, TH also won seven international awards at the WorldFood Moscow 2015 in Moscow’s Expocentre Fairgrounds, because the products are produced from fresh milk and fresh herb materials in an integrated production chain.
Gulfood Dubai is the world’s annual biggest fair for farm produce, foodstuffs and beverage. This year it has been taking place in February 21-25, participated in by 4,800 enterprises and 90,000 visitors from 170 nations.
Some 24 Vietnamese big enterprises also join this fair, which is also participated in by 237 milk firms including famous brand names like TH true MILK, Fontera, FriestlandCampina, Nestle, Organic Valley, and Frischli Milchwerke.
