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Yoplait
Yoplait (/ˈjoʊpleɪ/ YOH-play, French: [jɔplɛ]) is a French dessert company and the world's largest franchise brand of yogurt.
Yoplait is fully owned by the French dairy cooperative Sodiaal since 2021. In North America, the Canadian subsidiary was taken over by Sodiaal in 2025. The American subsidiary was taken over by the French group Lactalis on June 30 of that year.
In 1964, 100,000 French farmers agreed to merge six regional dairy cooperatives in order to more efficiently market their products at the national level. On 25 September 1965, the Yoplait brand was launched as a new national brand, as a portmanteau of the brands of two member cooperatives, Yola and Coplait.
The company's logo is a six-petaled flower designed by Philippe Morlighem, each petal representing one of the six main cooperatives' founders. A redesigned logo, which has been slowly rolled out since the late 2000s, uses a flower with only five petals.
On 18 May 2011, General Mills announced it had agreed to purchase a controlling 51% interest in the brand's main operating company Yoplait S.A.S., and a 50% interest in a related company owning the brand's intellectual property, with Sodiaal retaining the remainder. The announcement of the completion of the acquisition was made on 1 July 2011.
On 30 November 2021, General Mills sold its share back to Sodiaal.
In Australia, Yoplait is locally manufactured by Bega Dairy & Drinks. It uses the slogan "Yoplait; French for Yoghurt!".
In November 2019, China's Mengniu Dairy attempted to purchase Lion Dairy (Bega Dairy's earlier name) from Japan's Kirin Holdings, however due to rising geopolitical tensions between China and Australia approval from Australian regulators was deemed "unlikely to" materialize and the announced sale was cancelled. In November 2020, Lion Dairy was sold to the Bega Cheese group for A$534 million.
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Yoplait
Yoplait (/ˈjoʊpleɪ/ YOH-play, French: [jɔplɛ]) is a French dessert company and the world's largest franchise brand of yogurt.
Yoplait is fully owned by the French dairy cooperative Sodiaal since 2021. In North America, the Canadian subsidiary was taken over by Sodiaal in 2025. The American subsidiary was taken over by the French group Lactalis on June 30 of that year.
In 1964, 100,000 French farmers agreed to merge six regional dairy cooperatives in order to more efficiently market their products at the national level. On 25 September 1965, the Yoplait brand was launched as a new national brand, as a portmanteau of the brands of two member cooperatives, Yola and Coplait.
The company's logo is a six-petaled flower designed by Philippe Morlighem, each petal representing one of the six main cooperatives' founders. A redesigned logo, which has been slowly rolled out since the late 2000s, uses a flower with only five petals.
On 18 May 2011, General Mills announced it had agreed to purchase a controlling 51% interest in the brand's main operating company Yoplait S.A.S., and a 50% interest in a related company owning the brand's intellectual property, with Sodiaal retaining the remainder. The announcement of the completion of the acquisition was made on 1 July 2011.
On 30 November 2021, General Mills sold its share back to Sodiaal.
In Australia, Yoplait is locally manufactured by Bega Dairy & Drinks. It uses the slogan "Yoplait; French for Yoghurt!".
In November 2019, China's Mengniu Dairy attempted to purchase Lion Dairy (Bega Dairy's earlier name) from Japan's Kirin Holdings, however due to rising geopolitical tensions between China and Australia approval from Australian regulators was deemed "unlikely to" materialize and the announced sale was cancelled. In November 2020, Lion Dairy was sold to the Bega Cheese group for A$534 million.