Latteria di Chiuro was the first dairy cooperative in Valtellina to produce and distribute fresh drinking milk. Founded in 1957, tradition and innovation have coexisted here ever since. Tradition is an integral part of our identity and of the territory where we are fortunate to live and work; innovation and modern technologies are equally essential to ensure both animal welfare and the safety and goodness of our products. We support the development of our associated farms and the surrounding territory in a way that respects the environment and promotes the well-being of individuals and the community. We care about how resources and raw materials are used.
We have always believed we are responsible for the well-being of the environment and the landscape we are lucky enough to live and work in.
We have always believed that authenticity and control of raw materials are the foundation of truly high-quality products.
We have always believed that good work is even more valuable when recognised and certified by others.
Always and forever, time cannot be measured — only savoured.
Latteria di Chiuro preserves its artisanal character far from large industrial realities. Since 2007, we have collaborated with local illustrator Inge Padovani to bring to life a small illustrated world on our packaging — one character for each product in our range.
The Latteria stands in the heart of Valtellina, a truly unique alpine territory known worldwide for the excellence of its typical products.
Our cooperative includes more than twenty local milk producers, all based just a few kilometres from the dairy. Their presence helps maintain a real and virtuous rural economy, supports social balance in our mountain communities, and contributes to everyone’s quality of life. All farms pay great attention to animal welfare, prioritising free-stall housing and allowing cows to graze in alpine pastures during the warmer months.
Positive synergy For many years, we have worked alongside local organisations to support mountain agriculture and to raise awareness of issues that matter to the wider community. One of our long-standing partners is Cooperativa Sociale Il Sentiero, an agricultural social cooperative that has been operating in Valtellina for over twenty years with the aim of integrating disadvantaged people into the workforce. Il Sentiero is dedicated to fruit production and supplies the extra jams used in the making of our yogurt. As an agricultural enterprise, it is also a point of reference for many small local producers and processors.
With the short supply chain project Agricola Valtellina, together with local social cooperatives — Il Sentiero, La Quercia, Il Gabbiano, Elianto, Strashare and Sol.Co — we have created a network of producers who believe in the quality of local production, short supply chains, social responsibility and a relationship of trust with consumers. Day after day, we work to build and sustain a virtuous mountain economy — environmentally, economically and socially sustainable — and respectful of the territory’s greatest asset: the nature that surrounds us.
For years, we have organised projects dedicated to local schools, such as the Latte di Natale drawing competition, which invites thousands of primary school children to express their creativity through drawings that become a special edition milk carton for the month of December.
Every year, we also promote the Latte del Dono initiative in collaboration with AIDO and ADMO — the Italian associations for organ, tissue, cell and bone marrow donation — contributing to public awareness on these important topics.
We actively take part in Pink October in collaboration with ATS della Montagna, a month of initiatives aimed at raising awareness among women about the importance of prevention in the fight against breast cancer. Each year, the packaging of some of our products turns pink in support of this campaign.
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