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Since 1935, Maola Milk & Ice Cream Company has made premium milk and ice cream. The company produces approximately 100,000 gallons of milk daily and sells nearly 1.5 million gallons of ice cream a year. As one of the most advanced dairies in the United States, the company maintains stringent product quality control, processing cost and distribution efficiency. Maola is a subsidiary of Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, a regional milk marketing and processing cooperative that serves more than 1,500 dairy farm families in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. Distributed throughout North Carolina in addition to parts of South Carolina and Virginia, Maola Milk & Ice Cream Company maintains its headquarters in New Bern, N.C.

Operational since 1933, Instantwhip Foods Inc. has grown to become an international manufacturer and distributor of fine dairy and non-dairy refrigerated food products. It serves the foodservice/bakery industry and provide products under brands, such as Instantwhip Cream, Instantwhip Topping, B/C Topping, Instantblend Coffee Creamer and Baker's Finishing Touch, to name a few. Instantwhip Foods Inc. offers customers a wide range of products, including frozen desserts/novelties, juice/drinks, milk products, salad dressings, whipped cream/toppings, coffee creamers, cheese, butter/margarine/blends and more.

Established in 1920, Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative markets milk for 1,500-plus dairy farmer owners throughout the mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States. It owns and operates three fluid processing plants: Marva Maid in Newport News, Va., Marva Maid of Landover, Md., and Maola Milk & Ice Cream in New Bern, N.C. The cooperative supplies its milk to a variety of customers including to the U.S. military in Virginia and abroad. Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative s members include dairy farmers from Pennsylvania to the Alabama border.