About ADPI
A Leading National Trade Association Representing The Dairy Industry
Our Vision
To be the world’s go-to authority on dairy ingredients.
Our Mission
To enhance the global utilization of dairy ingredients by leveraging the technical, manufacturing, and marketing resources of our members and others.
Our History
The American Dairy Products Institute (ADPIAmerican Dairy Products Institute) was established under its current name on April 17, 1986, through a merger of the American Dry Milk Institute, founded in 1925, and the Whey ProteinProtein in milk that remains in water phase after casein precipitates. Institute, founded in 1971. In April 1987, ADPIAmerican Dairy Products Institute expanded the scope of the organization by merging with the Evaporated Milk Association, which was founded in 1923. ADPI’s efforts today build upon nearly 100 years of collaborative work, and encompasses all types of dairy ingredients and manufactured dairy products.
In 2023, ADPIAmerican Dairy Products Institute celebrated its Centennial.
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About Us
ADPIAmerican Dairy Products Institute is a leading national trade association representing the dairy industry today, which includes manufacturers and marketers of dairy-based ingredients and related products, as well as distributors, traders, suppliers of equipment, technical and financial services, and global customers. ADPIAmerican Dairy Products Institute is the dairy-centric organization that connects, engages, and educates its members. Membership is open to all organizations involved in the dairy industry.
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Where the Dairy Industry
Does Business
At ADPIAmerican Dairy Products Institute, we’re working with our members to build global demand for dairy ingredients and related products. In an increasingly competitive environment, ADPIAmerican Dairy Products Institute and its members are actively promoting dairy-based ingredients in new, lucrative segments through research, selling points, and the development of innovative applications and technologies for utilization. Dairy ingredients provide tremendous benefits to human and animal nutrition in feeding the world, and as such, ADPI’s focus is on working collaboratively to grow our members’ business and their markets.
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How ADPI Serves Its Members
- Promoting the dairy industry’s image and enhancing its growth and strategic development
- Assisting members with technical, educational, statistical, and market-related matters
- Harmonizing standards relating to manufactured dairy ingredients and products
- Promoting the dairy products processing industry and its products through relations with affiliated industry organizations and applicable governing bodies.
- Providing a strong, effective voice for the manufactured dairy ingredients industry
ADPIAmerican Dairy Products Institute effectively accomplishes these tasks through the member-led Board of Directors, committees, and task force structure, by leveraging its member’s collective experience, knowledge, cooperation, and the guidance of industry leaders
Our Core Values
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RESPONSIVE
to our member’s needs
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RELIABLE
meaningful and useful information
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RELEVANT
by focusing on dairy ingredient products, not politics
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RESPECTFUL
of the contribution of others and work cooperatively
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RELATIONSHIPS
by creating excellent networking opportunities for members
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RATIONAL
in being reasonable, understanding, and in using sound judgement
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Our History
The American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI) was established under its current name on April 17, 1986, through a merger of the American Dry Milk Institute, founded in 1925, and the Whey Protein Institute, founded in 1971. In April 1987, ADPI expanded the scope of the organization by merging with the Evaporated Milk Association, which was founded in 1923. ADPI’s efforts today build upon nearly 100 years of collaborative work, and encompasses all types of dairy ingredients and manufactured dairy products.
In 2023, ADPI celebrated its Centennial. Visit 100 Years of ADPI to travel back through the past 100 years to discover the impact ADPIAmerican Dairy Products Institute and its predecessors had on the dairy ingredients industry.
