Valio

thumb|The Valio head office in Pitäjänmäki, [[Helsinki]] Valio Ltd () is a Finnish dairy and food company founded in 1905. Valio is a significant participant in the global dairy ingredients market and Finland’s largest milk processor, with Valio dairy farmers producing about 80% of the country’s milk. Valio’s product development is based on the work of Nobel Prize–winning chemist A. I. Virtanen; the company holds more than 300 patents in 50 countries.