Ernakulam Regional Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd popularly known as ‘milma’ is a professionally managed, fast-growing organization engaged in Procurement, Processing and Marketing of Milk and Milk Products with an annual turnover of more than Rs. 982 Crore.

Ernakulam Regional Cooperative Milk Producers‟ Union Ltd. (Ernakulam Milk Union), milma, was registered on 12-09-1985. Ernakulam, Trichur, Kottayam and Idukki Districts in Central Kerala as its area of operation. The Union along with its sister unions (TRCMPU & MRCMPU) is affiliated to the Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. KCMMF was set up in 1980 as the implementing agency for Operation Flood II in the State of Kerala. The goal of KCMMF is “the Socio-economic progress of the dairy farmer through procuring, processing and marketing of milk”. The mission of milma is “farmer’s prosperity through consumer satisfaction”.

The ERCMPU operates on the truly democratic lines of “of the farmer, by the farmer and for the farmer”. The Union has an elected Board and all the employees including the Managing Director are its own employees. The Union procures 337 TLPD milk from farmers through some 939 Co-operative Societies affiliated as Anand Pattern Dairy Co-operatives (APCOS) as well as from the traditional societies, which are not affiliated. The Union could ensure consistent and remunerative price to milk producers even in Covid crisis period. Ernakulam Union procured complete milk produced the Dairy Farmers even in the Covid full lockdown period.

The Union is marketing 430 TLPD of milk through 183 supply routes to 11,563 outlets spread across the 4 districts and the Market Share of of Union in Liquid Milk Sale is 45%. The Major proportion of the Union’s Turnover, ie. 81.22% of Rs. 982 Crore is coming from Sale of Liquid Milk.

Ernakulam Milk Union has four dairy plants viz., Ernakulam Dairy at Tripunithura, Trichur Dairy at Ramavarmapuram, Kottayam Dairy at Vadavathoor and Kattappana Dairy at Nirmala City. In addition, it has a Products‟ Dairy at Edappally, manufacturing Ghee, Butter, Peda, Ice cream, Paneer, Yogurt etc. and Bakery & Confectionery Unit at Chalakudy manufacturing Pudding Cakes, Cookies, Bread and Bun etc. The milk is collected through 185 Bulk Milk Cooling Units (BMCUs) set up in the Dairy Coop Societies (DCS)

All dairies and head office of the Union have ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 22000:2018 Certification.