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Startede som andelsmejeri i 1888, men blev privatejet i
1947 og har siden 1968 været ejet af familien Lindhardt. Anker
Lindhardt havde arbejdet, som mejeribestyre og gik imod tidens
trend og etablerede sig som selvstændig. I dag er det
sønnen Niels Henrik Lindhardt som driver mejeriet, han overtog
i 1998. Efter at havde været forvalter for Arla Foods mejeri i
Branderup.
Mejeriet har ikke egne mælkeleverandører, dette
stoppede man med i 2002. Da Nestlé stoppede sin produktion i
Hjørring af mælkebaseret fødevarer, Nestlé
aftog næsten alt mejeriets produktion af skummetmælk. De
sidste år modtog mejeriet ca. 4 millioner kilogram mælk
fra ni leverandører, det er dog stadig mælk fra nordjyske
køer, som bliver brugt til produktionen af is, mælken
bliver nemlig leveret fra Hirtshals Mejeri. Mejeriet er også
langt fra, at være under afvikling. Som det ellers er sket og
stadig sker med mange små mejerier. I Aabybro laver man nemlig
”verdens bedste is”.
Isproduktionen kom på banen efter, at Arla Foods
introducerede blandingsproduktet Kærgården. Dermed
skiftede forbrugerne nemlig vane og der blev en overproduktion af
fedt også på Aabybro Mejeri. På Island havde Niels
Henrik Lindhardt stiftet bekendtskab med iscreme og situationen
modnede hurtigt ideen om, at starte en produktion af iscreme hjemme
hos faderen. Så ferier og weekender blev brugt i Aabybro
på, at udvikle og starte produktion af iskager. Produktionen
tog hurtig fart og succesen var begyndt, derfor tog Niels Henrik
orlov fra mejeriet i Branderup for, at hellige sig isen.
Dengang i 1990 – var der endnu 1015 produktionssteder for
iscreme i Danmark, der i blandt de to store giganter Netlé og
Unilever. I dag er der så vidt vides 5 produktionssteder
tilbage, hvor af de 3 er dansk ejet: Polar Is, Vebbestrup og
Aabybro de to andre er: Norsk eget Diplom Is og Nestlé eget
Hjem Is i Esbjerg.
Hvor meget iscreme der bliver produceret i Aabybro er en
hemmelighed, dog er det ikke noget som de store is producenter
spærre øjnene op for. Det bliver det dog heller aldrig,
på Aabybro Mejeri bliver der ikke gået på kompromis
med kvalitet og pris. Det er en form for niche produktion, som
mejeriet har fundet her dog en niche, som flere og flere får
øje på. Udover at stå stærkt i Nordjylland
bliver isen også solgt flere og flere steder i resten af
Danmark. Mejeriets sortiment af iscreme bliver stadig bredere, og
det er blevet en dyd at være fleksibel og kunne efterkomme
specielle kundeønsker, bl.a. når det gælder
udformningen af bryllupsislagkager.
Et af de seneste skud på stammen er et samarbejde med en af
landets trendy kokke, Morten Heiberg, bl.a. med en fortid som
hofkok for Dronning Margrethe. Nu produceres der til Morten Heiberg
under dennes eget mærke Heiberg Is. Ad denne vej har iscremen
fra Aabybro bl.a fundet vej til Irmas butikker i Storkøbenhavn
foruden til Hotel D’Angleterre samt flyselskaberne Singapore
Airlines og SAS.
På mejeriet produceres også smør og rygeost,
smørret er saltet med sydesalt fra Læsø. Alle
produkter kan købes i mejeriets butik eller via internettet, i
butikken er man altid velkommen til, at smage inden man
køber.
Hvis du ligger vejen forbi butikken skal du give dig god tid,
dels for oplevelsen skyld, men også fordi der næsten er
en hel folkevandring især om fredagen.
Læs mere om mejeri på dette link: http://www.techmedia.dk/files/pdf/sca/s14-15scf10.pdf
Started in 1888 as dairy cooperative, but was privately
owned in 1947 and has since 1968 been owned by the family
Lindhardt. Anker Lindhardt had worked as dairy manager and went
against the current trend and established itself as independent.
Today is the son Niels Henrik Lindhardt which operates the dairy,
he took over in 1998. After that had been managed on behalf of Arla
Foods dairy in Branderup.
The dairy have no suppliers, this stopped Monday in 2002. Since
Nestlé stopped its production in Hjørring, gametes based
food, Nestle bought almost all the dairy production of skimmed
milk. The last year received a dairy around. 4 million kg of milk
from nine suppliers, it is still milk cows from the region, which
is being used for the production of ice cream, the milk will
actually be delivered from Hirtshals Dairy. The dairy is also far
from, to be in liquidation. As it happened and still happening to
many small dairies. In Aabybro, we are doing "the best ice cream in
the world".
The ice cream production came on the track after the Arla Foods
introduced mix the product "Kærgården". This changed
consumers: the habit and there was an overproduction of fat also in
Aabybro Dairy. In Iceland had Niels Henrik Lindhardt familiar with
ice cream and the situation mature quickly the idea of starting a
production of ice cream home of the father. So holidays and
weekends were spent in Aabybro, to develop and begin production of
ice cream. The production took the rapid pace and success had
begun, therefore, took Niels Henrik leave from the dairy in
Branderup to dedicate the ice cream.
At the time, in 1990 - was still 1015 production of ice cream in
Denmark, which in one of the two big giants Netlé and
Unilever. Today, as far as is known 5 locations, where the 3 is
Danish-owned: Polar Ice, Vebbestrup, Aabybro and the other two are:
Norwegian own Diploma Ice and Nestlé's Hjem Is in
Esbjerg.
How much ice cream is being produced in Aabybro is a secret,
however, it is not something which is the major producers block
eyes up. It will, however, never, in Aabybro Dairy will not have to
compromise on quality and price. It is a form of niche production,
as the dairy has found a niche here, however, as more and more
sees. In addition to stand strong in the North are the ice cream
also sold more and more places in the rest of Denmark. The dairy
assortment of ice cream is becoming wider, and it has been a virtue
to be flexible and with specific customer needs, including when it
comes to the design of wedding cakes of ice.
One of the latest hand on the tiller is a collaboration with one of
the country's trendy chefs, Morten Heiberg, including with a past
as royal chef of Queen Margrethe 2. Now produced to Morten Heiberg
under its own brand Heiberg Is. Ad this road has ithe ice cream
from Aabybro in particular found its way into Irmas shops in
Copenhagen in addition to the Hotel d'Angleterre and the airlines:
Singapore Airlines and SAS.
The dairy also produced butter and smoked cheese, the butter is
salted with seethe salt from island: Læsø. All products
can be purchased in the dairy store or via the Internet, in the
shop are always welcome to taste before you buy.
If you are way past the dairy you must give your time, and for
experience's sake, but also because there is almost a complete
migration especially on Fridays.
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