Australia
In Australia, Yoplait is locally manufactured by Bega Dairy & Drinks. It uses the slogan "Yoplait; French for Yoghurt!".[8]
In November 2019, China's Mengniu Dairy attempted to purchase Lion Dairy (Bega Dairy's earlier name) from Japan's Kirin Holdings,[9] however due to rising geopolitical tensions between China and Australia approval from Australian regulators was deemed "unlikely to" materialize and the announced sale was cancelled.[10] In November 2020, Lion Dairy was sold to the Bega Cheese group for A$534 million.[11]
Canada
In Canada, General Mills markets pre-stirred Yoplait yogurt, Minigo, Tubes, Source, Creamy, Delicieux, Yop, Yoplait Basket, Yoptimal, and Asana. In 1971, the Coopérative Agricole de Granby, which went on to become the largest dairy cooperative in the country—Agropur—launched the Yoplait brand in Canada. In 1993, Agropur and Agrifoods (the two largest dairy cooperatives in Canada) combined their yogurt and fresh cheese marketing and manufacturing activities to form Ultima Foods. Ultima Foods oversaw Yoplait brand products throughout Canada until 2012, when General Mills took over the licence (Ultima Foods continues to manufacture Yoplait products in Canada as a subcontractor, but has also launched a wholly owned rival product line, iögo).[12]
In January 2025, General Mills completed the sale of its Canadian Yogurt business to Sodiaal.[13]
Chile
In Chile, the Yoplait brand is managed by Quillayes.
France
In France, the Yoplait brand is managed by Yoplait France.[14]
Ireland
In Ireland, Glanbia controlled the Yoplait brand from 1973 until 2017, when its dairy processing business was offloaded to form the joint venture Glanbia Ireland, with the Glanbia Co-operative Society holding 60% ownership and Glanbia 40%.
Israel
Yoplait in Israel is managed by Tnuva, Israel's largest dairy,[15] and products are kosher. The company's drinkable yogurt comes in a 100-gram shot-style bottle with a center opening for easy gripping.[16] Yoplait-brand flavored yogurts account for 42–52% of the Israeli market.[17] Tnuva and Yoplait entered into a partnership to set up production facilities in Romania in 2007.[15] In 2009, Tnuva introduced a 500 g family-size yogurt called Yoplait YYY that comes in resealable containers.[17]
Italy
Yoplait entered the Italian market in 1992 through a joint-venture between Sodiaal and Kraft Foods. At the end of the following year, Yoplait achieved a market share of 2.5%. Yoplait withdrew from the Italian market in 1999.[18]
New Zealand
In New Zealand, the Yoplait brand is manufactured by and franchised to Goodman Fielder.[20]
Norway
The franchise in Norway is held by Fjordland, a brand of Tine, and has been since 1998. In 2014, Q-Meieriene filed suit against Fjordland for "allegedly copying a unique container for the Icelandic cultured milk product Skyr", as the latter uses a similar shape for one of its products.[21]
Portugal
In Portugal, Yoplait was franchised to Gelgurte until 2010, when the franchising was not renewed with headquarters. It has not been made or sold in the country ever since.[22]
Spain
In 2001, the Soldier Spanish brand from Social stopped its production and commercialization in Spain closing its Alcobendas production plant.[23]
South Korea
In South Korea, the Yoplait brand is managed and manufactured by Binggrae.
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, Yoplait UK Ltd is now 100% owned by Yoplait France.[24] In April 2009, the joint venture between Yoplait and Dairy Crest ended. Yoplait UK Ltd is based in General Mills' European head office; Harman House in Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom. Tubed yogurts are called Frubes (portmanteau of fruit and tube) in the UK, half under the Petits Filous branding and half under the Wildlife Choobs branding. Petits Filous pots, Wildlife yogurt pots, Cal-in+ pot yogurts and yogurt drinks and Yop drinking yogurt are also sold in the UK.
United States
The Yoplait brand first entered the United States in 1974 when it was licensed by the Michigan Cottage Cheese Company. In 1977, General Mills acquired the U.S. marketing rights to Yoplait from that company, along with a yogurt plant in Reed City, Michigan. General Mills has been the exclusive franchisee of the Yoplait brand in the United States ever since.
General Mills opened a plant in Carson, California to manufacture Yoplait for the West Coast, where it became the best-selling yogurt brand. In 1981, General Mills began selling Yoplait on the East Coast.[25]
Yoplait products are available in a variety of fruit-based flavors that come in a truncated-conical container sealed with an aluminum foil top.[25] Under the Yoplait label, General Mills also markets Trix Yogurt, based on the flavors of their breakfast cereal of the same name, and Go-Gurt, where various flavors are packaged in plastic tubes for spoonless eating; these brands are targeted to children. A probiotic line of yogurt is marketed under the brand name Yo-Plus. As of Autumn, 2023, Original Yoplait states on the package that it contains
United Arab Emirates
In the United Arab Emirates, the Yoplait brand is a subsidiary of Agthia Group.[30]
