Cow & Gate

However, in 1885, the brothers were persuaded to join the temperance movement, and hence poured their entire stock into the gutters of Guildford High Street.

From this base the company expanded quickly, buying creameries in the milk-producing West Country of England in Somerset and Dorset, and latterly in Ireland.

In 1904 Dr. Killick Millard, medical officer of health for Leicester, asked the company to supply powdered milk to help feed the children of poor families.

In 1908, the resultant high-protein "Cow & Gate Pure English Dried Milk" was first marketed on a large scale.

During the 1930s it worked with medical clinicians to scientifically develop specialized formulas to cater to infants with special needs, including: After the First World War, the WSCDC had gone public on the London Stock Exchange under the chairmanship of Bramwell Gates, son of Walter Gates.

Cow & Gate's Infant Milk for Hungrier Babies is marketed for a "bottlefed little one [who] has a bigger appetite.