GRAHAM’S The Family Dairy is now at number ten in the top 30 most chosen brands in Scotland, jumping up thee places from last year.

The Bridge of Allan-based business dairy, which is also number one Scottish dairy and food brand, and number two Scottish-origin brand, has overtaken top global brands including Pepsi, Cadbury’s, Lurpak and Kingsmill in the 'Scottish Brand Footprint 2019', compiled by Kantar WorldPanel.

Kantar's ranking is based on Scottish household shopping choices and reveals which brands are being bought by the most consumers the most often.

The family dairy also retains their number two Scottish food and drink brand position overall for the third year, ahead of competitor home-grown businesses, Wiseman, Baxter’s, Tunnocks, Bells and Mackie’s.

2019 has been a busy year for the company, in which it announced the new 'Goodness' range, a low-calorie ice cream and flavoured cottage cheese in an expansion of their high protein range. Always innovative, this year also marked the family dairy’s 80th anniversary, where the inspiration was to glance backwards to look forward, with its much-anticipated milk in glass bottles.

Managing director Robert Graham said: “2019 has been an incredibly busy year for us with so much exciting new dairy product development and launches. As a family business we pride ourselves not only on working hard to produce high quality, fresh and great tasting products, but also being dynamic and innovative to meet and keep up with the fast-paced consumer trends that are very much now aligned to dairy products.

"It is an amazing achievement to be both number two Scottish brand as well as number 10 global brand in Scotland. It is brilliant to know that in even in our 80th year of business, Scottish customers are still choosing to buy our locally produced products, over other international competitors. Working in partnership with over 110 farmers, we hope to continue to help the Scottish dairy industry thrive.”