Lifeway Foods announced yesterday (5 April) that sales for the first quarter ended 31 March increased by 29% from the same period last year to US$6m. 


Lifeway manufacture and market Kefir, a milk-based cultured beverage.


Julie Smolyansky, Lifeway’s CEO, commented: “The first quarter 2006 was another fantastic quarter for Lifeway Foods.We are confident our strong first quarter results will continue in 2006 as awareness of our products grow and we continue to gain more distribution.”