Rediscover Dairy by Milk SA

Consumer Education Project of Milk SA (CEP)

Campaign Summary

During the first half of 2025, Milk SA’s Rediscover Dairy initiative focused on communicating the role that dairy can play in providing sustained energy. Sustained energy is critical for everyday focus, performance, appetite control and balanced nutrition. When your energy is properly balanced, you’re less likely to experience dips in concentration or fatigue. You also reduce cravings for quick-fix snacks and overeating. Sustained energy is achieved through both our daily life-style habits and our food choices. Certain foods such as high fibre, complex carbohydrates, good quality protein and nutrient-rich dairy play a vital role in naturally sustaining our energy over the busiest of days.

Campaign Details & Goals

New television adverts for Dairy Gives You Go

In June, Milk SA’s Rediscover Dairy initiative launched its new television adverts that are designed to showcase the holistic health benefits of dairy as a smart and convenient choice for Gen Z’s that can fuel their fast-paced lives and provide sustained energy. Each ad highlights why dairy should be included in everyday routines – it shows how the nutrients in dairy work as a whole to supports a seamless transition from one task or activity to the next. Links provided in the attached report.

World Milk Day celebration

Staying with sustained energy, and as part of their World Milk Day celebrations on 1 June, the CEP published a media release which highlighted how to fuel yourself longer with dairy. The media release explains that milk, yoghurt, maas and cheese naturally provide the nutrients that help keep energy levels stable and that the high-quality protein in dairy, which is so important to building and repairing your body, also slows digestion and helps you feel full. The carbohydrates in dairy have a low Glycaemic index (GI) while dairy’s unique spectrum of vitamins and minerals such as magnesium and calcium support energy metabolism. This means that dairy foods help slow down the release of energy into your bloodstream and keeps it steady for longer.

Campaign Type

  • Paid Media/Advertising

Location

South Africa

Dates

May 28, 2025

June 20, 2025

The message of the three TV ads was focused on sustained energy and dairy playing a role in the transition from one task to another.

  1. Dairy gives you go soccer amasi TV advert
  2. Dairy gives you go gym/artist milk TV advert
  3. Dairy gives you go teacher cheese TV advert

TV ads were broadcast on mainstream and paid YV as well as posted on YouTube.

  • Media release: The campaign centered around media press releases, with the main one on the role of dairy in sustained energy. The title of the media release is: Why Dairy for all-day focus and energy.
  • Social media posts on FB and IG
  • New television adverts were launched at the beginning of June: The slogan of the TV adverts is: ‘Dairy Gives You More Go Than You Know’

Details That Led to a Successful Campaign

Traditional media results: Media release: The combined results (28 May–20 June 2025)

  • Publications: 25 digital publications
  • Views: 995,170 (estimate)
  • AVE: R655 707.00

The campaign was supported with social media boosted posts and mentions.

Social media results: Facebook and Instagram: 28th May to the 20th of June

Facebook Instagram
Views: 343,085
Interactions: 402
Link clicks: 3,499
Profile visits: 739
Reach 75,288
Link clicks:1,582
Profile visits: 1,272 

Website results: 28th May to the 20th of June

  • New users: 2,905
  • Total users: 3,044
  • Page views: 4,343

* Industry-Specific Benchmarks in South Africa in 2025 for the following categories were:

  • Education sector typically achieves 8.9% engagement rates.
  • Information & Communication: ~7.6% engagement rate.
  • Agriculture, Forestry, & Fishing: ~3.3% engagement rate.

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