Dairy contract manufacturers in Europe
26 dairy contract manufacturers across 1 country in Europe, with the largest concentrations in the United Kingdom (26). Capabilities most often listed alongside: Beverages — Dairy drinks (3).
26 entries — page 1 of 2
- Adams Foods
Leek, United Kingdom
Meat & seafood — Charcuterie · Dairy — Cheese
Leek Staffordshire cured meats, cooked bacon and packed cheese producer (Irish Dairy Board / Ornua-linked historically).
- Alpro UK Danone
Kettering, United Kingdom
Dairy — Plant-based drinks · Dairy — Plant-based yoghurt
Danone Kettering Burton Latimer Northamptonshire plant-based drink and yogurt operation (soy, almond, oat, hazelnut, coconut).
- Arla Foods UK
Leeds, United Kingdom
Dairy — Butter & cream · Dairy — Cheese · Beverages — Dairy drinks +1 more
Arla cooperative UK arm HQ in Leeds with multiple plants (Aylesbury, Stourton, Westbury, Settle, Lockerbie, Taw Valley, Oswestry, Hatfield Peverel) producing Lurpak butter, Cravendale milk and cheese.
- Barbers
Ditcheat, United Kingdom
Dairy — Cheese
Ditcheat 1833 West Country PDO cheddar producer; Somerdale partner.
- Belton Farm
Whitchurch, United Kingdom
Dairy — Cheese
Whitchurch 1922 cheddar and Red Leicester producer.
- Better Dairy
London, United Kingdom
Dairy — Plant-based cheese · Fermentation — Precision
London precision fermentation casein producer.
- Biotiful Gut Health
London, United Kingdom
Dairy — Yoghurt · Beverages — Dairy drinks · Fermentation — Lactic acid bacteria
London kefir and fermented dairy producer.
- Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses
Inglewhite, United Kingdom
Dairy — Cheese
Inglewhite 1932 family-run Lancashire farmhouse cheese producer.
- Califia Farms UK
London, United Kingdom
Dairy — Plant-based drinks
London plant-based drink distributor (manufacturing partly contracted).
- Colston Bassett Dairy
Colston Bassett, United Kingdom
Dairy — Cheese
Colston Bassett 1913 Stilton cheese producer.
- Cropwell Bishop Creamery
Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Dairy — Cheese
Nottinghamshire Stilton PDO producer.
- First Milk
Aspatria, United Kingdom
Dairy — Cheese · Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) · Dairy — Butter & cream
Farmer cooperative (founded 2001) producing cheese, whey and butter across Lake District, Aspatria, Campbeltown and Haverfordwest.
- Joseph Heler Cheese
Nantwich, United Kingdom
Dairy — Cheese
Family-owned 1957 cheddar and regional British cheese producer in Nantwich.
- Long Clawson Dairy
Long Clawson, United Kingdom
Dairy — Cheese
Farmer cooperative (founded 1911) producing Stilton PDO and blue cheeses in Long Clawson.
- Meadow Foods
Chester, United Kingdom
Dairy — Butter & cream · Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates)
Chester B2B dairy ingredients producer (cream, butter, condensed).
- Muller UK and Ireland
Market Drayton, United Kingdom
Dairy — Yoghurt · Beverages — Dairy drinks · Dairy — Butter & cream
UK's largest dairy (Theo Müller-owned) HQ in Market Drayton plus Aylesbury, Bellshill and Severnside producing liquid milk, yogurts and desserts.
- Oatly UK
London, United Kingdom
Dairy — Plant-based drinks · Dairy — Plant-based yoghurt
Oatly London office with toll co-manufacturing arrangements.
- Olympic Cheese
Worcester, United Kingdom
Dairy — Cheese
Worcester private-label grated cheese producer.
- Ornua Ingredients Europe UK
Nantwich, United Kingdom
Dairy — Cheese · Dairy — Butter & cream
Ornua Nantwich cheese ingredients and butter blending operation.
- Quickes
Newton St Cyres, United Kingdom
Dairy — Cheese
Newton St Cyres clothbound cheddar producer.
- Roddas
Scorrier, United Kingdom
Dairy — Butter & cream
Scorrier 1890 PDO clotted cream producer.
- VBites
Benton, United Kingdom
Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues · Dairy — Plant-based cheese
Benton Newcastle plant-based meat and cheese producer (Heather Mills).
- Volac Arla Foods Ingredients UK
Royston, United Kingdom
Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) · Dairy — Lactose & GOS
Royston whey nutrition specialist (sold to Arla Foods Ingredients 2025).
- Wensleydale Creamery
Hawes, United Kingdom
Dairy — Cheese
Hawes 1897 PGI Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese producer.
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- Dairy — Cheese (15)
- Dairy — Butter & cream (8)
- Dairy — Yoghurt (4)
- Dairy — Plant-based drinks (3)
- Beverages — Dairy drinks (3)
- Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) (3)
- Dairy — Plant-based yoghurt (2)
- Dairy — Plant-based cheese (2)
- Meat & seafood — Charcuterie (1)
- Fermentation — Precision (1)
- Fermentation — Lactic acid bacteria (1)
- Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues (1)
- Dairy — Lactose & GOS (1)
- Dairy — Ice cream (1)