Dry contract manufacturers in Europe

La Vraie-Croix, France

Dry — Tableting · Encapsulation — Microencapsulation · Supplements — Tablets

Contract pharma/nutra producer (Adare) specialising in tablets and multiparticulates.

Livron-sur-Drome, France

Dry — Tableting · Dry — Capsule filling · Dry — Soft gel manufacturing +3 more

Aenova group multi-purpose plant for tablets, capsules and soft gels in nutra and pharma applications.

Pliening, Germany

Dry — Tableting · Dry — Capsule filling · Dry — Soft gel manufacturing +4 more

Major NEM/dietary supplement CDMO (~4,000 FTE, 14 sites). Tablets, capsules, soft-gels, gummies, semi-solids and sterile injectables (since 1956, Kühne Holding).

Carros, France

Dry — Capsule filling · Dry — Tableting · Wet — Liquid filling (glass) +4 more

Industrial nutra producer (since 1980, Montagu PE) with multi-site capabilities for capsules, tablets and syrups across phytotherapy and vitamins.

Venray, Netherlands

Drying — Drum drying · Drying — Belt drying · Dry — Granulation +5 more

Among the world's largest dehydrated-potato producers (since 1926) with Dutch sites in Venray and Warffum. Long-term contract manufacturing partnership with Unilever (Pfanni, Knorr potato) since 2020. Subsidiary of Royal Cosun cooperative.

Belm, Germany

Dry — Grinding · Dry — Dry blending · Ingredients — Flavors +1 more

Spice, marinade and technical compound supplier (since 1953) for meat, fish, dairy and bakery industry.

Olivet, France

Dry — Milling · Dry — Dry blending · Bakery — Bread

French milling division of Axéréal cooperative operating 8 regional mills producing flours for the bakery and food industry.

Wieze, Belgium

Thermal — Roasting (cocoa) · Dry — Grinding · Dry — Dry blending +3 more

World's largest B2B chocolate manufacturer. Wieze produces ~350,000 t/year of industrial chocolate, cocoa products and gourmet brands (Callebaut, Cacao Barry, Carma, Van Houten, Ruby).

Puurs-Sint-Amands, Belgium

Thermal — Roasting (coffee) · Dry — Grinding · Dry — Sachet & stick-pack filling +3 more

Belgium's largest coffee roaster (~30,000 t/year) and operator of the world's largest fully-electric industrial roastery; 95% private label across beans, ground, capsules and pads.

Luebeck, Germany

Dry — Milling · Extrusion — Breakfast cereal extrusion · Extrusion — Snack extrusion +3 more

Major LEH cereals private-label manufacturer (since 1868) — cereals, müesli, bars, oat-flakes and extruded products.

Poortvliet, Netherlands

Packaging — Primary packaging · Packaging — Secondary packaging · Packaging — Flowpack +2 more

The Netherlands' first co-packing company (founded 1971 for Mars). One of Europe's leading co-packers across food, pet food, home-care, personal-care and pharma; ~360M products/year and 50+ on-site partner locations across Europe.

Colmar, France

Drying — Spray drying · Dry — Capsule filling · Dry — Soft gel manufacturing +3 more

Lonza-owned division offering hard/soft capsule manufacturing and toll spray drying for APIs and nutraceutical actives.

Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands

Thermal — Roasting (cocoa) · Separation — Wet fractionation · Dry — Milling +5 more

B2B ingredient producer with sites in Bergen op Zoom, Sas van Gent and Amsterdam covering cocoa, glucose syrups, starches and oils with custom-blend services.

Mouscron / Antwerp, Belgium

Thermal — Roasting (cocoa) · Dry — Grinding · Confectionery — Cocoa powder / butter / liquor +2 more

Major Belgian cocoa grinder and industrial chocolate supplier; ingredient supplier with some toll capability for chocolate makers.

Wormer, Netherlands

Thermal — Roasting (cocoa) · Dry — Grinding · Confectionery — Cocoa powder / butter / liquor +1 more

Large-scale industrial cocoa grinder producing cocoa powder, liquor and butter.

Krefeld, Germany

Dry — Milling · Separation — Evaporation · Thermal — Roasting (cocoa) +4 more

Multi-site Cargill subsidiary (since 1965) — wheat starches, sweeteners, oils, cocoa.

Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France

Drying — Spray drying · Dry — Milling · Separation — Decanting +3 more

Cargill division for starch, oils, cocoa and sweeteners with multi-site toll capacity for custom industrial ingredients.

Beinheim, France

Dry — Soft gel manufacturing · Dry — Tableting · Supplements — Softgels +1 more

Soft-gel CDMO leader (Novo Holdings) producing soft gels and tablets for supplements and OTC.

Saint-Laurent-Blangy, France

Thermal — Baking · Freezing — Block freezing · Dry — Dry blending +3 more

European leader in ready-to-bake doughs (since 2012, Ardian PE). 16 plants (12 EU, 4 NA), 80,000 t capacity for pâtes à tarte, pizzas, crepes, pancakes and cookies.

Brussels, Belgium

Dry — Milling · Bakery — Bread

Belgian wheat miller producing flours for the bakery industry; KVBM member and part of the Bindewald & Gutting milling group.

Melun, France

Dry — Tableting · Dry — Gummy manufacturing · Wet — Liquid filling (glass) +3 more

CD&R PE-owned (since 1907) producing tablets, gummies and syrups for OTC and supplements; owns Vitavea.

Goé, Belgium

Dairy — Butter & cream · Dry — Dry blending · Drying — Spray drying +1 more

Industrial butter and dairy fat specialist (Savencia group). Produces butter powders, anhydrous milk fat blends and fractionated butter ingredients for confectionery, bakery and dairy manufacturing.

Bertrange, Luxembourg

Wet — Emulsification · Dry — Dry blending · Encapsulation — Pan coating +10 more

Largest food-ingredient company legally domiciled in Luxembourg (HQ only, no LU plant). Manufactures bakery fats, bread improvers, mixes, glazes and plant-based formulations across 8-9 plants in Italy, Germany, France and the UK. PE-owned (Investindustrial) since 2021; brands include MeisterMarken, Ulmer Spatz, Marguerite, Waldkorn.

Darmstadt, Germany

Drying — Spray drying · Encapsulation — Microencapsulation · Fermentation — Lactic acid bacteria +4 more

Major beverage and food ingredient supplier (since 1838) — flavors, juice concentrates, plant ingredients via spray drying, fermentation and blending.