Dairy — Cheese companies in France
12 entries
- Bel Group
France — Suresnes
Thermal — Pasteurization / Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Plant-based cheese / Fruit & veg — Jams & fillings
Bel family-owned major (since 1865) producing Babybel, La Vache qui rit, Boursin and cheese, fruit and plant portions across multi-site French operations (Lons, Dole, Sablé, Évron, Vendôme, Mayenne, La Ferté-Bernard, Croisy).
- Compagnie des Fromages
France — Suresnes
Thermal — Pasteurization / Dairy — Cheese
Sodiaal/Savencia JV producing Coeur de Lion and RichesMonts cheese — MDD partner.
- ENILIA-ENILV
France — Surgeres
Thermal — Pasteurization / Fermentation — Lactic acid bacteria / Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Yoghurt
Public school multi-site (Surgères, Saint-Yrieix, Mamirolle, Poligny) pilot dairy/meat for cheese, dairy and charcuterie pilots.
- Eurial Agrial
France — Nantes
Thermal — Pasteurization / Drying — Spray drying / Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Yoghurt / Dairy — Caseinates / Dairy — Plant-based drinks
Agrial coop (since 1964) producing Soignon goat cheese and Sojasun (with Triballat) — MDD-candidate dairy and plant-based.
- Fromagerie Delin
France — Gilly-les-Citeaux
Thermal — Pasteurization / Dairy — Cheese
Family-owned premium specialty cheesemaker (since 1979) — Brillat-Savarin, Régal de Bourgogne — branded plus private label.
- Groupe Even
France — Ploudaniel
Drying — Spray drying / Thermal — Pasteurization / Separation — Wet fractionation / Dairy — Caseinates / Dairy — Butter & cream / Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — MFGM / Infant & medical — Infant formula stage 1
Cooperative since 1930 with multi-site operations (also co-owns Régilait/Laïta) covering spray drying, butter making and cheese for infant, dairy retail and B2B.
- Isigny Sainte-Mere
France — Isigny-sur-Mer
Drying — Spray drying / Thermal — Pasteurization / Dairy — Butter & cream / Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Caseinates / Infant & medical — Infant formula stage 1 / Infant & medical — Infant formula stage 2
Cooperative-owned (since 1909) producer of AOP butter and cream plus cheese and infant formula. Strong infant capability.
- Lactalis
France — Laval
Drying — Spray drying / Thermal — Pasteurization / Thermal — UHT / Fermentation — Lactic acid bacteria / Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Yoghurt / Dairy — Butter & cream / Dairy — Caseinates / Beverages — Dairy drinks
Largest dairy globally (Besnier family, since 1933) with 90+ French sites producing branded and MDD cheese, milk, butter and ingredients.
- Laita
France — Ploudaniel
Drying — Spray drying / Thermal — Pasteurization / Beverages — Dairy drinks / Dairy — Butter & cream / Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Caseinates
Even/Triskalia coop major (since 2009) producing milk, butter, cheese and cream — Régilait, Paysan Breton — branded plus MDD.
- Savencia Fromage et Dairy
France — Viroflay
Thermal — Pasteurization / Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Butter & cream / Dairy — Caseinates
Bongrain family world leader specialty (since 1956) — Caprice, Tartare, Saint Agur, Chaumes, Elle & Vire for branded and B2B.
- Sodiaal Union
France — Lyon
Drying — Spray drying / Thermal — Pasteurization / Fermentation — Lactic acid bacteria / Beverages — Dairy drinks / Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Yoghurt / Dairy — Caseinates
Major cooperative-owned MDD producer (since 1990) — Candia, Entremont, Yoplait, Régilait — across 70 French sites for milk, cheese, yoghurt and powders.
- Triballat-Rians
France — Rians
Thermal — Pasteurization / Fermentation — Lactic acid bacteria / Dairy — Yoghurt / Dairy — Cheese
Family-owned (since 1901) producer of fresh dairy and fromage frais — Crémet, faisselle. MDD-capable.
Sectors in France
- Thermal — Pasteurization (12)
- Dairy — Cheese (12)
- Dairy — Caseinates (7)
- Drying — Spray drying (6)
- Dairy — Yoghurt (5)
- Dairy — Butter & cream (5)
- Fermentation — Lactic acid bacteria (4)
- Beverages — Dairy drinks (3)
- Infant & medical — Infant formula stage 1 (2)
- Dairy — Plant-based cheese (1)
- Fruit & veg — Jams & fillings (1)
- Dairy — Plant-based drinks (1)
- Separation — Wet fractionation (1)
- Dairy — MFGM (1)
- Infant & medical — Infant formula stage 2 (1)
- Thermal — UHT (1)
