Drying — Spray drying companies in France
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- ACTALIA
France — Saint-Lo
Thermal — Pasteurization / Fermentation — Lactic acid bacteria / Drying — Spray drying
ACTIA multi-site centre (Cécalait, Ploufragan, La Roche-sur-Foron) for dairy, meat and fish pilot trials.
- Armor Protéines / Savencia Fromage & Dairy
France — Saint-Brice-en-Coglès
Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) / Dairy — Caseinates / Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) / Dairy — MFGM / Dry — Dry blending / Drying — Spray drying / Separation — Ultrafiltration / Separation — Microfiltration
Savencia's dedicated dairy ingredient and protein division. Produces whey proteins, micellar casein, lactoferrin, MFGM and specialty milk protein ingredients for sports, infant and medical nutrition.
- Bonilait Proteines
France — Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
Drying — Spray drying / Separation — Wet fractionation / Dairy — Caseinates / Sports nutrition — Protein powders / Infant & medical — Infant formula stage 1
Sodiaal subsidiary (since 1969) for spray-dried human and animal milk powders, infant ingredients and milk replacers. New 50,000 t/year unit inaugurated 2023.
- Capsugel France
France — Colmar
Drying — Spray drying / Dry — Capsule filling / Dry — Soft gel manufacturing / Encapsulation — Microencapsulation / Supplements — Capsules / Supplements — Softgels
Lonza-owned division offering hard/soft capsule manufacturing and toll spray drying for APIs and nutraceutical actives.
- Cargill France
France — Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
Drying — Spray drying / Dry — Milling / Separation — Decanting / Ingredients — Native & modified starches / Ingredients — Sugar & syrups / Oils & fats — Specialty fats
Cargill division for starch, oils, cocoa and sweeteners with multi-site toll capacity for custom industrial ingredients.
- CRITT Agroalimentaire PACA
France — Avignon
Thermal — Pasteurization / Thermal — Sterilization / Wet — Beverage formulation / Drying — Spray drying
ACTIA pilot food processing centre (since 1979) supporting R&D and innovation transfer for the food industry.
- CRITT Bio-Industries
France — Toulouse
Drying — Spray drying / Drying — Freeze drying / lyophilization / Separation — Microfiltration / Fermentation — Biomass / Fermentation — Precision
ACTIA pilot manufacturing services centre for spray drying, freeze drying, membrane and chromatography pilots — bioprocess scale-up.
- Diana Food (Symrise Nutrition)
France — Rennes
Supplements — Herbal extracts / Supplements — Powders / Drying — Spray drying / Fruit & veg — Concentrates
Natural ingredients from fruits, vegetables and botanicals for food, beverage, baby food and nutraceuticals. Standardized botanicals, powders and clean-label ingredients. Part of Symrise group.
- Diana Pet Food
France — Elven
Drying — Spray drying / Wet — Liquid blending / Encapsulation — Microencapsulation / Pet food — Pet supplements / Ingredients — Flavors
Symrise division (since 1986) producing palatants and dry/wet additives — B2B liquid and dry palatability ingredients.
- 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.
- Eurial Ingredients & Nutrition
France — Nantes
Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) / Dairy — Caseinates / Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) / Dry — Dry blending / Drying — Spray drying / Separation — Ultrafiltration
Agrial dairy ingredient subsidiary. Native whey, grass-fed WPC, organic milk powders and MPC across three French facilities. Clean-label and organic positioning.
- EuroAPI
France — Vertolaye
Drying — Spray drying / Dry — Micronization / Fermentation — Biomass / Fermentation — Precision / Supplements — Tablets
Listed (ex-Sanofi spin-off, 2022) operator of pharma spray-drying, micronisation and fermentation assets across multiple sites.
- Euroserum
France — Port-sur-Saone
Drying — Spray drying / Separation — Wet fractionation / Fermentation — Biomass / Dairy — Caseinates / Dairy — Lactose & GOS / Infant & medical — Infant formula stage 1 / Sports nutrition — Protein powders
Sodiaal subsidiary (since 1969) producing demineralised whey, WPC 35/80, sweet whey, milk minerals, GOS and infant-grade ingredients. Multi-site (Bénestroff, Saint-Martin-Belle-Roche). EcoVadis silver 2025.
- Givaudan France
France — Avignon
Drying — Spray drying / Encapsulation — Microencapsulation / Separation — Distillation / Ingredients — Flavors / Ingredients — Colors / Supplements — Herbal extracts
Givaudan division (incl. Naturex Avignon) for plant extraction, flavours and encapsulation across botanicals, flavours and colours.
- 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.
- Ingredia SA
France — Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) / Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) / Dairy — Caseinates / Dairy — MFGM / Dairy — Infant formula / Dry — Dry blending / Dry — Agglomeration / Drying — Spray drying / Separation — Ultrafiltration
Specialty dairy ingredient producer (Prospérité Fermière coop). Spray-dried milk/cream powders (Procream, Prochoc), micellar casein concentrate, native whey, lactoferrin and bioactive peptides. Infant formula base and sports nutrition focus.
- INNOV'IA SAS
France — La Rochelle
Drying — Spray drying / Drying — Fluid bed drying / Dry — Granulation / Dry — Agglomeration / Encapsulation — Microencapsulation / Encapsulation — Pan coating / Ingredients — Flavors / Supplements — Powders / Supplements — Tablets
Pure-play toll powder manufacturer (since ~2002) with 8 spray-drying towers across La Rochelle, Segré-en-Anjou and Commentry. Granulation, agglomeration, micro-encapsulation, prilling and coating for probiotics, enzymes, plant extracts, flavours, vitamins and food supplements. Few hundred kg to several tons/day.
- Innovafeed
France — Nesle
Drying — Spray drying / Separation — Protein extraction / Alt-protein — Mycoprotein / Pet food — Pet supplements / Oils & fats — Specialty fats
World's largest black-soldier-fly farm (since 2016, PE-backed) producing insect protein, oils and fertiliser for aqua, pet and poultry feed.
- 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.
- Lactalis Ingredients
France — Bourgbarré
Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) / Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) / Dairy — Lactose & GOS / Dairy — Caseinates / Dairy — Infant formula / Dry — Dry blending / Dry — Agglomeration / Drying — Spray drying / Dry — Powder filling / Dry — Sachet & stick-pack filling
World's #1 whey powder producer and major milk powder supplier. Produces native WPC (Pronativ), micellar casein (Prolacta), WPI, demineralised whey, lactose, pharma lactose and infant formula base ingredients across 6 French sites.
- 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.
- Lesaffre
France — Marcq-en-Baroeul
Fermentation — Biomass / Drying — Spray drying / Ingredients — Flavors / Bakery — Bread improvers
Family-owned major (since 1853) for yeast fermentation and drying — baker's yeast, yeast extracts and biotech.
- Lesaffre Ingredients Services
France — Marcq-en-Baroeul
Drying — Spray drying / Drying — Vacuum drying / Encapsulation — Microencapsulation / Fermentation — Biomass / Ingredients — Flavors / Supplements — Tablets
Lesaffre group division offering custom drying as a service. Standard, vacuum and electrostatic (PolarDry®) spray drying with 20 production lines for yeast extracts, microbial ingredients, flavours and fermentation actives.
Sectors in France
- Drying — Spray drying (42)
- Dairy — Caseinates (14)
- Thermal — Pasteurization (9)
- Ingredients — Flavors (9)
- Encapsulation — Microencapsulation (8)
- Separation — Wet fractionation (7)
- Dry — Dry blending (6)
- Fermentation — Biomass (6)
- Supplements — Herbal extracts (6)
- Dairy — Cheese (6)
- Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) (5)
- Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) (5)
- Infant & medical — Infant formula stage 1 (5)
- Supplements — Powders (5)
- Fermentation — Lactic acid bacteria (4)
- Pet food — Pet supplements (4)
- Dairy — Yoghurt (4)
- Dairy — Butter & cream (4)
- Beverages — Dairy drinks (4)
- Dairy — MFGM (3)
- Separation — Ultrafiltration (3)
- Separation — Microfiltration (3)
- Dry — Milling (3)
- Ingredients — Native & modified starches (3)
