Large contract manufacturers in Germany

Landshut, Germany

Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) · Dairy — Lactose & GOS · Dairy — Caseinates +2 more

Specialist whey and lactose ingredient cooperative (Landshut + Jessen sites). Largest organic whey powder producer in Germany. WPC, demineralised whey D40/D70/D90, lactose and casein for global food industry.

Nuremberg, Germany

Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) · Dairy — Cheese · Dairy — Butter & cream +1 more

Bavarian dairy cooperative producing cheese (via Goldsteig), butter and milk powder ingredients for retail and food industry.

Bischheim, Germany

Dry — Milling · Dry — Dry blending · Thermal — Sterilization +1 more

Germany's largest family-run milling group with 10 plants processing 2.2 Mt of wheat, rye, spelt, durum and maize annually.

Ascheberg, Germany

Dry — Sieving & sifting · Thermal — Sterilization · Packaging — Primary packaging +1 more

Major German organic ingredients processor cleaning, treating and packing 35,000 t/year of grains, pulses and seeds for retail and B2B customers.

Billerbeck, Germany

Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) · Dairy — Yoghurt · Dairy — Butter & cream +6 more

Specialist CDMO combining spray, freeze and vacuum-belt drying with dairy fermentation. Dairy Originals range: mascarpone, sour cream, buttermilk, skyr, yoghurt and crème fraîche powders. Private-label; ~450 employees.

Kleinheubach, Germany

Extrusion — Low-moisture extrusion (LME / TVP) · Extrusion — Snack extrusion · Extrusion — Breakfast cereal extrusion +3 more

Pure-play extrusion Lohnhersteller (since 1934) for snacks, cereals, plant-based meat texturates and feed.

Freising, Germany

Extrusion — Low-moisture extrusion (LME / TVP) · Extrusion — High-moisture extrusion (HME) · Separation — Wet fractionation +6 more

Major public R&D institute (since 1955, 320 FTE) with food pilot plants for plant proteins, dairy/meat alternatives, bakery, chocolate and packaging. 3 twin-screw extruders (1–80 kg/h). Contract work explicitly offered.

Lübeck, Germany

Dry — Milling · Dry — Grinding · Bakery — Breakfast cereals +1 more

Major German oat milling and breakfast cereal manufacturer; CEEREAL member producing private label and branded cereal products.

Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany

Ingredients — Vitamins · Ingredients — Minerals · Ingredients — Antioxidants +1 more

German distributor of pharmaceutical excipients, nutraceutical APIs and functional ingredients for the European supplement and solid dosage form industry.

Herford, Germany

Dairy — Infant formula · Infant & medical — Infant formula stage 1 · Infant & medical — Infant formula stage 2 +6 more

Infant formula CMO and brand (DMK Group). Wet-mix and dry-blend capability; can and sachet filling for cow, goat and special diet formulas.

Soest, Germany

Thermal — Baking · Bakery — Cake mixes · Bakery — Viennoiserie / laminated dough

World leader in Stollen production (since 1884, ~1,000 FTE) with sites in Soest, Duingen, Mettingen and Salzkotten — also includes private label.

Landshut, Germany

Dry — Milling · Bakery — Bread

Leading 100% organic German flour mill in Landshut supplying premium bio flours to industrial and artisan bakeries with CO2-neutral production.

Wiefelstede, Germany

Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) · Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) · Dairy — Butter & cream +2 more

North German dairy cooperative supplying SMP, WMP, buttermilk powder and butter to the global food industry. Private-label and B2B ingredient programmes.

Braunschweig, Germany

Dry — Milling · Bakery — Bread

Dossche Group German milling hub in Braunschweig; one of Europe's largest and most modern mills processing wheat, rye and spelt.

Schmedeswurth, Germany

Dry — Milling · Dry — Grinding · Bakery — Breakfast cereals +1 more

Private food manufacturer processing corn, wheat, rye, barley, spelt and rice into breakfast cereals, industrial cereals and protein extrudates.

Elmshorn, Germany

Dry — Milling · Dry — Grinding · Thermal — Sterilization +2 more

Major German oat miller in Elmshorn producing oat flakes, mueslis and breakfast cereals since 1820.

Bremen, Germany

Dry — Milling · Dry — Dry blending · Bakery — Bread +1 more

German family-owned milling group with four plants milling over 1 Mt of soft wheat, rye and durum for industrial bakeries and food manufacturers.

Alsleben, Germany

Dry — Milling · Thermal — Sterilization · Bakery — Bread

Large German flour mill (Bindewald & Gutting group) producing soft wheat, durum, rye and spelt flours plus thermally treated specialty flours.

Ulm, Germany

Dry — Milling · Dry — Grinding · Dry — Dry blending +2 more

550-year-old family-owned mill in Ulm processing 100,000 t grain p.a. into flours, flakes, mixes and ancient-grain products for B2B customers in 60 countries.