Dairy — Butter & cream companies in Ireland

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• Arrabawn Co-op

  Ireland — Nenagh

  Beverages — Dairy drinks / Dairy — Butter & cream / Drying — Spray drying

  Nenagh 1976 cooperative (€270m revenue, 400 staff) producing milk, cream and milk powders.

• Aurivo Cooperative

  Ireland — Sligo

  Dairy — Butter & cream / Drying — Spray drying / Alt-protein — Pea protein

  Connacht cooperative (Sligo HQ) plus Killygordon Donegal and Achonry producing Connacht Gold butter, milk powders and animal feed.

• Dairygold Cooperative

  Ireland — Mitchelstown

  Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Butter & cream / Drying — Spray drying / Infant & medical — Infant formula stage 1

  Major Cork cooperative (founded 1990, €1.02bn revenue, 1,200 staff, 2,900 farmers) in Mitchelstown producing cheese, butter, milk powder and infant formula ingredients.

• Kerry Dairy Ireland

  Ireland — Listowel

  Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Butter & cream / Beverages — Dairy drinks

  Kerry Dairy Ireland operation (post-2024 €1.4bn Co-op buyout) across Listowel, Charleville and Newmarket.

• North Cork Creameries

  Ireland — Kanturk

  Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) / Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) / Dairy — Butter & cream / Dry — Dry blending / Drying — Spray drying

  Irish dairy co-op producing SMP, fat-filled milk powder and butter for the global ingredients trade.

• Ornua Cooperative

  Ireland — Dublin

  Dairy — Butter & cream / Dairy — Cheese

  Major dairy cooperative (founded 1961) HQ in Dublin operating Kerrygold Park €38m butter plant in Mitchelstown plus Carrigaline; co-op of 8 dairy member co-ops.

• Tirlan

  Ireland — Kilkenny

  Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) / Dairy — Butter & cream / Bakery — Breakfast cereals / Alt-protein — Pea protein

  Major Irish farmer cooperative (rebranded 2022 from Glanbia Ireland, ~2,100 staff, €3bn+ revenue) HQ in Kilkenny producing milk processing, dairy ingredients, cheese (Belview JV with Royal A-ware), oats and animal feed.