European Co-Manufacturing Directory

Dairy — Cheese companies in Ireland

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  • 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.

  • Kerry Group plc

    Ireland — Tralee

    Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) / Dairy — Caseinates / Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) / Dairy — Lactose & GOS / Dairy — Cheese / Ingredients — Flavors / Dry — Dry blending / Dry — Agglomeration / Drying — Spray drying / Dry — Powder filling

    World-leading taste and nutrition CDMO. Actopro and Profile whey powder ranges, demineralised whey (D40-D90), cheese powders, dairy flavour systems and butter ingredients for food and infant formula manufacturing.

  • Moorepark Technology Ltd

    Ireland — Fermoy

    Drying — Spray drying / Dairy — Cheese

    Fermoy Cork commercial pilot dairy plant attached to Teagasc Moorepark.

  • 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.

  • Synergy Flavours (Carbery Group)

    Ireland — Carrick-on-Suir

    Dairy — Cheese / Ingredients — Flavors / Dry — Dry blending / Dry — Dry mixing

    Cheese powder and dairy flavour solutions specialist (Carbery Group sister). Spray-dried and blended cheese collections for snacks, sauces and bakery.

  • Tipperary Co-op

    Ireland — Tipperary

    Dairy — Cheese / Drying — Spray drying

    Tipperary 1908 cooperative (€230m revenue, 250 staff) producing cheese and milk powders.

  • 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.

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