Drying — Spray drying companies in Ireland
15 entries
- Abbott Nutrition
Ireland — Cootehill
Infant & medical — Infant formula stage 1 / Drying — Spray drying
Cootehill Cavan Similac infant formula plant supplied 1.45m lbs/week to US during 2022 shortage.
- 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.
- Carbery Group
Ireland — Ballineen
Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) / Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) / Sports nutrition — Protein powders / Dairy — Infant formula / Dry — Dry blending / Drying — Spray drying / Separation — Ultrafiltration
Cheese-to-whey integrated dairy group. WPC, WPI and hydrolysates from own cheese plant; sports, clinical and early-life nutrition ingredients. Synergy Flavours sister company for cheese-powder solutions.
- 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.
- Danone Nutricia Ireland
Ireland — Macroom
Infant & medical — Infant formula stage 1 / Drying — Spray drying
Danone major infant formula and medical nutrition operation (Aptamil, Cow & Gate, Nutrilon) in Macroom Cork (world's largest formula plant ~125,000t) plus Wexford.
- Glanbia Nutritionals / Glanbia Performance Nutrition
Ireland — Kilkenny
Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) / Dairy — Caseinates / Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) / Sports nutrition — Protein powders / Dairy — Infant formula / Dry — Dry blending / Dry — Agglomeration / Drying — Spray drying / Dry — Powder filling / Dry — Sachet & stick-pack filling
World-leading whey ingredient and sports nutrition CDMO. Avonlac WPC, WPI, MPC and sports protein blends under contract for global brands. Can filling, tub, pouch and sachet formats.
- 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.
- Lakeland Dairies
Ireland — Killeshandra
Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) / Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) / Dairy — Lactose & GOS / Dairy — Caseinates / Dairy — Infant formula / Dry — Dry blending / Drying — Spray drying / Dry — Agglomeration / Dry — Powder filling
Major dairy co-op producing Gold Star SMP, FCMP, buttermilk powder, fortified nutritional powders, WPC and acid casein. Tailor-made blending for sports, infant and food applications.
- Moorepark Technology Ltd
Ireland — Fermoy
Drying — Spray drying / Dairy — Cheese
Fermoy Cork commercial pilot dairy plant attached to Teagasc Moorepark.
- 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.
- Teagasc Moorepark
Ireland — Fermoy
Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) / Drying — Spray drying / Fermentation — Precision
Fermoy Cork 1959 Teagasc dairy R&D centre — largest in Europe.
- Tipperary Co-op
Ireland — Tipperary
Dairy — Cheese / Drying — Spray drying
Tipperary 1908 cooperative (€230m revenue, 250 staff) producing cheese and milk powders.
- Tirlán Co-operative Society Ltd
Ireland — Kilkenny
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 / Separation — Ultrafiltration / Dry — Powder filling
Largest fat-filled milk powder producer in Europe (Millac brand). Also produces SMP, WMP, MPC, casein, WPC and lactose. Spray drying and membrane filtration across Ballyragget and Belview. B2B ingredient and private-label programmes.
- Wyeth Nutritionals Nestle
Ireland — Askeaton
Infant & medical — Infant formula stage 1 / Drying — Spray drying
Nestlé/Wyeth SMA infant formula plant and R&D centre in Askeaton, Limerick.
Sectors in Ireland
- Drying — Spray drying (15)
- Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) (7)
- Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) (6)
- Dry — Dry blending (6)
- Infant & medical — Infant formula stage 1 (4)
- Dairy — Butter & cream (4)
- Dairy — Infant formula (4)
- Dairy — Cheese (4)
- Dairy — Caseinates (4)
- Dry — Agglomeration (4)
- Dry — Powder filling (4)
- Dairy — Lactose & GOS (3)
- Sports nutrition — Protein powders (2)
- Separation — Ultrafiltration (2)
- Beverages — Dairy drinks (1)
- Alt-protein — Pea protein (1)
- Dry — Sachet & stick-pack filling (1)
- Ingredients — Flavors (1)
- Fermentation — Precision (1)
