Dairy — Butter & cream companies in Europe

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• LacPatrick Dairies

  United Kingdom — Ballyrashane

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

  Lakeland-merged Ballyrashane dairy operation.

• 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 Iberia

  Spain — Madrid

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

  Spanish arm of Lactalis with plants in Granada, Lugo, Talavera de la Reina and Villarrobledo; cheese (Manchego via Forlasa), milk powder, butter and ingredients with private-label.

• Lactalis Polska

  Poland — Warszawa

  Dairy — Yoghurt / Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Butter & cream / Drying — Spray drying

  Lactalis Group Polish arm operating yogurt, cream cheese and butter plants with contract production for retailers.

• Lactogal

  Portugal — Porto

  Beverages — Dairy drinks / Thermal — UHT / Dairy — Yoghurt / Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Butter & cream

  Largest Iberian dairy group (1996) with ~2,500 employees and 12 plants producing brands Mimosa, Agros, Vigor and Matinal alongside major private-label volumes for Continente, Pingo Doce, Lidl and Auchan.

• Lactogal SA

  Portugal — Porto

  Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) / Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Butter & cream / Dry — Dry blending / Drying — Spray drying / Thermal — UHT

  Portugal's leading dairy cooperative. Milk powders, cheese and butter for retail private label and B2B ingredient export.

• 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.

• Lapin Maito

  Finland — Rovaniemi

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

  Lapland dairy cooperative in Rovaniemi.

• Latteria Soresina

  Italy — Soresina

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

  Major dairy cooperative producing Grana Padano DOP, provolone, butter and milk; private-label.

• Latteria Soresina Soc. Coop. Agr.

  Italy — Soresina

  Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) / Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Butter & cream / Dry — Dry blending / Drying — Spray drying / Dry — Powder filling

  Italy's leading Grana Padano cooperative. Produces butter, milk powder and condensed milk alongside cheese for B2B ingredient and private-label supply.

• Levicke mliekarne LEVMILK

  Slovakia — Levice

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

  Levice 1953 medium dairy (~170 staff, 100,000 L/day) producing blue mould, semi-hard and soft cheeses, fresh and dried milk, curd, butter, kefir and lactose-free.

• LSDH Laiterie Saint-Denis-de-l'Hotel

  France — Saint-Denis-de-l'Hotel

  Thermal — UHT / Thermal — Pasteurization / Wet — Liquid filling (carton) / Wet — Liquid filling (PET) / Wet — Liquid filling (glass) / Wet — Aseptic filling / Beverages — Plant-based drinks / Beverages — Juices & NFC / Beverages — Dairy drinks / Dairy — Plant-based drinks / Dairy — Butter & cream / Sauces — Soups

  French leader plant-based + dairy contract liquid (since 1909) — UHT, ESL, brick + bottle filling and plant-based extraction. 415 M L/year across 8 sites.

• Luxlait Association Agricole

  Luxembourg — Roost

  Thermal — Pasteurization / Thermal — UHT / Wet — Liquid filling (carton) / Fermentation — Lactic acid bacteria / Separation — Centrifugation / Dairy — Yoghurt / Dairy — Butter & cream / Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Ice cream

  Luxembourg's national dairy cooperative and largest dairy processor (since 1894). Operates one of Europe's most modern dairy plants at Roost, processes ~166 million litres annually and exports two-thirds of output to ~20 countries with explicit private-label and custom-made offering.

• Maag Piimatööstus AS

  Estonia — Jõhvi

  Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Butter & cream / Dairy — Yoghurt

  Maag Grupp dairy subsidiary (formerly Farmi Piimatööstus). Liquid milk, butter, cottage cheese, yoghurt and cream for retail, food service and private label.

• MADETA

  Czech Republic — Ceske Budejovice — Verified

  Beverages — Dairy drinks / Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Yoghurt / Dairy — Butter & cream / Drying — Spray drying / Thermal — UHT / Dairy — Ice cream

  Czech Republic's largest dairy processor (founded 1902, 1,500-1,999 staff) operating 4 plants and processing over 400m L milk per year across cheese, yogurt, butter, blue cheese and UHT lines.

• Maitokolmio

  Finland — Toholampi

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

  Central Ostrobothnia dairy in Toholampi.

• Mantequerias Arias

  Spain — Madrid

  Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Butter & cream

  Cheese and cream cheese producer (Savencia Group) with private-label.

• Marijampolės Pieno Konservai UAB

  Lithuania — Marijampolė

  Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) / Dairy — Butter & cream / Packaging — Canning

  Vilvi Group subsidiary; the only canned milk producer in the Baltics, with 90% exported (Australia, Portugal, Hong Kong, Cuba). Specialised in long shelf-life concentrates.

• Meadow Foods

  United Kingdom — Chester

  Dairy — Butter & cream / Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates)

  Chester B2B dairy ingredients producer (cream, butter, condensed).

• Milcobel

  Belgium — Kallo

  Drying — Spray drying / Thermal — Pasteurization / Separation — Ultrafiltration / Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) / Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Butter & cream / Dairy — Ice cream

  Largest Belgian dairy cooperative; whey powders, mozzarella, cheddar, cream and ice cream. Merging with FrieslandCampina effective 1 January 2026.

• Mittelland Molkerei

  Switzerland — Suhr

  Beverages — Dairy drinks / Dairy — Butter & cream / Thermal — UHT

  Emmi joint-venture UHT milk, cream and drinking milk plant for retail private label.

• Mlekarna Hlinsko

  Czech Republic — Hlinsko

  Thermal — UHT / Beverages — Dairy drinks / Dairy — Butter & cream / Dairy — Ice cream

  Agrofert Hlinsko UHT specialist (founded 1939) processing approximately 200m L/yr under the Tatra brand.

• Mlekarna Horovice

  Czech Republic — Horovice

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

  Hořovice small-medium dairy producing liquid milk, butter and curd.

• Mlekarna Jaromerice

  Czech Republic — Jaromerice nad Rokytnou

  Dairy — Yoghurt / Dairy — Cheese / Dairy — Butter & cream

  Jaroměřice small dairy producing yogurts, fresh cheese and butter.