Dairy contract manufacturers in Europe

Bologna, Italy

Dairy — Plant-based drinks · Dairy — Ice cream

Plant-based dairy and ice cream producer offering private-label.

Wommelgem, Belgium

Confectionery — Industrial chocolate (couverture, compound) · Bakery — Biscuits & cookies · Ingredients — Sugar & syrups +4 more

Van Crombruggen produces and packages confectionery, biscuits, chocolate, and hot beverage accompaniments for 40+ years, serving HORECA wholesalers and catering companies.

Holland, Netherlands

Dairy — Cheese · Packaging — Primary packaging

Dutch cheese producer specializing in organic and premium Gouda from Holland, with distribution in over 80 countries worldwide.

Martigné sur Mayenne, France

Dairy — Butter & cream · Dairy — Cheese

Independent family cheesemaking company producing traditional Camembert and other cheeses using heritage methods with hand-turned aging since 1912.

Benton, United Kingdom

Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues · Dairy — Plant-based cheese

Benton Newcastle plant-based meat and cheese producer (Heather Mills).

Dendermonde, Belgium

Dairy — Ice cream · Bakery — Waffles & pancakes · Freezing — IQF

VDB Frozen Food is a Belgian frozen food specialist with over 90 years of tradition, known for quality ice cream and a wide range of frozen products for retail, horeca and foodservice.

Zwolle, Netherlands

Dry — Dry mixing · Dry — Dry blending · Packaging — Repacking +5 more

Buisman, founded in 1922 as a small waterside warehouse and now a leading fourth-generation family business. What began as modest storage has evolved into a globally recognized logistics service provider, specializing in blending and packaging dairy powders.

Zwolle, Netherlands

Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) · Infant & medical — Infant formula stage 1 · Infant & medical — Infant formula stage 2 +4 more

Leading dairy powder processor and infant formula producer offering blending, repacking, warehousing, and transport solutions from a 38,000m² facility in Zwolle.

Berlin, Germany

Extrusion — Low-moisture extrusion (LME / TVP) · Extrusion — High-moisture extrusion (HME) · Coffee, tea & cocoa — Cocoa products +2 more

Brand owner with Werder/Havel Mio Plant Based Factory operating extrusion and chocolate lines (since 2011).

Sweden

Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues · Dairy — Plant-based drinks

Plant-based food producer.

Castellcir, Spain

Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues · Dairy — Plant-based drinks

Vegetarian and plant-based food producer offering private-label.

Muenchwilen, Switzerland

Dairy — Plant-based cheese · Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues

Münchwilen No-Muh vegan cheese and sausages.

Bodegraven, Netherlands

Dairy — Cheese

Dutch family business specializing in cutting, grating, portioning and packaging of semi-hard and hard cheeses for retail, foodservice and industrial customers worldwide.

Reeuwijk, Netherlands

Dairy — Cheese · Packaging — Primary packaging

Cheese cutting, grating and packaging specialist for retail private label.

Brno, Czech Republic

Meat & seafood — Charcuterie · Dairy — Cheese

Veterinary University Brno (VFU) meat and dairy technology research.

Zaandam, Netherlands

Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) · Dry — Dry blending · Dry — Agglomeration +2 more

Dry blender of powdered coffee creamers, dairy/non-dairy tea creamers, cappuccino foamers, soup and topping powders, and baby-food blends. Sachet, tin and sack formats.

Skotina (Pieria), Greece

Dairy — Cheese · Dairy — Yoghurt

Pieria-based dairy producing feta PDO, kefalotyri, kasseri, and yogurts. Private-label and B2B contract production.

Lithuania

Dairy — Ice cream

Premium ice cream producer (Vikonda parent) with inclusions up to 25mm and a €3.2M expansion underway.

Vilkyškiai, Lithuania

Dairy — Cheese · Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) · Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) +1 more

Vilvi Group flagship — group of 7 companies with 8 factories. Hard, semi-hard and soft cheeses, blue cheese (VILVI Memel blue), whey protein concentrate, permeate, sweet whey, milk powder and the GymON sports nutrition line.

Croatia

Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) · Dairy — Yoghurt · Dairy — Butter & cream +5 more

Leading Croatian food company producing over 1,400 dairy, meat, and beverage products with 65+ years of heritage and farm-to-table traceability.

Leiden, Netherlands

Fermentation — Precision · Alt-protein — Precision-fermentation proteins (BLG, casein, lactoferrin, ovalbumin, heme) · Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates)

Spin-out of dsm-firmenich and Fonterra producing Vivitein BLG (β-lactoglobulin) and lactoferrin via microbial precision fermentation, with self-affirmed GRAS in the US and EU regulatory in progress.

Royston, United Kingdom

Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) · Dairy — Lactose & GOS

Royston whey nutrition specialist (sold to Arla Foods Ingredients 2025).

Feldkirch, Austria

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

Feldkirch regional cooperative dairy.

Nijkerk, Netherlands

Drying — Spray drying · Drying — Fluid bed drying · Separation — Evaporation +5 more

Independent Dutch family business processing >1 billion kg milk/year across 4 sites; explicit co-manufacturing partner offering for skimmed, full-cream, fat-filled, goat and infant/medical base powders to 130+ countries.