Fermentation contract manufacturers in Europe

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Beverages — Beer · Beverages — Spirits · Fermentation — Alcoholic

Heriot-Watt Edinburgh International Centre for Brewing & Distilling.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Alt-protein — Cultivated meat scaffolds · Fermentation — Precision

Cambridge cultivated pork producer (renamed Uncommon).

Hirt, Austria

Beverages — Beer · Wet — Liquid filling (glass) · Fermentation — Alcoholic

Hirt Carinthia independent brewery.

Vienna, Austria

Beverages — Wine · Wet — Liquid filling (glass) · Fermentation — Alcoholic

Vienna Sekt producer.

Hallein, Austria

Beverages — Beer · Wet — Liquid filling (glass) · Fermentation — Alcoholic

Hallein Hofbräu Kaltenhausen speciality brewery.

Cham, Germany

Fermentation — Alcoholic · Wet — Liquid filling (glass) · Beverages — Beer

Contract brewery (since 1590) — 120 hl/brew with 0.5/0.33 L bottling.

Holic, Slovakia

Beverages — Beer · Wet — Liquid filling (glass) · Fermentation — Alcoholic

Holíč craft Wywar brewery producing beer specialties.

Hosszupuszta, Hungary

Fruit & veg — Canned vegetables · Fermentation — Lactic acid bacteria

Hosszúpuszta sauerkraut and fermented vegetables producer.

London, United Kingdom

Alt-protein — Cultivated meat scaffolds · Fermentation — Precision

London cultivated fat producer.

Horw, Switzerland

Drying — Spray drying · Fermentation — Precision

Horw Lucerne Food Tech.

Sered, Slovakia

Beverages — Wine · Wet — Liquid filling (glass) · Fermentation — Alcoholic

Henkell Sereď 1825 Slovak sparkling-wine leader (oldest sparkling outside France).

Stetten, Switzerland

Beverages — Spirits · Wet — Liquid filling (glass) · Fermentation — Alcoholic

Stetten organic spirits and fruit-brandy distillery.

Staplehurst, United Kingdom

Beverages — Wine · Wet — Liquid filling (glass) · Fermentation — Alcoholic

Staplehurst Kent sparkling wine estate.

Broxburn, United Kingdom

Beverages — Spirits · Wet — Liquid filling (glass) · Fermentation — Alcoholic

Family-owned Broxburn Scotch operation with Glengoyne, Tamdhu and Rosebank (revived) distilleries.

Paterna, Spain

Drying — Spray drying · Fermentation — Precision · Encapsulation — Microencapsulation

CSIC institute for food technology with pilot plant capability.

Oeiras, Portugal

Fermentation — Precision · Fermentation — Biomass · Drying — Spray drying

Non-profit private R&D institute offering bioprocessing, fermentation and downstream pilot capacity for food and pharma.

Warsaw, Poland

Fermentation — Precision · Drying — Spray drying · Extrusion — Twin-screw

Polish national institute (Warszawa) offering pilot-scale fermentation, drying, extrusion, preservation and analytical services for technology transfer.

Oeiras, Portugal

Drying — Spray drying · Fermentation — Precision · Dairy — Cheese +1 more

National public agri-food research institute offering pilot processing of dairy, oils, cereals and meat under contract.

Rostock, Germany

Fermentation — Biomass · Alt-protein — Cultivated meat scaffolds

Cultivated meat scale-up specialist (since 2020).

Palaiseau, France

Fermentation — Biomass · Fermentation — Precision · Fermentation — Lactic acid bacteria

Public R&D pilot platforms (since 2022) for fermentation, microbial and fermented food research.

Airdrie, United Kingdom

Beverages — Spirits · Wet — Liquid filling (glass) · Fermentation — Alcoholic

Thai Beverages Airdrie operation with Old Pulteney, Balblair, Speyburn, Knockdhu (anCnoc) and Balmenach distilleries.

Midleton, Ireland

Beverages — Spirits · Wet — Liquid filling (glass) · Fermentation — Alcoholic

Pernod Ricard major Irish whiskey operation (founded 1966) across Midleton Cork and Fox & Geese Dublin producing Jameson, Powers, Redbreast, Midleton Very Rare, Method and Madness, Spot whiskeys and Knappogue Castle.

Caldes de Montbui, Spain

Drying — Spray drying · Fermentation — Precision · Thermal — Pasteurization

Catalan agri-food research institute with postharvest, food processing and animal nutrition pilot capacity.

Valladolid, Spain

Drying — Spray drying · Fermentation — Precision

Castilla y León agrarian technology institute with R&D and small-batch trial capability.