Separation contract manufacturers in Europe

Les Baux-de-Provence, France

Separation — Wet fractionation · Oils & fats — Specialty fats

Family-owned (since 1997) AOP and premium olive oil pressing — premium custom.

Mourie, France

Separation — Wet fractionation · Oils & fats — Specialty fats

Cooperative-owned (since 1924) AOP Vallée des Baux olive milling specialty.

Goé, Belgium

Dairy — Butter & cream · Dry — Dry blending · Drying — Spray drying +1 more

Industrial butter and dairy fat specialist (Savencia group). Produces butter powders, anhydrous milk fat blends and fractionated butter ingredients for confectionery, bakery and dairy manufacturing.

Warcoing (Pecq), Belgium

Separation — Protein extraction · Separation — Protein concentration · Separation — Protein isolation +5 more

European pea protein and chicory inulin pioneer (since 1852). Brands Pisane, Fibruline, Swelite, Nastar — used in 1,500+ food products by 400+ manufacturers.

Dinteloord, Netherlands

Separation — Evaporation · Separation — Centrifugation · Drying — Drum drying +3 more

Dutch sugar processing cooperative with B2B sugar specialties and ingredient production. Part of Royal Cosun.

Dinteloord, Netherlands

Separation — Protein extraction · Separation — Protein isolation · Alt-protein — Fava protein

Cosun Protein is the plant-protein business unit of Royal Cosun cooperative, producing Tendra faba-bean protein isolate with high functionality and neutral flavour for dairy and meat alternative applications, offering B2B ingredient supply and co-development partnerships.

Ibbenbueren, Germany

Separation — Wet fractionation · Ingredients — Native & modified starches · Ingredients — Flavors

Wheat starch, gluten and fibres producer (since 1858).

Paris, France

Separation — Distillation

Cristal Union produces custom-made specialty agricultural alcohols distilled to order for spirits, perfumery and other client brands in France.

Toulouse, France

Drying — Spray drying · Drying — Freeze drying / lyophilization · Separation — Microfiltration +2 more

ACTIA pilot manufacturing services centre for spray drying, freeze drying, membrane and chromatography pilots — bioprocess scale-up.

Paganico, Italy

Separation — Distillation · Wet — Liquid filling (glass)

Grappa and amari distillery offering custom private-label.

Italy

Separation — Distillation

Gin, amari, bitter and vermouth conto-terzi distillery.

Zeven, Germany

Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) · Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) · Dairy — Lactose & GOS +8 more

Europe's largest dairy cooperative by milk volume. Ingredient division covers WPC, WPI, MPC, lactose, permeate and infant-formula powders. Contract manufacturing through DMK Industry; encapsulation capability (Wheyco Wismar).

Emmerthal, Germany

Separation — Evaporation · Dry — Dry blending · Ingredients — Minerals +1 more

Mineral salts and contract production for nutrition and pharma (since 1886).

Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands

Separation — Wet fractionation · Separation — Centrifugation

Duynie Group is a Dutch valorisation company headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn Netherlands that processes co-products from the food and beverage industry into ingredients for animal feed pet food and biobased applications.

Põltsamaa, Estonia

Dairy — Cheese · Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) · Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) +3 more

Estonian-Latvian dairy cooperative. Cheddar production with spray-dried sweet whey powder at Paide (JV with Royal A-ware and Interfood). B2B ingredient export.

Saaremaa, Estonia

Separation — Protein extraction · Dry — Milling · Dry — Sieving & sifting

World's sole industrial producer of furcellaran from Furcellaria lumbricalis red seaweed. Harvests, extracts and dries algae for food, pharma, cosmetics and agriculture applications. Licensed quota holder since 1966.

Nantes, France

Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) · Dairy — Caseinates · Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) +3 more

Agrial dairy ingredient subsidiary. Native whey, grass-fed WPC, organic milk powders and MPC across three French facilities. Clean-label and organic positioning.

Port-sur-Saone, France

Drying — Spray drying · Separation — Wet fractionation · Fermentation — Biomass +4 more

Sodiaal subsidiary (since 1969) producing demineralised whey, WPC 35/80, sweet whey, milk minerals, GOS and infant-grade ingredients. Multi-site (Bénestroff, Saint-Martin-Belle-Roche). EcoVadis silver 2025.

Leuven, Belgium

Dry — Milling · Dry — Grinding · Separation — Protein concentration +2 more

EverGrain Ingredients is an AB InBev subsidiary based in Leuven Belgium that upcycles brewers spent grain into barley-based protein and fibre ingredients for food and beverage applications.

Amiens, France

Supplements — Herbal extracts · Separation — Protein extraction · Wet — Liquid blending

Contract plant biomass extraction from R&D to industrial scale. Biosourced ingredients, cosmetic actives and nutraceutical extracts. Multiple extraction technologies. Flexible volumes from kg to tonnes.

Isnes, Belgium

Fermentation — Traditional · Separation — Protein hydrolysis · Drying — Spray drying

Fermented Product Partner (FPP) is a Belgian contract manufacturer in Wallonia specialising in fermentation, drying and hydrolysis processes for the development and production of vegetal protein isolates and hydrolysates for food and feed applications.

Fasano, Italy

Separation — Centrifugation · Separation — Decanting

Frantoio Pagliarulo produces olive oil extraction (centrifugal decanter milling) of customers' own olives on a contract basis (molitura conto terzi) in Italy.

Freising, Germany

Extrusion — Low-moisture extrusion (LME / TVP) · Extrusion — High-moisture extrusion (HME) · Separation — Wet fractionation +6 more

Major public R&D institute (since 1955, 320 FTE) with food pilot plants for plant proteins, dairy/meat alternatives, bakery, chocolate and packaging. 3 twin-screw extruders (1–80 kg/h). Contract work explicitly offered.

Amersfoort, Netherlands

Drying — Spray drying · Separation — Ultrafiltration · Separation — Microfiltration +9 more

Cooperative dairy ingredients group with multiple Dutch sites (Borculo, Bedum, Workum, Veghel, Beilen) producing whey proteins, caseinates, lactose, GOS, MFGM and lactoferrin for early-life, medical and active nutrition. Borculo doubling WPI/MFGM capacity for 2026.