CRITT Bio-Industries

Saint-Lo

Thermal — Pasteurization · Fermentation — Lactic acid bacteria · Drying — Spray drying

ACTIA multi-site centre (Cécalait, Ploufragan, La Roche-sur-Foron) for dairy, meat and fish pilot trials.

Saint-Brice-en-Coglès

Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) · Dairy — Caseinates · Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) +5 more

Savencia's dedicated dairy ingredient and protein division. Produces whey proteins, micellar casein, lactoferrin, MFGM and specialty milk protein ingredients for sports, infant and medical nutrition.

Chasseneuil-du-Poitou

Drying — Spray drying · Separation — Wet fractionation · Dairy — Caseinates +2 more

Sodiaal subsidiary (since 1969) for spray-dried human and animal milk powders, infant ingredients and milk replacers. New 50,000 t/year unit inaugurated 2023.

Colmar

Drying — Spray drying · Dry — Capsule filling · Dry — Soft gel manufacturing +3 more

Lonza-owned division offering hard/soft capsule manufacturing and toll spray drying for APIs and nutraceutical actives.

Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire

Drying — Spray drying · Dry — Milling · Separation — Decanting +3 more

Cargill division for starch, oils, cocoa and sweeteners with multi-site toll capacity for custom industrial ingredients.

Avignon

Thermal — Pasteurization · Thermal — Sterilization · Wet — Beverage formulation +1 more

ACTIA pilot food processing centre (since 1979) supporting R&D and innovation transfer for the food industry.

Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

Beverages — Dairy drinks · Dairy — Cheese · Dairy — Yoghurt +4 more

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.

Stendal, Germany

Drying — Spray drying · Thermal — UHT · Thermal — Pasteurization +4 more

Strategic spray dryer for Krüger Group (since 1991) plus toll work. Up to 1.2 million litres/day capacity for milk powders, infant nutrition, RTD, sweeteners and coffee whitener.

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Alt-protein — Cultivated meat scaffolds · Fermentation — Precision

Newcastle cultivated pork steak producer.

Bruchkoebel, Germany

Drying — Spray drying · Dry — Sieving & sifting · Dry — Milling +3 more

Lohntrocknung specialist (since 1949) offering spray drying, sieving, milling, mixing, granulation and packaging for food, feed and chemical industries.

Espoo, Finland

Fermentation — Precision · Drying — Spray drying

Aalto University food pilot facility in Espoo.

Cootehill, Ireland

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.