Fermentation — Precision contract manufacturers in Europe
82 precision contract manufacturers across 20 countries in Europe, with the largest concentrations in the United Kingdom (11), Spain (8) and Switzerland (8). Capabilities most often listed alongside: Drying — Spray drying (26), Fermentation — Biomass (14) and Alt-protein — Cultivated meat scaffolds (11). GMP (4) is the most frequently listed credential.
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- Multus Biotechnology
London, United Kingdom
Alt-protein — Cultivated meat scaffolds · Fermentation — Precision
London cell media for cultivated meat.
- Nebih
Budapest, Hungary
Fermentation — Precision · Ingredients — Vitamins
National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) food testing and pilot.
- NIZO food research BV
Ede, Netherlands
Fermentation — Lactic acid bacteria · Fermentation — Biomass · Fermentation — Precision +4 more
Europe's largest open-access food-grade pilot plant. Offers explicit toll manufacturing services in spray drying, fermentation and downstream processing; produces lactic acid for dsm-firmenich. Hosts the Biotechnology Fermentation Factory (BFF) and the NoPalm demo factory.
- NoPalm Ingredients BV
Wageningen, Netherlands
Fermentation — Precision · Oils & fats — Specialty fats · Oils & fats — Edible oils (refined, virgin, organic)
Yeast-oil precision fermentation specialist producing palm-oil alternatives. Operates a Demo Factory at NIZO's Food Innovation Campus, with first industrial production targeted for H2 2026.
- Novonesis
Bagsvaerd, Denmark
Ingredients — Enzymes · Ingredients — Cultures · Fermentation — Precision
World #1 enzymes and cultures producer (formed by 2024 Novozymes + Chr. Hansen merger) HQ in Bagsværd with sites in Hørsholm, Aarhus and Copenhagen.
- NPPC VUP Bratislava
Bratislava, Slovakia
Fermentation — Precision · Ingredients — Vitamins
NPPC VÚP Bratislava Slovak food research institute.
- NTNU Foods of Norway
Trondheim, Norway
Alt-protein — Mycoprotein · Fermentation — Precision
NTNU Trondheim academic alt-protein research and pilot.
- Paleo (Paleo Biotech)
Belgium
Fermentation — Precision · Alt-protein — Precision-fermentation proteins (BLG, casein, lactoferrin, ovalbumin, heme)
Belgian biotech start-up developing animal-free heme analogues via precision fermentation.
- Pharma73
Portugal
Fermentation — Precision · Fermentation — Biomass · Supplements — Capsules
Fermentation-based Chitin-Glucan Complex producer scaling to 4 m³ fermenters with biomass fermentation contract capacity.
- Politechnika Lodzka
Łódź, Poland
Fermentation — Precision · Fermentation — Biomass
Łódź University of Technology pilot bioreactor and fermentation hall.
- Probi
Lund, Sweden
Ingredients — Cultures · Supplements — Capsules · Fermentation — Precision
Listed Lund probiotics CDMO known for the LP299V strain.
- Quadram Institute Bioscience
Norwich, United Kingdom
Fermentation — Precision · Ingredients — Cultures
Norwich gut microbiome and food safety research institute.
- Queen Margaret University Food Research
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Fermentation — Precision
Queen Margaret Edinburgh food research.
- Queens University Belfast Food Pilot
Belfast, United Kingdom
Fermentation — Precision · Ingredients — Vitamins
QUB Institute for Global Food Security and Food Pilot.
- Rise
Lund, Sweden
Drying — Spray drying · Extrusion — Twin-screw · Fermentation — Precision
Research Institutes of Sweden national institute across Lund, Göteborg and Borås with multiple food pilot lines (extrusion, drying, fermentation).
- Salzburg Research
Salzburg, Austria
Fermentation — Precision · Ingredients — Vitamins
Salzburg Research / AIT pilot lines and biotech.
- SLU Uppsala
Uppsala, Sweden
Ingredients — Native & modified starches · Fermentation — Precision
SLU Uppsala academic food pilot incl. CRISPR potato (SolEdits/Lyckeby).
- Standing Ovation
Paris, France
Fermentation — Precision · Alt-protein — Mycoprotein · Dairy — Plant-based cheese
Pre-commercial precision-fermentation specialist (since 2020) producing recombinant casein for alt-dairy.
- STU Bratislava
Bratislava, Slovakia
Fermentation — Precision · Ingredients — Vitamins
STU Bratislava Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology pilot food technology.
- Suanfarma Nutraceutical
Tres Cantos, Spain
Fermentation — Precision · Supplements — Capsules · Dry — Dry blending
CDMO of dietary supplements, nutraceuticals and fermented APIs with toll fermentation, blending and encapsulation.
- Teagasc Moorepark
Fermoy, Ireland
Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) · Drying — Spray drying · Fermentation — Precision
Fermoy Cork 1959 Teagasc dairy R&D centre — largest in Europe.
- Tecnoalimenti
Milan, Italy
Drying — Spray drying · Fermentation — Precision
Food technology consortium for public-private R&D.
- Tftak
Tallinn, Estonia
Fermentation — Precision · Fermentation — Lactic acid bacteria · Ingredients — Cultures
Tallinn University of Technology Centre of Food and Fermentation Technologies. Pilot-scale R&D contract food and fermentation; non-profit competence centre.
- The Cultivated B GmbH
Heidelberg, Germany
Fermentation — Precision · Fermentation — Biomass · Alt-protein — Cultivated meat scaffolds +1 more
Cultivated meat tools, bioreactors and plant-based B2B specialist (since 2022, InFamily Foods).
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- Fermentation — Precision (82)
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- Ingredients — Vitamins (11)
- Ingredients — Cultures (9)
- Alt-protein — Mycoprotein (6)
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- Oils & fats — Specialty fats (3)
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- Ingredients — Enzymes (3)
- Dairy — Cheese (3)
- Fermentation — Lactic acid bacteria (3)
- Supplements — Capsules (3)
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- Separation — Protein extraction (2)
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- Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues (2)
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