Very large contract manufacturers in Europe
110 very large contract manufacturers across 19 countries in Europe, with the largest concentrations in the United Kingdom (27), Italy (20) and Greece (11). Capabilities most often listed alongside: Dry — Dry blending (30), Dairy — Cheese (27) and Drying — Spray drying (23). BRCGS (38), IFS (37) and FSSC 22000 (27) are the most frequently listed credentials.
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- Hellenic Sugar Industry SA (EBZ)
Thessaloniki, Greece
Ingredients — Sugar & syrups
Greek state-controlled sugar producer (Larissa, Serres, Platy, Xanthi). Private-label sugar.
- HKScan Estonia AS / Maag Eesti AS
Rakvere, Estonia
Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat · Meat & seafood — Charcuterie · Meat & seafood — Ready-to-cook poultry
Baltic's largest meat processor (~€186M revenue 2022, 1,157 employees). Pork (315k pigs/yr), beef (8.1k cattle/yr) and poultry (14.1M birds/yr Tabasalu); sausages, hams, ready meals; brands Rakvere and Tallegg.
- Hochland SE
Heimenkirch, Germany
Dairy — Cheese · Dry — Dry blending · Dry — Dry mixing +1 more
Europe's leading processed cheese producer. Cheese and cheese-powder ingredient blends for HoReCa, food manufacturing and private label across Europe.
- Hochwald Foods GmbH
Thalfang, Germany
Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) · Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) · Dairy — Cheese +4 more
Large dairy cooperative producing milk powders, condensed milk, demineralised whey (Hünfeld) and cheese ingredients. Major private-label programme for retail and infant nutrition. Multiple German and Dutch sites.
- Hoogwegt International B.V.
Arnhem, Netherlands
Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) · Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) · Dairy — Lactose & GOS +2 more
Leading global dairy ingredients trader and flexible blender of milk powders, whey, lactose and butter for food and feed industry.
- IFF / Frutarom Dairy
Hilversum, Netherlands
Dairy — Cheese · Ingredients — Flavors · Dry — Dry blending +1 more
IFF (ex-Frutarom) dairy flavour and cheese-powder solutions. Produces cheese powder blends, dairy taste systems and cultured-dairy concentrates for snacks and food manufacturing.
- Interfood Holding B.V.
Bladel, Netherlands
Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) · Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) · Dairy — Lactose & GOS +2 more
International dairy ingredients trader and supply-chain partner. Flexible blending of SMP, WMP, buttermilk powder, caseinates and specialty powders for food manufacturers worldwide.
- Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard
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.
- Jacobs Douwe Egberts UK JDE Peets
Banbury, United Kingdom
Coffee, tea & cocoa — Roasted beans · Coffee, tea & cocoa — Ground coffee · Coffee, tea & cocoa — Instant coffee
Major JDE Peet's UK coffee operation across Banbury (instant) and Maidenhead producing Kenco, Douwe Egberts, L'OR, Tassimo and Maxwell House.
- Kaišiadorių Paukštynas AB
Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
Meat & seafood — Ready-to-cook poultry
One of the largest poultry producers in the Baltics, part of the merged Linas Agro–KG Group. Chicken slaughter, cutting and processed products.
- Kauno Grūdai AB
Kaunas, Lithuania
Dry — Milling · Bakery — Cake mixes · Pet food — Dry kibble (extruded, pressed, baked) +1 more
Largest food and feed company in Lithuania (130-year heritage; KG Group / Linas Agro since 2021). Wheat/rye flour, instant products, ready meals, animal feed (Bona-Vita), premixes, pet food and raw material trading.
- Kerry Group plc
Tralee, Ireland
Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) · Dairy — Caseinates · Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) +7 more
World-leading taste and nutrition CDMO. Actopro and Profile whey powder ranges, demineralised whey (D40-D90), cheese powders, dairy flavour systems and butter ingredients for food and infant formula manufacturing.
- KP Snacks
Slough, United Kingdom
Snacks — Potato chips · Snacks — Extruded snacks · Snacks — Nut mixes
Major Intersnack 1853 snack operation across Slough HQ, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Billingham, Tyrone, Rotherham, Lincoln and Consett producing Hula Hoops, McCoy's, Tyrrells, KP Nuts, Pom-Bear, Skips, Butterkist and popchips.
- Krüger Group / Krüger GmbH & Co. KG
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) · Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) · Dry — Dry blending +4 more
Global instant beverage and dairy blend manufacturer. Dairy creamer, cappuccino, cocoa and hot-chocolate powder blends at scale. Includes Lactoland spray-drying unit for milk-powder feedstock.
- Lactalis Ingredients
Bourgbarré, France
Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) · Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) · Dairy — Lactose & GOS +7 more
World's #1 whey powder producer and major milk powder supplier. Produces native WPC (Pronativ), micellar casein (Prolacta), WPI, demineralised whey, lactose, pharma lactose and infant formula base ingredients across 6 French sites.
- Latteria Soresina Soc. Coop. Agr.
Soresina, Italy
Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) · Dairy — Cheese · Dairy — Butter & cream +3 more
Italy's leading Grana Padano cooperative. Produces butter, milk powder and condensed milk alongside cheese for B2B ingredient and private-label supply.
- Lavazza
Torino, Italy
Coffee, tea & cocoa — Roasted beans · Coffee, tea & cocoa — Ground coffee · Coffee, tea & cocoa — Capsules & pods
Major coffee roaster offering Lavazza Custom Solutions for HoReCa.
- Linas Agro Group AB
Vilnius, Lithuania
Dry — Milling · Oils & fats — Edible oils (refined, virgin, organic) · Pet food — Dry kibble (extruded, pressed, baked)
Baltic's largest agribusiness group (>6,000 employees, $134.6M revenue). 13 grain elevators, seed processing, milk production, biofuel, feed and oil. Subsidiaries include Kauno Grūdai, Kaišiadorių & Vilniaus Paukštynas, Putnu Fabrika Ķekava (LV).
- Lindt and Spruengli
Kilchberg, Switzerland
Confectionery — Industrial chocolate (couverture, compound) · Confectionery — Pralines · Confectionery — Hollow figures +1 more
Premium chocolate group (founded 1845) operating cocoa roasting in Kilchberg plus Caffarel and Russell Stover.
- Loulis Mills SA
Volos & Sourpi, Greece
Dry — Milling · Bakery — Cake mixes · Pet food — Dry kibble (extruded, pressed, baked)
Heritage Greek mill (1782). Wheat flour, rye flour, mixes, animal feed; major private-label producer.
- MadetaVerified
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.
- Mars Petcare UK
Melton Mowbray, United Kingdom
Pet food — Dry kibble (extruded, pressed, baked) · Pet food — Wet (cans, trays, pouches) · Pet food — Treats & chews
Major Mars Petcare UK operation across Melton Mowbray (HQ pet science), Birstall, Plymouth, Histon (Royal Canin) and Birmingham producing Pedigree, Whiskas, Sheba, Royal Canin, Kitekat and Cesar.
- Mars Wrigley UK
Slough, United Kingdom
Confectionery — Industrial chocolate (couverture, compound) · Confectionery — Hard candy · Confectionery — Gummies & jellies
Major Mars/Wrigley chocolate, sugar confectionery and gum operation across Slough (Hawksmoor) and Plymouth.
- Master Good
Kisvarda, Hungary
Meat & seafood — Ready-to-cook poultry · Meat & seafood — Charcuterie · Alt-protein — Pea protein
Family-owned (Bárány) Kisvárda and Petneháza 1994 very large vertically integrated poultry group (~€700m turnover 2024) processing approximately 50% of Hungarian poultry; €190m capacity-doubling 2026.
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- Dry — Dry blending (30)
- Dairy — Cheese (27)
- Drying — Spray drying (23)
- Dairy — Milk powders (skim, full cream) (22)
- Dairy — Whey ingredients (WPC, WPI, hydrolysates) (22)
- Dry — Powder filling (17)
- Dairy — Butter & cream (16)
- Dairy — Lactose & GOS (14)
- Wet — Liquid filling (glass) (11)
- Dry — Agglomeration (10)
- Beverages — Dairy drinks (9)
- Beverages — Soft drinks (9)
- Dairy — Yoghurt (8)
- Dry — Milling (7)
- Thermal — UHT (7)
- Dairy — Caseinates (7)
- Wet — Liquid filling (PET) (6)
- Sports nutrition — Protein powders (6)
- Dairy — Infant formula (6)
- Meat & seafood — Fish processing (6)
- Wet — Liquid filling (can) (6)
- Pet food — Dry kibble (extruded, pressed, baked) (6)
- Supplements — Liquid supplements (5)
- Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat (5)