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4 DAIRY INGREDIENTS FROM IRELAND

Irish Dairy Industry

Ireland exports over €4 billion of dairy Ireland exported 302,378mt of cheese in
products every year, making it the largest 2019, and is particularly well known for its
food and drink export category. Ireland is cheddar cheese production. The industry is
renowned for the production of quality dairy continuing to enhance its cheese making
products and ingredients. capabilities in other varieties such as
mozzarella and continental cheeses.
Ireland has a population of less than
five million people, yet it produces Ireland has earned a strong reputation
enough dairy to feed multiples of that. for the production of dairy powders,
What Ireland produces is influenced by including fat filled, skim milk, casein, whole
its seasonal grass growth and its dairy milk and butter milk powders as well as
production is focused on high quality premium specialised nutrition, producing
butter, cheese and powder products. approximately 13% of the world’s infant milk
formula. Multinational nutritional companies
Ireland is synonymous with grass fed
butter and is home to the world renowned have chosen to locate in Ireland owing to its
Kerrygold brand – the number one butter high quality milk pool and dairy ingredients
brand in Germany and second in the USA. that meet the rigorous standards and
regulations needed to supply this sector.

Domestic Milk Intake
Domestic Milk Intake
8

6

Billion Litres 4

2

0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Source: CSO Ireland