Vreugdenhil starts production of goat's milk powder

13 March 2023 - Vreugdenhil Dairy Foods now also produces milk powder from goat's milk at its speciality plant in Putten. For now, the powders are made for the Asian and American markets, where goat's milk powder is processed in the cheese and infant food industries.

For the time being, Vreugdenhil is purchasing the goat's milk from partners in the Netherlands so that customer relationships and volume can be built.

Special products

Last February, Vreugdenhil Dairy Foods purchased the Putten plant, and since April 2022, investments have been made to bring the quality to the proper level. The plant lends itself particularly well to the production of speciality products because of the size of the drying towers. The largest tower has a production capacity of about 1,000 kg per hour and the smallest tower 50-100 kg per hour.

Goat's milk is easily digestible because its protein has a different composition than cow's milk, making it particularly popular in Asian countries. Consequently, the production of goat's milk powder has to meet high requirements for hygiene and cleaning of machinery because the product must be free of cow's milk.