Company

In 1887, MEGGLE was established by Josef Anton Meggle I. as a small cheese dairy close to Wasserburg in Bavaria, near Munich. Today, this company, steeped in tradition, ranks among the most renowned manufacturers of dairy products not only in Europe but also in Asia and America. We are active on an international level, making local milk, cheese, cream, and yoghurt products for the regional European market to high quality standards, plus butter and butter specialities and baguettes with fillings for both bulk and end consumers. In addition, powdered milk products are produced as speciality goods for the processing pharmaceutical and food industries and are distributed worldwide. The MEGGLE Group has a global headcount of more than 2,500 and generates a turnover of approx. 1 billion Euro with the development, production and marketing of high-quality milk and whey products. Only high-quality raw materials are procured and processed for production and services:

Milk

At present, 9,500 farmers in eight countries are supplying us with around 800 million kilograms of milk annually. Approx. 1,000 of these supply their milk to our headquarters at Wasserburg. This milk is used by our local production facilities to make a variety of products and to market these products in the respective countries.

Cream
For our butter production we process not only local milk but also cream bought from other dairies, mainly in Bavaria. In 2011, there was a purchasing demand for cream of about 44 million kilograms.

Whey
In the year 2011, thirty dairies in five countries delivered approx. 115,000 tons of dry matter to Wasserburg. When converted to liquid whey with six per cent dry matter, this is equal to 1.9 billion kilograms. The whey itself is a by-product of cheese production.

Skimmed milk
Depending on the market situation, skimmed milk may be purchased in addition for the production of casein.

Each day, MEGGLE processes 600,000 - 700,000 litres of milk, 150,000 - 200,000 litres of cream, and 5 - 6 million litres of whey at its Wasserburg plant. A major part of the raw materials is purchased from farmers and cheese dairies in the immediate surroundings and from countries bordering on this plant.

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