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Milcobel

Milcobel cv

Kallo, Belgium

Ingredients & Cultures
Founded 2005501-1000 employeesManufacturerSells to Processors
Profile last updated: August 17, 2026

About

Founded in 2005, Milcobel is a dairy industry manufacturer based in Kallo, Belgium selling ingredients & cultures.

Milcobel is a Belgian dairy cooperative owned by about 1,500 member dairy farmers in Belgium, the Netherlands and Northern France. It processes roughly 1.3 billion litres of milk per year in its own plants in Belgium and France, producing cheese, mozzarella, butter, cream, whey, milk powders and ice cream. Its Premium Ingredients division supplies dairy ingredients in bulk and consumer packs to food manufacturers, including baby food producers, and to retailers, food service and food producers. The cooperative reports sustainability measures across its production sites, including energy, water and packaging improvements, and runs member milk collection with traceability and quality programmes.

Location

Kallo, Belgium

Founded

2005

Employees

501-1000

Company type

Cooperative

Legal name

Milcobel cv

Focus areas

dairy cooperativecheesemozzarellamilk powderwheycreambutterice creampremium ingredientsprivate label

Languages

NLEN

Products & capabilities

Supply categories

Ingredients & Cultures

Supplier role

Manufacturer

Sells to

Processors

Dairy products served

CheeseButter & CreamPowders & Infant FormulaWheyIce Cream

Milk species

Cow

Products

Brugge Kaas

Consumer cheese

Belgian cheese brand produced by Milcobel for the consumer market, including under private label for supermarkets.

Milcobel Mozzarella

Ingredient cheese

Mozzarella produced at the Langemark site for industrial and retail customers.

Premium Ingredients milk powders

Milk powder

Full-cream and skimmed milk powders, fat-filled powders and customer-specific dry blends for the baby food industry, sold in bulk and consumer packs.

Premium Ingredients cream and whey

Cream and whey ingredients

Dairy cream (including 40% cream in bulk) and whey ingredients for food manufacturers; kosher and halal certified whey ingredients are available.

Milcobel butter

Butter

Summer and winter butter, sweet or salted, unsalted or acidic, for bakery and confectionery applications.

YSCO ice cream

Ice cream

Ice cream produced by the YSCO ice cream factory, part of the Milcobel group.

Standards, references & customers

Sustainability claims

CO2-neutral Brugge cheese launched in 20212/3 of production sites use CHP for electricity and steam50% of process water recovered from milk21% more efficient water use over 5 years23% energy efficiency improvement over 5 years100% recyclable thermoform packs and tubs for consumer cheese80% recycled material for cheese tubs-39% plastic and -9% paper for milk powder packaging-25% stretch film for YSCO packagingUnsold products reprocessed into animal feed

Credentials & affiliations

Certifications

IKM (Integrale Kwaliteitszorg Melk)

ACS-G-009

GFSI certification

Kosher

Halal

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