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Tirlán

Tirlán Limited

Kilkenny City, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland

Ingredients & Cultures
1001-5000 employeesManufacturerSells to Dairy Farms, Processors
Profile last updated: April 25, 2026

About

Tirlán is a dairy industry manufacturer based in Kilkenny City, Ireland selling ingredients & cultures.

Tirlán is a farmer-owned co-operative agri-food and nutrition business based in Ireland. It operates across Agribusiness, Consumer and Ingredients. The business runs nine food processing facilities and two animal nutrition mills, with 52 agri branches in Ireland. Its ingredients division produces dairy powders, whey concentrate, cream and milk protein for industrial customers in infant, clinical and sports nutrition, and its Animal Nutrition operations supply feed to dairy herds and other livestock. Tirlán's head office is at Abbey Quarter, Kilkenny City, with customer liaison offices in Chicago, Shanghai and Dubai. Its farmer members supply milk under the Bord Bia Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme, and it has an Innovation Centre in Ballyragget for ingredient development and prototyping with customers.

Location

Kilkenny City, Ireland

Employees

1001-5000

Company type

Cooperative

Legal name

Tirlán Limited

Focus areas

dairy ingredientsmilk powderswheyanimal nutritionfarmer-owned co-operativeIreland

Languages

EN

Products & capabilities

Supply categories

Ingredients & Cultures

Supplier role

Manufacturer

Sells to

Dairy FarmsProcessors

Dairy products served

Powders & Infant FormulaWheyButter & CreamCheese

Milk species

Cow

Products

Milk protein powder

Dairy ingredient

Milk protein ingredients for clinical and lifestyle nutrition, produced at the Virginia milk protein facility.

Enriched milk powders

Dairy ingredient

Range of enriched milk powders produced at the Virginia site.

Whey concentrate

Dairy ingredient

Whey concentrate produced at the Wexford plant for protein powders.

Cream for food and beverage use

Dairy ingredient

Cream supplied as a core ingredient for the alcohol beverage sector.

Animal nutrition feed

Animal feed

Balanced feed for dairy, beef, calves and sheep, produced at the Clonroche facility and Tirlán's animal nutrition mills.

Service regions

IrelandUnited KingdomUnited StatesChinaUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaNorth AfricaEurope

Standards, references & customers

Sustainability claims

Onsite solar farm at Ballyragget powering its largest production facility with renewable energyFarm-level traceability and quality testing from farm to plant

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