Valio

Valio

Valio Ltd

Helsinki, Finland

Ingredients & Cultures
Founded 19051001-5000 employeesManufacturerSells to Processors
Profile last updated: May 2, 2026

About

Founded in 1905, Valio is a dairy industry manufacturer based in Helsinki, Finland selling ingredients & cultures.

Valio is a Finnish dairy company founded in 1905 and owned by Finnish dairy farmers through cooperatives, with operating profits paid out to the farms. It supplies dairy ingredients to food manufacturers worldwide, including milk powders, whey powders, butter, milk protein concentrates and lactose free ingredients. Its application areas cover ice cream, bakery and pastry, dairy and beverages, high protein products, infant nutrition and fruit preparations. Valio operates its own plants in Finland and Estonia and has sales teams and offices in Sweden, the Baltics, the United States and China. The company states it holds over 300 patents and that its heritage includes a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, A. I. Virtanen. It also offers OEM services and product development support for food manufacturers.

Location

Helsinki, Finland

Founded

1905

Employees

1001-5000

Legal name

Valio Ltd

Focus areas

dairy ingredientsmilk powderwhey powderbuttermilk protein concentratelactose freebakery ingredientsice cream ingredientsinfant nutritionhigh proteinsugar reductionclean label

Languages

ENFISV

Products & capabilities

Supply categories

Ingredients & Cultures

Supplier role

Manufacturer

Sells to

Processors

Dairy products served

Liquid MilkButter & CreamPowders & Infant FormulaWheyIce CreamYogurt & Fermented

Milk species

Cow

Products

Valio Eila lactose free milk powders

Specialty milk powder

Lactose free and lactose reduced milk powders for ice cream, bakery, dairy and beverage applications, with lactose crystallisation control.

Valio Eila MPC 50 F and MPC 65

Milk protein concentrate

Milk protein concentrate ingredients for high protein products.

Valio DEMI whey powders

Whey powder

Whey powders made from fresh whey from Valio's own cheese plants, fully traceable to origin.

Valio butter for bakery and laminating

Butter

Butter ingredients for laminated doughs, puff pastry, croissants and shortbread, including lactose free and unsalted variants.

Valio SMP, WMP and buttermilk powders

Milk powder

Skimmed milk powder, whole milk powder and buttermilk powder for food industry use.

Valio Mineval

Milk powder

Clean label milk powder developed for baking applications.

Valio fruit and berry fillings, marmalades and jams

Fruit preparation

Fruit and berry fillings, marmalades and jams manufactured at Valio's facility in Suonenjoki, Finland.

Service regions

FinlandSwedenBalticsUnited StatesChina

Standards, references & customers

Sustainability claims

Zero carbon footprint for milk by 2035Milk free of antibiotic residuesGMO-free feedBiogas production from dairy farm manure via Suomen Lantakaasu Oy

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