Contract manufacturing of spray drying, agglomeration and evaporation for milk, whey and fat powders in Food, Feed and Pharma.
MEGGLE GmbH & Co. KG (Business Unit Food Ingredients)
Wasserburg am Inn · Tokyo · Istanbul · Shanghai · DubaiNew on Amplifa
About MEGGLE Food Ingredients
MEGGLE GmbH & Co. KG, headquartered in Wasserburg am Inn, is a corporate group founded in 1887 that processes milk and whey. The Business Unit Food Ingredients develops and produces milk and whey proteins, lactose, casein, buttermilk powder, protein compounds and fat powders based on vegetable oils for the food, animal feed and pharmaceutical industries. In addition to its own products, the company offers contract manufacturing: spray drying with eight spray towers (water evaporation 1200–3000 kg/h, nozzle atomization up to 250 bar), wet agglomeration with high-shear mixers and fluidized bed drying, evaporation with ten falling-film evaporators (10,000 l/h), as well as blending, extrusion, crystallization and ultrafiltration. This is complemented by process and formulation development, chemical-physical analytics, GDP warehousing and transport organization. Products are filled into paper bags (15–25 kg), big bags (500–1000 kg) and fiber drums. Customers come from Dairy, Nutrition, Savoury, Bakery & Sweet, Babyfood, Feed and Pharma/Life Science.
- Site
- Wasserburg am Inn
- Processes
- Spray drying, Agglomeration (high-shear mixer with downstream fluidized bed drying), Evaporation (falling-film evaporation with mechanical/thermal vapor recompression), Blending (mixing/dispersing), Extrusion, Crystallization, Ultrafiltration, Demineralization (ion exchangers)
- Materials
- Milk, Whey, Lactose (edible / pharma), Acid Casein (110 mesh, 30/60 mesh), Whey protein concentrate (WPC 80), Milk protein concentrate MPC 85%, Milk protein isolate MPI 85, Buttermilk powder
- Certificates
- DIN EN ISO 9001:2015, DIN EN ISO 14001:2015, DIN EN ISO 45001:2018, DIN EN ISO 50001:2018, IFS Food (incl. HACCP), FAMI-QS, HACCP, IPEC GMP, EXCiPACT, Halal (defined lines), Kosher (defined lines), VLOG (GMO-free, defined lines), RSPO (BMC-RSPO-0157, defined lines), FDA (U.S. Food & Drug Administration), Sedex SMETA 4-Pillar Audit, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001, FDA, Halal / Kosher / VLOG, RSPO, Sedex SMETA 4-Pillar
- Founded
- 1887
- Employees
- 2500
- Industries
- Food industry (Dairy, Bakery & Sweet, Savoury, Nutrition), Pharmaceutical industry / Life Science, Animal feed industry, Babyfood / infant nutrition, Babyfood/infant nutrition
- 01
Raw material procurement of milk/whey from controlled agriculture
- 02
Evaporation
- 03
Spray drying / Agglomeration
- 04
Blending / Extrusion / Crystallization / Ultrafiltration
- 05
Quality inspection and analytics
- 06
Packaging (bags, big bags, fiber drums)
- 07
GDP warehousing and logistics
Raw Materials & Processes
Lactose (edible / pharma)
Lactose in food and pharma quality, including MEGGLETOSE® for direct tableting and infant nutrition.
Acid Casein (110 mesh, 30/60 mesh)
Acid casein in various grinding grades for food and technical applications.
Whey protein concentrate (VINPLUS® WPC 80)
Whey protein concentrate with 80 % protein content for nutrition and dairy applications.
Milk protein concentrate MPC 85 % (MMPC 85% A)
Milk protein concentrate for high-protein foods, also in organic quality.
Milk protein isolate MPI 85 (MMPI 85)
Milk protein isolate with high protein content for sports and nutrition products.
Fat powder (EDIFETT®)
Fat powder based on palm, coconut, sunflower or rapeseed oil for bakery, savoury and nutrition.
Partially delactosed whey powder
Whey powder with high whey protein content, also for feed products.
Buttermilk powder
Buttermilk powder as a single ingredient for the food industry.
Locations
Wasserburg am Inn
DEHeadquarters and production site
- Lot size
- Spray drying from 10 t, agglomeration from 100 t, evaporation from 100,000 l
- Materials
- Milk, whey, lactose, casein, protein concentrates, fat powders
- 8 spray dryers with external fluidized bed (1200–3000 kg/h, up to 250 bar)
- 5 fluidized bed dryers
- 10 falling-film evaporators with vapor recompression (10,000 l/h)
- High-shear wet mixers
- Fluidized bed dryers
- Lactose III plant
Tokyo
JPSales location (MEGGLE Japan Co. Ltd.)
Istanbul (Atasehir)
TRSales location (MEGGLE Turkey Gida Limited Sirketi)
Shanghai
CNRepresentative office (MEGGLE Group Representative Office)
Dubai (Jumeirah Lakes Towers)
AESales location (MEGGLE Africa & Middle East DMCC)
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spray dryingHeat treatment | – | – | > 10 t | – | Milk, Whey, Fat powder (palm/coconut/sunflower/rapeseed), Protein compounds, Lactose |
| Agglomeration (high-shear mixer with downstream fluidized bed drying)Heat treatment | – | – | > 100 t | – | powdery raw materials (up to three substances continuously), milk/whey products |
| Evaporation (falling-film evaporation with mechanical/thermal vapor recompression)Heat treatment | – | – | 100,000 l water evaporation | – | Suspensions, Solutions (milk/whey) |
| Blending (mixing/dispersing)Joining | – | – | – | – | Milk and whey products, Fat powders, Protein compounds |
| ExtrusionPlastics | – | – | – | – | Food raw materials (milk/whey/fat) |
| CrystallizationHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | Lactose, Whey |
| UltrafiltrationOther | – | – | – | – | Milk, Whey |
| Demineralization (ion exchangers)Other | – | – | – | – | Whey |
| Homogenization / heating / cooling (product conditioning)Heat treatment | – | – | – | – | liquid/powdery substance mixtures (milk/whey) |
| Contract manufacturing / toll production (development and production for food, feed, pharma, lifeEngineering | – | – | – | – | Milk, Whey, Fats of vegetable origin |
8 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spray dryer with external fluidized bed | – | 8 | Water evaporation 1200–3000 kg/h; nozzle atomization up to 250 bar | – | Wasserburg am Inn |
| Fluidized bed dryer (continuous) | – | 5 | Drying of fluidizable products | – | Wasserburg am Inn |
| Evaporator (falling-film evaporator with mechanical/thermal vapor recompression) | – | 10 | Capacity 10,000 l/h | – | Wasserburg am Inn |
| Continuous wet mixer (high-shear mixer) | – | – | – | – | Wasserburg am Inn |
| Fluidized bed dryer | – | – | – | – | Wasserburg am Inn |
| Ion exchanger / drum dryer (historic whey processing systems) | – | – | – | 1949/1953 | Wasserburg am Inn |
| Spray tower (first, for dairy drying) | – | – | – | 1913 | Wasserburg am Inn |
| 'Lactose III' plant (pharma lactose and dry blend infant lactose) | – | 1 | – | ab 2020 | Wasserburg am Inn |
Additional services
Quality & Certifications
A continuous management system accompanies the entire value chain from raw material to customer and is confirmed by certifications, customer and authority audits. For pharmaceutical contract manufacturing, process and cleaning validations are performed; analytics include SEM, DVS, laser diffraction, BET, HPLC and FT4 rheometry.
| Evidence | Wasserburg am Inn |
|---|---|
| ISO 9001 | |
| ISO 14001 | |
| ISO 45001 | |
| ISO 50001 | |
| IFS Food (incl. HACCP) | |
| FAMI-QS | |
| IPEC GMP | |
| EXCiPACT | |
| FDA | |
| Halal / Kosher / VLOG | |
| RSPO | |
| Sedex SMETA 4-Pillar |
Company History
- 1887
Foundation of a cheese dairy in Wasserburg by Josef Anton Meggle I. (18 March 1887).
- 1913
Josef Anton Meggle II. takes over the dairy business at the age of 18.
- 1929
First appearance of the MEGGLE cloverleaf.
- 1945
Start of whey processing with ion exchangers and drum dryers.
- 1949
First spray tower for dairy drying goes into operation.
- 1953
Start of production of rennet casein and acid casein; beginning of lactose production for pharmaceutical purposes.
- 1973
Foundation of MEGGLE AG; Toni Meggle becomes Chairman of the Board.
- 1977
Internationalization with the first sales office in Tokyo, later further offices in China, USA, Singapore, Turkey, Brazil and the UAE.
- 1990
Expansion into Eastern Europe via market entry in Slovakia.
- 2002
Commissioning of the "Lactose III" plant.
- 2015
Renaming to MEGGLE Group GmbH; acquisition of M-Back GmbH (today MEGGLE Bakery GmbH).
- 2018
Acquisition of Stegmann Emmentaler Käsereien GmbH (today MEGGLE Cheese GmbH); start of construction of "Lactose III" to expand pharma lactose capacity; introduction of SAP at headquarters.
- 2019
Toni Meggle transfers his shares into the Toni Meggle Foundation.
- 2020
Conversion from an AG into a GmbH.