Müller opens £17m butter plant
10 Dec 2013
The £17 million butter plant located in Shropshire will initially manufacture 10kg and 25kg blocks of salted, unsalted and lactic butter.
Müller has said that its new butter churn facility - said to be the largest currently in operation in the UK - is capable of producing 10 tonnes of butter per hour and is geared to produce up to 45,000 tonnes of butter per year.
The new £17m butter plant is a typically bold venture by Müller
Owen Paterson MP
Müller also plans to install a packet butter operation so that it can offer 250 gram products to the retail and food service sectors from early summer 2014.
Speaking at the plant opening, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Owen Paterson said: “My priorities for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) are growing the rural economy and improving the environment. Key to this is adding value to basic agricultural raw materials such as milk.
“The new £17m butter plant is a typically bold venture by Müller and a massive step towards delivering our priorities.”
The plant opening comes alongside recent investments by Müller Group which includes the acquisition of fresh milk processor Müller Wiseman Dairies and Nom Dairy UK
