Dale Farm is Northern Ireland’s largest dairy company. Part of the United Dairy Farmers Co-operative, it’s owned by the 1,300 dairy farmers who supply it with milk.

The company manufactures and markets a wide range of products. From the award winning Dromona butter and cheese, Spelga yogurts, Dale Farm Desserts and Fivemiletown speciality cheese products, the companies brands are all household brands.

The company operates from seven manufacturing sites across the Uk including its industry leading cheese and whey filtration plant in Cookstown and its milk processing dairy in Ballymena – recently upgraded with a £10million investment – Dale Farm produces a range of branded consumer products as well as supplying supermarket own-brand labels. It also operates a growing ingredients business with customers in over 45 countries.

Over the years, Dale Farm has picked up a host of awards for its products – particularly its butter and cheese. Most recently, the company picked up 13 Gold Stars at the 2015 Great Taste Awards including 3 Gold Stars for Fivemiletown Ballyoak.