ABOUT TIRLÁN

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INNOVATION IN ACTION

Tirlán—a co-op centered around its farmers—is the company behind the Truly Grass Fed seal. With a pioneering spirit and an innate connection to the land we call home, Tirlán holds a deep passion for the power of grass-fed dairy.

Our company and experts lead a legacy of success in the industry. We love the land. We love the cows. We love our partners, farmers and the products we all create together. But most of all, we love the opportunity to make Truly Grass Fed the gold standard of dairy.

GENERAL

We are Ireland’s leading dairy company, annually processing

2 BILLION
LITERS OF MILK

into a range of ingredients.

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We supply dairy ingredients to food and nutrition companies to more than

60
COUNTRIES.

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4800 sustainable, family-run dairy farms in 
our network spanning 21 counties across Ireland’s eastern seaboard.

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THE 1960s

When our story began. Today’s Glanbia Ingredients Ireland has decades of dairy industry heritage backing it up.

2016

When Glanbia Ingredients Ireland created the Truly Grass Fed brand.

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state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities

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customer liaison offices on

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continents

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COUNTY KILKENNY

HOMETOWN HEADQUARTERS

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OUR VALUES

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BETTER
WAY

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PRODUCTS

You can find our ingredients in a variety of foods and applications.

  • • Sports
  • • lifestyle
  • • Clinical nutrition
  • • Infant formula
  • • Bakery items
  • • Powdered milk products

what we make

  • • Butter
  • • Cheese
  • • Whey Protein
  • • Milk Protein
  • • Casein
  • • Lactose
  • • Whole, Enriched &
    Skim Milk Powders

SUSTAINABILITY

Greener Every Day

We are a founding member of Origin Green, the world’s only national
sustainability program to unite the government, private sector and food
processors (led by Bord Bia, the Irish Food Board).

 

• In recent years, we reduced our fresh water usage by 35–40% within our manufacturing plants.

• We have improved energy efficiency and carbon emissions by 50% over the past 10
years 
and aim for a further 10% improvement by 2020.

 

2020

WE HAVE COMMITTED TO DELIVERING A TRULY SUSTAINABLE
MILK SUPPLY BY THIS YEAR.

QUALITY STANDARDS

QUALITY CHECK

Our quality team carries out approximately 150 farm contacts every week as we work with farmers to improve standards.

160

The number of different parameters that our independent audits measure on every single farm every
18 months.