North Cork Creameries won the overall national Gold Q Award at the Irish Quality Food Awards, for butter made from milk supplied by its north Cork and north Kerry farmers.
The co-op took the top prize in the 2019 butter and spreads category for the third year in succession. It then went on to become the overall national winner, ahead of 388 other products across 105 food and drink categories.
This award is a tribute to the farming families who produce our high quality milk
North Cork Creameries has made multimillion euro investments in its Kanturk facilities to cater for the increasing volumes of milk that it is processing from its farmer suppliers.
North Cork Creameries CEO Pat Sheahan said: “This award is a tribute to the farming families who produce our high quality milk, to our highly dedicated staff and to the quality and efficiency of operations throughout the co-operative, where the results of our investments, product innovation and competitiveness are exemplified in this national quality accolade.
“This is a three-in-a-row win for North Cork where we have an excellent reputation at home and abroad for the quality of our dairy products and we will continue to grow and develop our business from this platform.
"At a time when staying local, independent and relevant in the food industry is challenging, this award validates our commitment to the highest standards of quality and to the dairy farming and rural communities who we are proud to serve as a leading Irish dairy processing co-operative.”
The co-op processes over 320m litres of milk annually and has invested to be able to increase processing throughput to 400m litres, to cater for ongoing expansion by its milk producers across its operating region.
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North Cork Creameries won the overall national Gold Q Award at the Irish Quality Food Awards, for butter made from milk supplied by its north Cork and north Kerry farmers.
The co-op took the top prize in the 2019 butter and spreads category for the third year in succession. It then went on to become the overall national winner, ahead of 388 other products across 105 food and drink categories.
This award is a tribute to the farming families who produce our high quality milk
North Cork Creameries has made multimillion euro investments in its Kanturk facilities to cater for the increasing volumes of milk that it is processing from its farmer suppliers.
North Cork Creameries CEO Pat Sheahan said: “This award is a tribute to the farming families who produce our high quality milk, to our highly dedicated staff and to the quality and efficiency of operations throughout the co-operative, where the results of our investments, product innovation and competitiveness are exemplified in this national quality accolade.
“This is a three-in-a-row win for North Cork where we have an excellent reputation at home and abroad for the quality of our dairy products and we will continue to grow and develop our business from this platform.
"At a time when staying local, independent and relevant in the food industry is challenging, this award validates our commitment to the highest standards of quality and to the dairy farming and rural communities who we are proud to serve as a leading Irish dairy processing co-operative.”
The co-op processes over 320m litres of milk annually and has invested to be able to increase processing throughput to 400m litres, to cater for ongoing expansion by its milk producers across its operating region.
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