Milk nutrition for a modern world

Our differentiated certified Grass-Fed milk supply enables us to manufacture specialty products with a higher value. Special milk programmes require farmers to add value for our customers behind the farm gate, such as a1 protein-free, grass fed, and Lead With Pride™. We recognise this value by paying premiums on top of our base milk price. We can select the milk we want from specific farms and keep this milk completely separate through the entire supply chain – this is our point of difference.

To become the world’s most innovative and trusted dairy company, we embrace opportunities to unlock further potential from our manufacturing process. We actively collaborate with our customers and have invested in category management capability to support increased business development in existing and new categories. This supports long-term relationships with our global customers.

Synlait collects more than 800 million litres of milk each year. It is capable of processing 4.2 million litres of raw milk per day, producing up to 450 – 500 metric tonnes of milk powder. We have three leading-edge milk powder dryers and a purpose-built infant formula facility – the largest and most sophisticated in the Southern Hemisphere. Our advanced liquid milk facility is highly automated with milk track and trace systems, and PET inline sterile bottle blowing technology that can produce up to 24,000 bottles per hour.

Our state-of-the-art facility in Dunsandel produces 140 cans of infant formula a minute and is operational 24/7. We produce ingredients and finished products across a range of packaging formats and can work in partnership to deliver customer requirements. Our quality commitment, Synlait Care, is embedded into everything we do ensuring that what we produce meets customer and consumer expectations.

As well as having a dedicated chemistry laboratory, a microbiology laboratory and in-process laboratories inside each dryer, we complete most of our product testing requirements on-site. Our own laboratory gives us greater control and visibility around our products and we benefit from having substantial technical competence on-site.

Our regulatory team is expert in New Zealand and China food legislation alongside the Market Access requirements for the 50+ markets that Synlait exports to. The team has embedded industry networks and relationships with key regulators in New Zealand, China and abroad. Their main function is to enable Market Access by obtaining site, ingredient, product and artwork approvals.