Need cream for butter production

[cream4butter]

Hi everyone!!

I am in the process of making butter on a commercial level and am looking on the market for a high quality cream, can anyone help point me in the right direction please.

I am based in Bedford and would preferably like the cream to be sourced from a local dairy farm.

Any help would be greatly appreciated guys.

Kind regards

 

[upnortheast]

What volumes are you thinking
What`s your definition of "high quality cream "What price do you expect to pay ?

 

[cream4butter]

A minimum of 100 litres to start with (with a view to purchase more as the business grows).

Let me rephrase, I am looking for a fresh, raw cream with a 40%+ butterfat content.

and I was hoping you could give me a price.

 

[upnortheast]

Probably need to be talking to a medium size processor. Takes circa 1200 litres milk to get 100 litres cream.
Sorry, don`t have any contacts in your part of the country

 

[cream4butter]

thanks.

are there any medium size processors in you can put me in contact with - any help will be helpful.

regards.

 

[cream4butter]

thanks.

are there any medium sized processors you can put me in touch with - any help will be gratefully appreciated.

regards.

 

[bobk]

Most cream goes to Belgium

 

[Tim G]

100 litres per day? Week? Month?

 

[cream4butter]

100 litres per week.

 

[onesiedale]

A quick google threw up Marlow Dairy produce.

https://marlowdairyproduce.co.uk/

They cover your local area and are likely to know of the cream market suppliers for your area. Chances are there wont be a local dairy farm (not many of those in Bedfordshire). Most milk will be pooled and traded on contract in that area.
Are you processing any milk/food products at the moment?

 

[cream4butter]

thank you for your help.

I am currently purchasing small amounts of cream for experimental purposes but unfortunately they can not help any further.

 

[Tim G]

I was supplying cream and milk to a smallish scale ice cream maker who for reasons unknown to me one day decided she didn't want anymore. I found out she was then buying from The Estate Dairy https://www.theestatedairy.com/
I know its not local, but might be worth a try?

 

[cream4butter]

thanks Tim G!

 

[Bipper]

Long Clawson wouldn't be too far away from you, no idea if they sell cream or not.

Long Clawson Dairy - Specialist Stilton Makers

Long Clawson Dairy has been making English cheeses for over a century, including award winning Blue Stilton and Leicestershire Red cheese.

www.clawson.co.uk

 

[Princess Pooper]

As others have noted, unfortunately there are not many dairy farms in your area. Also on most milk contracts, farmers are not allowed to take cream from the milk, so you are really looking at a dairy that is already selling its own milk and then separating to sell skim/semi skim and cream.

There are a couple of farms near Melton Mowbray pasteurising and selling retail that I think are also selling cream, one is too small for you, couldn't do the volume, but it might be worth trying this one https://www.vinefarmdairy.co.uk/, they definitely sell wholesale and they definitely separate some of the cream as they sell it in the milk shed, so they may sell cream to trade, although their website only focuses on the vending machine. They have enough cows to be able to expand production easily.


OR, something else for you to experiment with, as whey will be a byproduct available from any cheese maker, and some do then separate the cream out of the whey for sale, if not making it into whey butter themselves (eg Lincolnshire Poacher https://lincolnshirepoachercheese.com/our-produce/lincolnshire-poacher-butter/ sell their own whey butter alongside their cheese).... https://www.slowfood.org.uk/ff-prod...er is a by,initial processes of cheese making.

 

[cream4butter]

Long Clawson wouldn't be too far away from you, no idea if they sell cream or not.

Long Clawson Dairy - Specialist Stilton Makers

Long Clawson Dairy has been making English cheeses for over a century, including award winning Blue Stilton and Leicestershire Red cheese.

www.clawson.co.uk

Thank you

 

[cream4butter]

As others have noted, unfortunately there are not many dairy farms in your area. Also on most milk contracts, farmers are not allowed to take cream from the milk, so you are really looking at a dairy that is already selling its own milk and then separating to sell skim/semi skim and cream.

There are a couple of farms near Melton Mowbray pasteurising and selling retail that I think are also selling cream, one is too small for you, couldn't do the volume, but it might be worth trying this one https://www.vinefarmdairy.co.uk/, they definitely sell wholesale and they definitely separate some of the cream as they sell it in the milk shed, so they may sell cream to trade, although their website only focuses on the vending machine. They have enough cows to be able to expand production easily.


OR, something else for you to experiment with, as whey will be a byproduct available from any cheese maker, and some do then separate the cream out of the whey for sale, if not making it into whey butter themselves (eg Lincolnshire Poacher https://lincolnshirepoachercheese.com/our-produce/lincolnshire-poacher-butter/ sell their own whey butter alongside their cheese).... https://www.slowfood.org.uk/ff-products/whey-butter/#:~:text=Whey Butter is a by,initial processes of cheese making.

Much appreciated. Thank you