Delamere Dairy was founded in 1985 in Cheshire’s beautiful Delamere Forest, when Liz & Roger Sutton bought their first three goats. They began selling the fresh goats’ milk and soft cheese they made in their kitchen to local health food stores. Such was the interest in their products, that a couple of years later they were supplying milk to major UK retailers.
By 1992 Delamere Dairy had outgrown its home in Delamere and moved to Yew Tree Farm in Knutsford. New products were added to the portfolio including semi-skimmed milk, with goats’ butter being made from the cream skimmed from the milk. As demand and interest in the health benefits of goats’ milk increased, plain and flavoured yogurts were added to the range.
Today, Delamere Dairy sells an award-winning range of fresh and long life goats’ and cows’ milk-based speciality dairy products (cheese, yogurt, butter and milk) throughout the UK, Europe and around the world. Celebrating more than 30 years in business, the company has an annual turnover in excess of £28M.
Delamere Dairy works closely with goat farmers across the UK and in 1999 it developed the Delamere Dairy Farm Assurance and Welfare Scheme to ensure consistent standards in farming and production. In 2001, the business was named Farm Business of the Year at the Farm Business Food & Farming Industry Awards and has gone on to win many more food, farming and industry awards. Delamere Dairy is also listed in the Sunday Times SME Export Track 100, as the UK’s fastest growing food & drink exporter.
In 2016, the company was awarded the UK’s most prestigious business award – The Queen’s Award for Enterprise, for its International Trade achievements.
Following the theme of providing alternatives to traditional dairy, Delamere Dairy is launching its new plant based range of drinks in 2018. ‘Planted’ will consist of plant based drinks in both take home and ‘ready to drink’ formats, and will be available to customers across the UK and around the globe.

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