Watson Dairy Consulting helps clients reduce risk, test assumptions properly, improve profitability and avoid expensive mistakes across dairy manufacturing, processing, factory development, acquisitions, expansions and underperforming operations. Experience covers liquid milk, UHT, cream, butter, cheese, yogurt, cultured products, milk powders, whey processing, infant formula and plant-based systems – with advice grounded in practical operability, hygiene, quality, yield, cost and long-term business performance.
How We Help
Independent technical and commercial support across the dairy sector.
Dairy Due Diligence
Independent technical and commercial due diligence for acquisitions, investments and lending decisions.
Dairy Factory Design
Design of new dairy factories, expansions and relocations – from feasibility to a buildable plan.
Dairy Project Management
Hands-on project and interim management for dairy factory builds and upgrades, concept to commissioning.
Process Optimisation
Improving yield, efficiency, automation and cost in existing dairy factories and processing lines.
Dairy Expert Witness
Independent expert witness, dispute support and technical mediation for dairy-related matters.
Dairy & Juice Filling Lines
Design, feasibility and installation of milk, plant milk, cultured drink and juice filling lines.
Full Dairy-Sector Coverage
We provide design and advisory services across the dairy sector – including milk powder and infant formula, butter, butter-oil, cream and ghee, ice cream, frozen yogurt, pasteurised milk, cheese, UHT milk, cultured drinks and yogurt factories – worldwide.
Planning a dairy project, investment or improvement?
Confidential enquiries are welcome. You do not need to disclose sensitive details in the first message.
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John Watson
Office: +44 1224 861 507
Mobile: +44 7931 776 499
jw@dairyconsultant.co.uk
We are a longstanding member of the Society of Dairy Technology
and have Fellowship of the Institute of Food Science and Technology.
