About Cow & Gate

The first site of the Cow&Gate creamery was developed in 1887 in Kildorrery Co Cork and today it continues to manufacture powder milk in Macroom and Wexford. These factories produce powdered milk not only for Ireland but the rest of Europe also. Together with an office in Dublin Cow&Gate employs 250 people in Ireland.

Cow&Gate originally started out as a creamery in Ireland and had a best selling fresh cream product. However, they had a problem, huge amounts of left over skimmed milk. They decided to bring in the latest drying equipment from America and began selling milk powder to bakeries and catering trades.

In 1904 the company received an order from the medical officer of health to use milk powder as babyfood. This occurred following reports from America that the health and survival rates of infants and young children improved by adding powder milk to their diets. After conducting trials similar improvements were reported in Ireland and results were published in medical journals. Before long the demand for this babyfood began to grow and Cow&Gate the babyfood company emerged.

Cow&Gate fully supports breastfeeding in Ireland. However, when mothers cannot or choose not to breastfeed Cow&Gate emphasises on providing the most nutritionally advanced milks for these bottlefed babies. Cow&Gate invest heavily in research and development and work closely with scientific and healthcare professionals to provide the most scientifically advanced nutrition to infants.