Infant formula giants rein in their Irish operations

Danone and Nestlé have significantly eased production volumes at their facilities here, due to Covid-19 and a 12 per cent drop in demand from China

Danone is understood to have shuttered both its infant formula plants in Ireland for weeks at a time on a number of occasions this year. Picture: Patrick Browne

Two of the world’s largest manufacturers of infant formula have significantly scaled back production levels at their Irish facilities over the past year due to weak global demand, the Business Post can reveal.

Danone, the French dairy company, and Nestlé, the Swiss food giant, have both eased production volumes at their Irish infant formula facilities over the past year due to supply chain disruption caused by Covid-19 as well lower global demand for baby formula, ...