RESEARCH KEY OBJECTIVES:
Strategic objectives:
• Milk Valorization and Value-Added Products:
Supporting Romania’s domestic dairy ecosystem while scaling high-quality exports to key European markets.
• Market & Client Diversification:
Expand from supplying raw milk to delivering specialized products to large B2B buyers, including ice cream manufacturers, commercial bakeries, and global food processors.
• Environmental Impact and Circular Economy Practices:
Extracting water from raw milk will notably reduce bulk transport weight and volume, significantly lowering fuel consumption, logistics costs, and transport-related carbon emissions.
PRODUCTION OF CREAM AND SKIMMED MILK
Estimated production capacity: 150.000 liters/day.
Production of cream, skimmed milk, SMC* and Kosher milk.
*SMC – Skimmed milk concentrate
Transportation efficiency from 4 trucks to 1 truck.
Diversification of client segments and geography reach.
Investment: EUR 3.5 mil.
Extra storage capacity of 300.000 liters.
Possibility to produce milk with specific fat request for food processors ranging from 0.5% to 4%.
Possibility to sell full truck, as well to sell 1.000 liters packaging for smaller food producers.
Financing: Secured by Exim Bank, with a 1.5% interest rate + 6M Euribor.
TIMELINE
2025
Research Phase I — Water elimination & concentration(completed)
- Commission in-depth analysis on removing water from milk
- Assess evaporation, membrane filtration and spray-drying technologies
- Model transport cost reduction from concentrated products
- Map potential export routes to Greece, Italy, Bulgaria
- Identify GMO-free milk certification requirements
2025–2026
Research Phase II — Protein isolation & value-added products(in progress)
- Research protein isolation process (whey protein powder)
- Analyse butter and milk fat extraction processes
- Assess cream separation for industrial applications
- Identify bakery and food processor client segments (EU)
- Model margin uplift: raw milk vs. processed products
Q1 2026
Feasibility study completion(completed)
- Consolidate all research into investment feasibility report
- Present product line options to board (cream, fat, powder, protein)
- Model 3-5 scenarios for margin improvement per litre
- Identify facility location and processing line CAPEX
Q2 2026
Investment decision & implementation launch(in progress)
- Board decision: proceed with processing line investment
- Secure financing (bank loan + potential EU subsidies)
- Procure processing equipment (evaporators, separators, dryers)
- Begin facility construction or adaptation
- Initiate client pipeline development in target export markets
2027+
Processing operations & market development(future work)
- Launch cream and skimmed milk product lines
- Export concentrated dairy products to Southern and Eastern Europe
- Develop whey protein powder sales to bakeries and food manufacturers
- Track margin per litre improvement vs. raw milk benchmark
