Our ingredients will give your chocolate and confectionery products a natural richness and mouthfeel for unbeatable creaminess and flavour.

Chocolate & confectionery

Our ingredients can be used in a wide range of bakery applications, our attention to detail ensures that consumers enjoy the premium quality they expect.

Bakery

Ingredients suitable for high quality cheese products.

Cheese

Our ingredients provide a clean, milky flavour to canned milk products.

Canned milk

From bespoke creations to classic crowd-pleasers. Our ingredients hero full flavour, nutritional value and creamy texture.

Ice cream

Our ingredients have your yoghurt and cultured needs covered, ensuring full flavour, creamy texture and nutrition. 

Yogurt & cultured foods

Providing nutritional benefits and a clean, milky flavour to liquid milk and other ready to drink products.

RTD liquid milk & beverages

Our ingredients are perfect for a range of formulations. Natural in richness and a creamy, full flavour mouthful. 

Dips, sauces & desserts

Ingredients to provide clean, milky flavour and whitening to coffee creamer applications.

Coffee creamer

Ingredients that will give your powdered beverages a delicious milky flavour, with multiple nutritional benefits.

Powdered beverages

With a clean, natural taste that adds function, texture and nutritional benefits to your performance products. 

Performance nutrition

A range of specialty ingredients made with the highest care, attention and superior quality necessary for paediatric nutrition.

Paediatric nutrition

A range of ingredients that are nutritionally rich and recognised for helping stimulate cell growth and support immunity. 

Health supplements

Take advantage of the antimicrobial and oral health benefits that can be provided by bioactives. 

Oral hygiene

Take advantage of the antimicrobial and skin care benefits that can be provided by bioactives.

Skin care

We’re excited to introduce Yifan Li, Westland’s Head of Group Supply and Infant Nutrition Sales.

Introducing Yifan Li

Each year, on June 1, rural New Zealand quietly undergoes one of the biggest coordinated movements in the farming calendar - and most people outside the country have never heard of it. 

What is 'Moving Day'? A uniquely New Zealand farming tradition

Farmers supplying Westland and who have been strong performers in our regional New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards are unanimous when it comes to the benefits entering the awards can bring.

We are growing Westpro’s product reach worldwide

Milk collection on the rugged West Coast of New Zealand is no small feat.

Behind the scenes of milk collection

Join our Head of Ingredients, Tony Rayner, and Global Account Manager, Jonathan Saunders, as they take you behind the scenes at Food Ingredients China in Shanghai last month.

Inside Food Ingredients China

By Susan Coveney, Global Account Manager.

Exploring Bioactive opportunities at In-Cosmetics Global

New Zealand’s West Coast is home to some of the most spectacular natural landscapes in the country and some of the most extreme weather.

Why is New Zealand’s West Coast so wet? A closer look at our home’s wild weather. 

Westland Milk Products are now 100% owners of Pure Nutrition, a dairy blending and canning facility in Canterbury New Zealand.

Consumer milk powder co-pack capability

Westland is in the peak of its milk production season which got away to a strong start after a very mild winter resulted in good grass growth with cows calving in excellent condition.

Milk season off to a good start

Westland Milk Products wishes to advise that Zhiqiang Li is the company’s acting Chief Executive Officer, effective, Friday, January 31 2025.

Change of management at Westland.

We increased the volume of products we shipped out in the last quarter of 2024 following a strong start to the milk season, high demand for our milk products and our ability to process and deliver the higher volume of our product to our customers.

Westland increases sales on the back of increased milk supply and strong product demand

Our Head of Customer Experience at Westland Milk Products.

Meet Nicki Fraser

Westpro has increased its capacity to produce high quality skim milk powder with the addition of product from its sister company Oceania Dairy Limited plant at Glenavy, South Canterbury.

Glenavy plant boosts skim milk powder production

The popularity of bovine colostrum has skyrocketed in recent years, with well-being influencers across all the popular social media platforms talking about the latest colostrum supplements to boost immunity, enhance athletic performance, support digestive health and more.

The Unique Challenges of Collecting Colostrum in New Zealand

Entering Dairy Awards brings reward

Brett Paterson, a Westpro Global Account Manager recently visited Saudi Arabia and Dubai to meet with direct customers and two distributors.

Strengthening our ties with the Middle East.

Westland is proud to announce the successful attainment of ISO 14001 certification, a global benchmark for environmental management systems.

Full team effort behind ISO 14001 certification.

Our Global Account Manager, specialising in the sales of Westpro Milk Powder and Proteins across New Zealand, Australia, and the Middle East.

Meet Brett Paterson

Thank you to everyone who gave us feedback in our Voice of Customer surveys over the past two years.

We value our customer feedback.

Our care for our staff, our communities and our environment recognised.

Westland Milk Products passes comprehensive SMETA/SEDEX audit.

Sustainability Week was a chance for Westpro’s staff to appreciate their role in the success of our journey to embed sustainability in our operation and become more socially responsible.

Sustainability a team effort at Westpro

Westland’s connection to the Yili Innovation Centres (YICs), global innovation powerhouses owned by our parent company Yili, is helping us in our quest for new products, processes and technologies.

Yili Innovation Centres – a huge asset for Westland

Westland continues to perform strongly with an an after-tax profit of $55.9 million in 2023, a further improvement on its outstanding result in the previous year.

Good news in a year of challenges

Westland’s export team welcomes global improvement in shipping services

Westland Milk Products has given its Westpro brand a fresh new look that better reflects the premium nature of the product range.

Boost for Westpro’s dairy range

Westland Milk Products is expected to deliver another billion-dollar revenue financial year in 2023 and a profit of around $NZ40 million. Westland CEO Richard Wyeth said the result, repeating last year’s performance, puts Westland in a strong position to maintain sustainable, healthy trading balances year-on-year.

Westland extends billion-dollar result

Westland Milk Products’ suppliers have helped the company move up global independent rankings for corporate social responsibility.

Suppliers help put Westland in world’s top 5% for ethical management

Westpro is cementing its place as a world leader in the production of high value bioactive ingredients with its new $70 million specialised plant to be built at Westland Milk Products Hokitika facility.

New Lactoferrin Plant further boost for Westland as global dairy leader

Westland has the best of both worlds when it comes to product development. We get support and expertise and work collaboratively with the Yili Innovation Centres, but we also run our own research and development projects using our skilled in-house innovation team.

Product development – a huge focus

Consumer buying habits in China, a major market for our products, are very different to 10 years ago, with a significant shift to online buying across nearly all categories.

Chinese consumers switch to online purchasing.

The first lactoferrin produced at our new $70 million Lactoferrin plant will be heading to customers all over the world before the end of the year.

Lactoferrin Plant will increase Westpro’s product range.

While sports people are the traditional target for high protein foods, there is a growing trend for other demographics, particularly seniors, to switch to a high protein diet for various health and wellbeing reasons.

Westpro products catering for diets high in protein.

Our endeavours to reduce the amount of waste we are sending to landfill is paying dividends according to the results of our second CSR Progress Update on our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy.

Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy making an impact.

Westland is going the extra mile to protect and care for our environment and our community. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy is core to our overall business strategy.

Corporate Social Responsibility core to our business.

We’re being creative in our thinking as we try to reduce the waste we are sending to landfill, and our staff are getting right behind our endeavours.

We are making inroads on reducing our waste.

We have reduced the coal needed to heat the boilers at Westland’s Hokitika plant by up to 45 truck and trailer loads a year due to the success of a heat recovery project initiated three years ago.

Waste heat from our factory reducing our coal use.

India is a potential market for Westpro’s Whey Protein Concentrate where whey protein is used widely as an egg replacer and in nutritional products.

India – a potential market for our protein products.

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Welcome to the latest Westpro News. As we wrap up the past season and step into the 2025–26 season, we take a look at Moving Day – a key moment in New Zealand’s dairy calendar and chat to a supplier who made the move. We also explore why our West Coast’s rainy climate is ideal for dairying.

We’re pleased to share the return of our Westpro SoluNate™ Sodium Caseinate to our protein range, along with exciting personal care opportunities for Westpro’s BioactiveMax Lactoferrin following a global trade show visit by our Global Account Manager, Susan Coveney.

As always, if you want to know more, please get in touch. 

The 2024/25 milk season finished on a strong note with the overall volume of milk collected largely in line with the previous year. We collected around 650 million litres of milk during the 2024-25 season from our suppliers farming on the West Coast and East Coast of the South Island. While milk supply typically peaks in October and November, an unusually wet spring on the West Coast meant this season’s peak was softer than the previous two years.  However, in what has been a season of contrasts, the weather improved over summer resulting in collections rebounding in January and February this year with volumes slightly above those for the same period of previous years. The momentum has continued with the season finishing strongly to bring volumes back to near normal. Our Canterbury suppliers enjoyed a favourable season with the volume of milk collected outperforming pre-season expectations. This was helped by steady rainfall and cooler temperatures that supported good grass growth and consistent production. Many of our farmer suppliers have milked later into the season than usual to take advantage of the favourable autumn pasture growth. Looking ahead, we are now officially into the 2025/26 season. 

End of season update from Mark Lockington, Westland’s General Manager Environment and Milk Supply 

Westland farm supplier Jonny Hamilton of Darfield, Canterbury was one of hundreds of dairy farmers throughout the country who marked the start of the new dairy season by moving his family’s dairy herd. Thirty-three of our farmer suppliers hit the road on June 1, the traditional “moving day” for the New Zealand dairy industry. In a long-held tradition unique to New Zealand, June 1 which heralds the start of the new dairy season, is D-day for sharemilkers, contract milkers and farm staff to move their stock, equipment and families to their new farm. While some truck their stock and equipment, others walk their dairy stock by road. Jonny and farm manager Tom Marr enlisted the help of family and friends to move their 800 Friesian cows, from the home farm to winter grazing on a farm 12 kilometres away at Greendale.  

What is ‘Moving Day’? A uniquely Kiwi farming tradition

The West Coast of New Zealand is famous for its dramatic landscapes — and its dramatic weather. Thanks to its unique geography and the prevailing westerly winds known as the Roaring Forties, this rugged region receives more rainfall than anywhere else in the country. That rain is liquid gold for our farmer suppliers. Discover how the rain shapes the land, the lifestyle, and the world-class dairy farming we’re proud to call the home of our Westpro products.  

Why is the West Coast so wet? Exploring our wild weather

Westpro is expanding its protein portfolio to meet market needs as global demand for protein continues to rise - driven by growing consumer awareness of its health benefits and shifting dietary trends. In addition to our existing MPC70/85, Casein, and WPC80 offerings, we’re reintroducing Caseinate to our product line-up with the launch of Westpro SoluNate™ Sodium Caseinate. This spray-dried protein powder is made from premium-quality acid casein and is highly functional across a wide range of applications including nutritional foods, diet products, beverages, creamers, soups, sauces, cheeses and baked goods. Westpro SoluNate™ delivers excellent opacity and foam structure in creamers, and its bland, milky flavour makes it ideal for flavour-sensitive formulations and high-protein beverages. 

If you’d like to learn more about SoluNate™, please get in touch. 

Westpro’s Global Account Manager Susan Coveney has returned from In-Cosmetics Global in Amsterdam, one of the world’s premier trade shows for personal care ingredients, encouraged and excited about the potential for the use of Westpro’s BioactiveMax ingredients, particularly Lactoferrin, in skincare, supplements, and women’s health. Lactoferrin is a natural glycoprotein found in milk with its well-documented antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and iron binding properties making it a promising candidate for a range of health and beauty applications. 

The news was also good for our Westpro products at last month’s Saudi Foodshow in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s largest food and beverage show. Brett Paterson who’s responsible for our sales in this region, caught up with current customers and explored opportunities for new business when he attended the event where around 1300 exhibitors from 100 countries showcased the latest trends, advancements and opportunities. While not as large as Gulfoods in Dubai, Saudi Foodshow is growing rapidly to become another key event on the calendar. 

Brett says customers appreciated the personal connection and he found strong demand for product. It was also positive to hear that Westland’s name is held in high regard. Our Westgold Butter, Westpro High Heat, Heat Stable (HHHS) Skim and Milk Protein Concentrate (MPC) 70 were mentioned frequently as customer favourites. With the region sitting in between the EU and Oceania, the Middle East is a competitive market, and pricing is always a key driver for final procurement decisions, Brett says. 

Positive feedback on our products at Saudi Foodshow

Stay informed about key industry events that the Westpro team will be attending. This events calendar highlights opportunities to connect with us in person, get in touch and we look forward to meeting you.

Westpro-Events-Calendar.pdf

Explore our Insights page for the latest updates and expert perspectives on the global dairy industry and our role in it.

Keeping you in the know

June News

What is 'Moving Day'? A uniquely New Zealand farming tradition

Why is New Zealand’s West Coast so wet? A closer look at our home’s wild weather.

Exploring Bioactive opportunities at In-Cosmetics Global

What is 'Moving Day'? A uniquely New Zealand farming tradition

Why is New Zealand’s West Coast so wet? A closer look at our home’s wild weather.

Exploring Bioactive opportunities at In-Cosmetics Global

What is 'Moving Day'? A uniquely New Zealand farming tradition

Why is New Zealand’s West Coast so wet? A closer look at our home’s wild weather.

Exploring Bioactive opportunities at In-Cosmetics Global

Explore our Insights page for the latest updates and expert perspectives on the global dairy industry and our role in it.

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