Eldoville Dairies was founded in June 1985 by Lucy and James Karuga on a family farm near Ol Joro Orok in Nyandarua, Kenya. It began with a single crossbred cow named "Kioo," providing 20 litres of milk a day, and a hand cream separator producing just 2 litres of cream.
A breakthrough came when Hotel Intercontinental Nairobi needed 20 litres of cream daily. The Karugas invested in Jersey cows for higher-cream milk, and within a year were supplying the hotel - which then asked for yoghurt too. Within a year, Eldoville was producing around 50 litres of yoghurt daily in ten different flavours. As we like to say, "Eldoville effectively became a caterer to other caterers."
In 2005, with support from DANIDA and Danish expertise, we began producing our own cheese - Cheddar, Mozzarella, Feta, Paneer, Cream Cheese, Brie, and Camembert. Our single-portion cheeses went on to replace European imports on international flights served through JKIA's NAS kitchen, and by 2009 we'd added single-portion butter packs to airline catering too.
In 2017, we introduced WHEY COOL, a protein and mineral-rich drink made from cheese whey - turning a by-product of our cheese-making into something new for a younger generation of customers.
"Our mission is to be the leader in value addition within the dairy sector and food processing across Kenya and the Eastern Africa region."
HACCP Certified
SGS, 2007
ISO 22000
Certified 2011
FSSC 22000 v5.1
SGS, 2023
Trusted by
Nairobi Hospital • Aga Khan Hospital • Carnivore • Cold Stone Franchise • LSG Sky Chefs
