Committed to quality
At Holland Malt, quality is our foundation — rooted in decades of delivering excellence. We meticulously trace every batch of barley, from variety development through sowing, growth, harvest, and arrival at our maltings. Our team regularly visits fields across the UK, France, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia, staying closely connected to crop progress. We source from these prime malting regions — eight origins in total — to balance harvest variability and ensure consistent quality. With over 300 individual silos, diverse barley varieties, and precision blending, we tailor malt to exact brewing specifications and maintain batch-to-batch mastery.
Food and safety
Our experienced quality specialists and maltsters conduct extensive testing — from moisture and protein to germination — and tightly manage every process step. We also leverage our in-house brewing expertise and test brewery, where new batches are validated through micro-malts and pilot-scale brews before full-scale production. Our in-house lab in Lieshout plays a key role in this process, offering advanced analytical capabilities that support quality control, product innovation, and recipe development. We back our commitment with internationally-à recognised certifications — FSSC 22000 and GMP+ — demonstrating our dedication to food safety, product integrity, and batch-to-batch excellence.
Multiple sourcing
By sourcing malting barley from more than eight carefully selected regions across Europe and beyond, we build flexibility into our supply chain, reducing risk and increasing reliability. We guarantee a stable, high-quality barley supply, ensuring the consistent malt performance our customers expect harvest after harvest.
Our sourcing stretches from the barley fields of the Netherlands — with most grown in the north, close to our malthouse in Eemshaven — to the renowned malting regions of France and the cooler, favourable northern climates of Denmark and Sweden, which also provide ideal conditions for high-quality barley. Of course, growing conditions vary from year to year across all regions, reflecting the natural character of the crop and making malting both a craft and a challenge. Select additional origins, including the United Kingdom, add further resilience to our network. Thanks to our multiple sourcing strategy, we can shift the focus of our blends between sourcing regions depending on harvest outcomes, ensuring consistent quality and performance in every batch we produce.
In-house brewing knowledge
Holland Malt has vast experience in the brewing industry. We offer our clients brewing tests and brewing wisdom at our maltings in Lieshout. Our brewing and malt experts also visit our clients all over the world, advising them on their brewing processes. As well as the new standards we are setting in sustainability.
Barley Selection & Farmers - Holland MaltState-of-the-art laboratory
At Holland Malt, quality control starts at the source and continues throughout the entire malting process. That’s why we are equipped with our own fully integrated, ultra-modern laboratory.
In this lab, every batch of barley and malt is thoroughly tested to ensure it meets our strict quality standards. We don’t just rely on internal testing, we also collaborate closely with accredited external laboratories in the Netherlands, France, the UK, and Germany, for independent verification and added assurance.
Our laboratory - Holland Malt
Our quality is no secret
Having our own laboratory means that we not only carry out tests, we can also test our tests. To corroborate the first results, supplementing these with a germination test and rapid mycotoxin analysis (ELISA) of each batch. These tests provide a good overview of malting performance.
We can conclude, based on our results over the decades, that our continued focus on safety issues pays off, with respect to the quality of the malts we produce. The production of malt for brewer and distillers requires excellent healthy high-quality barley, nothing less. A conviction also shared by our suppliers.
Get in touch with our quality team
100 years of experience in malting and brewing, means that we have the in-depth knowledge to provide valuable assistance to brewers and distillers. Our team of experts will be delighted to help you with any questions or issues you may have regarding your production process. Please feel free to contact our Quality & Development team if you have any specific requests.
Holland Malt Quality and support team
PÂ +31 499 428 201
M quality@hollandmalt.com
