Meat & seafood contract manufacturers in Europe

Larissa, Greece

Meat & seafood — Ready-to-cook poultry · Meat & seafood — Charcuterie

Major Greek poultry processor; chicken slaughter, processing, charcuterie; private-label.

Lumbier, Spain

Meat & seafood — Charcuterie · Meat & seafood — Marinated meats

Heritage charcuterie producer (1914) with private-label across 30+ countries plus the Estirpe Negra ibérico line.

Vilnius, Lithuania

Beverages — Dairy drinks · Bakery — Granola · Eggs — Liquid egg products +4 more

Europe's largest vertically-integrated organic food company (1,200+ employees; 39,000 ha certified organic). Organic milk, kefir, curd, sour cream, oat flakes, eggs, organic chicken, whole-grain wheat/rye/spelt flour, cold-pressed rapeseed oil, organic mushrooms and soups. Listed in Vilnius and Warsaw.

Athens, Greece

Meat & seafood — Fish processing

Largest Mediterranean aquaculture group (merger of Andromeda + Selonda + Nireus + Perseus). Sea bream, sea bass, processed fish. Major private-label supplier.

Salacgrīva, Latvia

Meat & seafood — Fish processing · Packaging — Canning

Latvia's flagship sprat heritage canner (founded 1949). Riga sprats trademark holder; herring, mackerel and >100 SKUs including transparent-cap tins. Exports to 40 countries (80% export).

Burgos, Spain

Meat & seafood — Charcuterie · Meat & seafood — Marinated meats · Bakery — Bread

Major cooked ham, sausage, pâté and pizza producer (Sigma Alimentos) with private-label for Lidl, DIA, Carrefour and El Corte Inglés.

Riga, Latvia

Meat & seafood — Fish processing · Packaging — Canning · Alt-protein — Pea protein

Major canned and plant-based seafood producer (€66M turnover; 16,000+ MT fish processed in 2020). Mackerel, herring, sardines, sprats, tuna, salmon, mussels and a vegan seafood line. Exports to 46 countries; large private-label producer for European supermarkets.

Crete (Rethymno), Greece

Meat & seafood — Charcuterie · Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat

Crete-based premium charcuterie producer with patented olive-oil-infused meat process. Private-label and export.

Kaposvar, Hungary

Meat & seafood — Charcuterie · Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat

Italian Pedranzini and Ruffini families Kaposvár 1969 large pork specialist (~900 staff, 30,000 m², ~800,000 pigs/yr) with approximately 70% MAP fresh-meat market share producing Italian-style cooked ham, Prosciutto Crudo and Bresaola.

Kostelec u Jihlavy, Czech Republic

Meat & seafood — Charcuterie · Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat

Agrofert Kostelec 1917 large meat processor (1,000-1,499 staff) producing dry salami, fermented sausages, frankfurters, hams and canned meat with Japan, Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus certifications.

Kisvarda, Hungary

Meat & seafood — Ready-to-cook poultry · Meat & seafood — Charcuterie · Alt-protein — Pea protein

Family-owned (Bárány) Kisvárda and Petneháza 1994 very large vertically integrated poultry group (~€700m turnover 2024) processing approximately 50% of Hungarian poultry; €190m capacity-doubling 2026.

Goes, Netherlands

Alt-protein — Textured vegetable protein (TVP) · Alt-protein — Pea protein · Alt-protein — Fava protein +2 more

Meatless B.V. (BENEO/Sudzucker) produces texturized plant-based ingredients from rice, faba bean, wheat, pea, lupin and quinoa, offering B2B contract supply with customisable IQF and dehydrated formats for meat and fish alternative applications.

Athens (Koropi), Greece

Meat & seafood — Fish processing · Meat & seafood — Smoked fish

Major Mediterranean aquaculture: sea bream, sea bass, fingerlings, fillets and processed fish. Private-label and B2B.

Tallinn, Estonia

Meat & seafood — Surimi · Meat & seafood — Fish processing · Freezing — IQF

Vičiūnai Group subsidiary producing breaded fish products, burger fingers, pizzas, crepes and surimi (~10,000 t finished products in 2022). 90% exported to 35 countries under the ESVA brand.

Szeged, Hungary

Meat & seafood — Charcuterie · Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat

Bonafarm Szeged 1869 very large meat group (~2,200 staff, ~40,000 t/yr including 11,000 t mould-ripened salami) producing PICK Téliszalámi Hungaricum, HERZ, Família and Ringa brands across Szeged, Baja and Alsómocsolád.