Thermal — Sterilization companies in Germany
21 entries
- Anifit Provital Tiernahrung GmbH
Germany — Karlsruhe
Thermal — Sterilization / Packaging — Canning / Pet food — Semi-moist / Pet food — Treats & chews
Premium wet dog/cat food producer (since 1992).
- Animonda Petfood GmbH
Germany — Verden
Extrusion — Pet food extrusion / Thermal — Sterilization / Pet food — Semi-moist / Pet food — Treats & chews
Wet/dry pet food producer (since 1965, heristo).
- Bewital petfood GmbH & Co KG
Germany — Suedlohn-Oeding
Extrusion — Pet food extrusion / Thermal — Sterilization / Pet food — Treats & chews / Pet food — Semi-moist
Modern dry+wet pet food capacity (~550 FTE, since 1958) — Belcando, Leonardo brands plus PL for specialist trade.
- Bindewald & Gutting Mühlengruppe
Germany — Bischheim
Dry — Milling / Dry — Dry blending / Thermal — Sterilization / Bakery — Bread
Germany's largest family-run milling group with 10 plants processing 2.2 Mt of wheat, rye, spelt, durum and maize annually.
- Christopherus Hundefutter
Germany — Welver
Extrusion — Pet food extrusion / Thermal — Sterilization / Pet food — Treats & chews / Pet food — Semi-moist
Dry and wet dog food producer with private-label.
- Davert GmbH
Germany — Ascheberg
Dry — Sieving & sifting / Thermal — Sterilization / Packaging — Primary packaging / Dry — Dry blending
Major German organic ingredients processor cleaning, treating and packing 35,000 t/year of grains, pulses and seeds for retail and B2B customers.
- Deuerer Pet Food GmbH
Germany — Bretten
Extrusion — Pet food extrusion / Thermal — Sterilization / Pet food — Treats & chews / Pet food — Semi-moist
Big European PL pet food producer (since 1937) across multiple plants.
- Gimborn Deutschland GmbH
Germany — Emmerich
Thermal — Sterilization / Packaging — Pouching / Pet food — Semi-moist / Pet food — Treats & chews
Pet food, snacks and hygiene producer (since 1855).
- GoodMills Innovation
Germany — Hamburg
Dry — Milling / Dry — Micronization / Thermal — Sterilization / Separation — Protein concentration
Specialty cereal-ingredients division of GoodMills Group producing clean-label functional flours, fibres and pulse-based ingredients.
- Hamburger Gewurzmuehle (HGM)
Germany — Hamburg
Dry — Milling / Dry — Grinding / Dry — Dry blending / Dry — Sieving & sifting / Thermal — Sterilization / Packaging — Primary packaging
90+ year direct importer and processor of 1000+ spices, herbs and blends. 14 milling lines, 8 cleaning units, steam sterilisation, opto-electronic sorting and blending. Private-label organic and conventional spice mixes.
- heristo AG
Germany — Bad Rothenfelde
Thermal — Industrial cooking / Thermal — Sterilization / Packaging — Canning / Packaging — Vacuum packing / Packaging — MAP (modified atmosphere) / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie / Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat / Meat & seafood — Fish processing / Pet food — Semi-moist
Heavy private-label group (~€1.4bn, since 1908) — Stockmeyer, Saturn Petcare, Ferdi Fuchs, Provital, Riedl across cooked sausage, convenience, fish.
- Krautermuhle Friedrich GmbH & Co. KG
Germany — Lichtenfels
Dry — Milling / Dry — Grinding / Dry — Micronization / Thermal — Sterilization / Dry — Dry blending
Toll milling, cutting and granulating of spices, teas, herbs and seeds down to fine powder including cryogenic milling at minus 60 degrees. Proprietary Bactosafe steam decontamination. Organic certified.
- Martin Bauer GmbH & Co. KG
Germany — Vestenbergsgreuth
Supplements — Herbal extracts / Dry — Milling / Dry — Grinding / Thermal — Sterilization
Tea and herb sourcing, processing (cutting, milling, sterilisation) and botanical raw material supply. Approx 200 raw materials and integrated cultivation programme (mabagrown). Parent of Finzelberg and Plantextrakt.
- Megro GmbH (Juchem-Gruppe)
Germany — Großrosseln
Dry — Milling / Dry — Grinding / Thermal — Sterilization / Bakery — Breakfast cereals
Saarland-based oat processor producing flakes, kernels, bran and hydrothermally treated oat flours for food manufacturers.
- Mueggenburg Pflanzliche Rohstoffe GmbH & Co. KG
Germany — Hamburg
Dry — Milling / Dry — Grinding / Dry — Sieving & sifting / Thermal — Sterilization / Packaging — Repacking
4th-generation family supplier of 1000+ botanical raw materials from 60+ countries. Toll services include grinding, cutting, granulating and sterilising. Serves food, pharma, supplement and animal feed industries.
- Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA
Germany — Elmshorn
Dry — Milling / Dry — Grinding / Thermal — Sterilization / Bakery — Breakfast cereals / Bakery — Muesli
Major German oat miller in Elmshorn producing oat flakes, mueslis and breakfast cereals since 1820.
- Rubin Mühle GmbH
Germany — Lahr
Dry — Milling / Dry — Grinding / Thermal — Sterilization / Bakery — Breakfast cereals / Alt-protein — Textured vegetable protein (TVP)
Germany's largest organic oat processor; produces flakes, flours, crispies, extrudates and plant-protein texturates for food manufacturers.
- Saalemühle Alsleben
Germany — Alsleben
Dry — Milling / Thermal — Sterilization / Bakery — Bread
Large German flour mill (Bindewald & Gutting group) producing soft wheat, durum, rye and spelt flours plus thermally treated specialty flours.
- Saturn Petcare GmbH
Germany — Bremen
Thermal — Sterilization / Packaging — Pouching / Packaging — Canning / Pet food — Semi-moist
Major PL pet food producer in EU (since 1997, heristo) — wet pet food, pouches and trays.
- Schälmühle Vetschau
Germany — Vetschau
Dry — Milling / Dry — Grinding / Thermal — Sterilization
Grain processing specialist operating 24/7 in oat dehulling, flaking and heat treatment; handles spelt, buckwheat, barley and ancient grains as toll processor.
- Seitz Tiernahrung GmbH
Germany — Wiesentheid
Extrusion — Pet food extrusion / Thermal — Sterilization / Pet food — Treats & chews / Pet food — Semi-moist
Dog and cat dry/wet PL pet food producer.
Sectors in Germany
- Thermal — Sterilization (21)
- Dry — Milling (11)
- Pet food — Semi-moist (9)
- Dry — Grinding (8)
- Pet food — Treats & chews (7)
- Extrusion — Pet food extrusion (5)
- Dry — Dry blending (4)
- Packaging — Canning (3)
- Dry — Sieving & sifting (3)
- Bakery — Breakfast cereals (3)
- Bakery — Bread (2)
- Packaging — Primary packaging (2)
- Packaging — Pouching (2)
- Dry — Micronization (2)
- Separation — Protein concentration (1)
- Thermal — Industrial cooking (1)
- Packaging — Vacuum packing (1)
- Packaging — MAP (modified atmosphere) (1)
- Meat & seafood — Charcuterie (1)
- Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat (1)
- Meat & seafood — Fish processing (1)
- Supplements — Herbal extracts (1)
- Packaging — Repacking (1)
- Bakery — Muesli (1)
