Thermal — Sterilization companies in Europe
55 entries — page 2 of 3
- HAK BV
Netherlands — Giessen
Thermal — Sterilization / Wet — Liquid filling (glass) / Fruit & veg — Canned vegetables / Fruit & veg — Jams & fillings
Long-established jarred vegetables and pulses producer for retail private label and own brand.
- 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.
- Hosokawa Micron B.V.
Netherlands — Doetinchem
Dry — Milling / Dry — Grinding / Dry — Micronization / Dry — Sieving & sifting / Dry — Dry blending / Dry — Dry mixing / Dry — Agglomeration / Thermal — Sterilization / Packaging — Primary packaging
Hosokawa Micron B.V. is a powder processing specialist based in Doetinchem Netherlands that offers contract toll processing services in mixing blending drying agglomeration milling classification and steam sterilisation.
- Hottentot Spices B.V.
Netherlands — Maarssen
Dry — Grinding / Thermal — Sterilization / Dry — Sieving & sifting / Packaging — Repacking
Hottentot Spices B.V. is a Dutch herbs and spices importer based in Maarssen Netherlands that offers warehousing grinding steam sterilization and reconditioning services.
- Jean Henaff
France — Pouldreuzic
Thermal — Sterilization / Wet — Liquid filling (glass) / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie
Family-owned iconic producer (since 1907) of pâté and charcuterie en conserve — Pâté Hénaff — branded plus some private label.
- Kela Health (Kela NV)
Belgium — Sint-Niklaas
Wet — Aseptic filling / Thermal — Sterilization / Dry — Tableting / Supplements — Liquid supplements / Infant & medical — Medical nutrition
Belgian sterile-injectables CDMO with food-grade adjacency (animal health and infant nutrition crossover).
- 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.
- Larnaudie
France — Figeac
Thermal — Curing / Thermal — Sterilization / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie
LDC subsidiary (since 1893) Sud-Ouest specialty for foie gras, terrines and conserves.
- Le Graet Fidele
France — Carhaix
Thermal — Industrial cooking / Thermal — Sterilization / Pet food — Semi-moist
Le Graët group wet pet food contract specialist for mousses and bouchées en gelée (appertisé).
- Limagrain Ingredients
Netherlands — Weert
Dry — Milling / Thermal — Pasteurization / Thermal — Sterilization / Dry — Dry blending
Limagrain Ingredients is a French cooperative subsidiary with a Dutch production site in Weert Netherlands that produces clean-label heat-treated functional flours grits and toasted cereal ingredients for food pet food and feed.
- Maisadour
France — Mont-de-Marsan
Thermal — Industrial cooking / Thermal — Sterilization / Dry — Milling / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie / Meat & seafood — Ready-to-cook poultry
Cooperative-owned Sud-Ouest leader (since 1936) — Delpeyrat, Comtesse du Barry — for duck, foie gras, charcuterie and maize.
- Maison Lafitte
France — Montaut
Thermal — Sterilization / Wet — Liquid filling (glass) / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie
Family-owned (since 1920) producer of foie gras and conserves Sud-Ouest — Label Rouge — branded and private label.
- 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.
- Quality Oats
Netherlands — Veendam
Dry — Milling / Dry — Grinding / Thermal — Sterilization
Dutch processor of 100% domestically grown gluten-free oats; supplying dehulled groats and oat-based ingredients to the food industry.
- 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 BV
Netherlands — Hattem
Thermal — Retorting / Thermal — Sterilization / Packaging — Canning / Packaging — Pouching / Pet food — Wet (cans, trays, pouches) / Pet food — Dry kibble (extruded, pressed, baked) / Pet food — Treats & chews
One of Europe's most successful private-label pet food manufacturers; ~250 staff at Hattem. Subsidiary of heristo group (Germany).
- 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.
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- Pet food — Semi-moist (10)
- Thermal — Pasteurization (10)
- Dry — Sieving & sifting (9)
- Meat & seafood — Charcuterie (9)
- Packaging — Canning (8)
- Pet food — Treats & chews (8)
- Packaging — Primary packaging (7)
- Wet — Liquid filling (glass) (7)
- Thermal — Retorting (6)
- Fruit & veg — Canned vegetables (6)
- Extrusion — Pet food extrusion (5)
- Thermal — Industrial cooking (5)
- Dry — Micronization (4)
- Packaging — Repacking (4)
- Packaging — Pouching (4)
- Sauces — Soups (4)
- Dry — Dry mixing (3)
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- Fruit & veg — Jams & fillings (3)
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