Meat & seafood — Ready-to-cook poultry contract manufacturers in Europe
13 ready-to-cook poultry contract manufacturers across 8 countries in Europe, with the largest concentrations in France (3), Germany (2) and Greece (2). Capabilities most often listed alongside: Meat & seafood — Charcuterie (9), Thermal — Industrial cooking (7) and Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat (6). BRCGS (6) is the most frequently listed credential.
13 entries
- Aggelakis SA (Kotopoula Aggelakis)
Larissa, Greece
Meat & seafood — Ready-to-cook poultry · Meat & seafood — Charcuterie
Major Greek poultry processor; chicken slaughter, processing, charcuterie; private-label.
- HKScan Estonia AS / Maag Eesti AS
Rakvere, Estonia
Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat · Meat & seafood — Charcuterie · Meat & seafood — Ready-to-cook poultry
Baltic's largest meat processor (~€186M revenue 2022, 1,157 employees). Pork (315k pigs/yr), beef (8.1k cattle/yr) and poultry (14.1M birds/yr Tabasalu); sausages, hams, ready meals; brands Rakvere and Tallegg.
- Kaišiadorių Paukštynas AB
Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
Meat & seafood — Ready-to-cook poultry
One of the largest poultry producers in the Baltics, part of the merged Linas Agro–KG Group. Chicken slaughter, cutting and processed products.
- LDC Group
Sable-sur-Sarthe, France
Thermal — Industrial cooking · Freezing — Block freezing · Meat & seafood — Ready-to-cook poultry +3 more
Largest EU poultry producer (LDC family, since 1968) — Galliance, Marie, Maître CoQ, Loué — for branded and MDD across multi-site operations.
- Maisadour
Mont-de-Marsan, France
Thermal — Industrial cooking · Thermal — Sterilization · Dry — Milling +2 more
Cooperative-owned Sud-Ouest leader (since 1936) — Delpeyrat, Comtesse du Barry — for duck, foie gras, charcuterie and maize.
- Maitre CoQ
Saint-Fulgent, France
Thermal — Industrial cooking · Meat & seafood — Ready-to-cook poultry
LDC subsidiary (since 1957) producing branded and MDD poultry.
- Master Good
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.
- PHW-Gruppe
Rechterfeld, Germany
Thermal — Industrial cooking · Freezing — Block freezing · Packaging — MAP (modified atmosphere) +3 more
Major poultry slaughter and processor (~8,000 FTE, since 1932) with Wiesenhof brand and Green Legend plant-based line.
- Pindos Coop
Ioannina, Greece
Meat & seafood — Ready-to-cook poultry · Meat & seafood — Charcuterie · Eggs — Liquid egg products
Cooperative poultry processor (Epirus); chicken, eggs, processed; private-label.
- Plukon Food Group BV
Wezep, Netherlands
Thermal — Industrial cooking · Freezing — IQF · Packaging — MAP (modified atmosphere) +3 more
Major Dutch poultry processor and ready-meal producer; private-label heavy and expanding into plant-based alternatives.
- Premium Food Group
Rheda-Wiedenbrueck, Germany
Thermal — Industrial cooking · Thermal — Smoking · Freezing — Block freezing +5 more
Largest German meat producer (~16,000 FTE, €6.3bn) — pork/beef slaughter, processing, sausages and convenience for major LEH (Aldi, Lidl, Rewe) and foodservice.
- Putnu Fabrika Ķekava AS
Ķekava, Latvia
Meat & seafood — Ready-to-cook poultry · Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat · Eggs — Liquid egg products
Latvia's largest poultry producer (Linas Agro Group since 2019). Chicken slaughter, cutting, marinated and processed; egg products.
- Vion Food Group NV
Boxtel, Netherlands
Thermal — Industrial cooking · Freezing — Block freezing · Packaging — MAP (modified atmosphere) +3 more
Major European pork and beef processor; processed meat and ready-to-cook private-label production.
Browse by sector
- Meat & seafood — Ready-to-cook poultry (13)
- Meat & seafood — Charcuterie (9)
- Thermal — Industrial cooking (7)
- Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat (6)
- Freezing — Block freezing (4)
- Packaging — MAP (modified atmosphere) (4)
- Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues (2)
- Eggs — Liquid egg products (2)
- Meat & seafood — Marinated meats (1)
- Thermal — Sterilization (1)
- Dry — Milling (1)
- Alt-protein — Pea protein (1)
- Freezing — IQF (1)
- Thermal — Smoking (1)
- Packaging — Vacuum packing (1)