Meat & seafood contract manufacturers in Europe

Tilburg, Netherlands

Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat · Meat & seafood — Charcuterie · Meat & seafood — Marinated meats +4 more

Group of Butchers is a leading European producer of private-label meats, smoked and BBQ sausages, soups, meals, salads, spreads, and dips with over 3,500 employees across 50+ facilities in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany.

Quimperle, France

Thermal — Industrial cooking · Freezing — Block freezing · Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat +2 more

Bigard family-owned (since 1968) dominant beef major (Charal, Socopa) with 60 sites and 28 abattoirs for branded and MDD.

Strasbourg, France

Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat · Meat & seafood — Smoked fish · Bakery — Viennoiserie / laminated dough +2 more

Groupe Française de Gastronomie is a French co-manufacturer specializing in gourmet frozen and fresh prepared dishes featuring escargots, seafood, and laminated pastry products for distribution and catering.

Alhama de Murcia, Spain

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

Major pork and processed meat producer (1954) with private-label for retailers including Lidl and El Corte Inglés.

Vila Nova de Famalicao, Portugal

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

Major charcuterie holding (~1960) with ~700 employees across 3 industrial units producing bacon, ham, chouriço and sausages with significant private-label exports.

Lleida, Spain

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

Vertically integrated pork group supplying industrial cuts and processed meat.

Sweden

Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat · Pasta & rice — Fresh pasta · Sauces — Gravies +1 more

Gunnar Dafgård AB is a Swedish food manufacturer producing ready-to-eat meals including lasagne, meatballs, schnitzel, and other prepared dishes for retail and foodservice channels.

Gyula, Hungary

Meat & seafood — Charcuterie

City of Gyula 2013 medium Gyulai kolbász PGI producer plus liver sausage and frankfurters.

Histon, United Kingdom

Sauces — Cold sauces · Fruit & veg — Jams & fillings · Confectionery — Pralines +1 more

Major Hain Daniels group across Histon HQ, Pontefract and Fakenham producing Linda McCartney's, Hartley's, Sun-Pat, Robertson's, Frank Cooper's, Mary Berry's and Cully & Sully (IE) — currently being broken up via PE sale.

Sweden

Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues

Findus/Nomad plant-based brand.

Babice nad Svitavou, Czech Republic

Meat & seafood — Charcuterie · Sauces — Cold sauces

Orkla Group Czech operation across Babice, Bzenec, Kunovice, Podivín and Staré Město producing pâtés, ready meals and canned meat under Májka and Hamé brands.

Pians, Austria

Meat & seafood — Charcuterie

Pians 1902 Tirol Speck PGI, Bergspeck and raw-sausage producer with AMA quality seal.

Frellesvig, Denmark

Meat & seafood — Charcuterie

Organic charcuterie producer.

Chateaudun, France

Extrusion — Low-moisture extrusion (LME / TVP) · Extrusion — High-moisture extrusion (HME) · Extrusion — Twin-screw +2 more

Plant-based meat producer (since 2019) running wet/twin-screw extrusion for plant-based sausages and burgers — own plant with some co-mfg capacity.

Oulu, Finland

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

Oulu fish processor.

Kuopio, Finland

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

Kuopio fish processor.

Helsinki, Finland

Beverages — Dairy drinks · Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat

Helsinki foodservice dairy and meat distributor.

Rietberg, Germany

Sauces — Dips · Sauces — Cold sauces · Fruit & veg — Purees +4 more

Leading German delicatessen manufacturer producing salads, antipasti, hummus, and specialty prepared foods for retail, food service and private label customers since 1912.

Großen-Buseck, Germany

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

Family-run butcher specializing in traditional raw sausages (Rohwurst) made without rapid curing cultures, using German meat and natural maturation since 1930.

Bad Rothenfelde, Germany

Thermal — Industrial cooking · Thermal — Sterilization · Packaging — Canning +6 more

Heavy private-label group (~€1.4bn, since 1908) — Stockmeyer, Saturn Petcare, Ferdi Fuchs, Provital, Riedl across cooked sausage, convenience, fish.

Guijuelo, Spain

Meat & seafood — Charcuterie

PDO Guijuelo Iberian ham producer offering private-label.

Matra, Hungary

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

Mátra-region pork processor.

Urk, Netherlands

Meat & seafood — Fish processing · Meat & seafood — Smoked fish · Meat & seafood — Surimi +1 more

Het Urker Zalmhuys supplies fresh and smoked salmon in various formats including fillets, portions, and loins sourced from Norway, Scotland, Ireland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. The company also processes frozen fish, seafood, and surimi products across Europe.

Barcelona, Spain

Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues · Dairy — Plant-based cheese · Pasta & rice — Dry pasta

Major plant-based meat producer (2017) using Spanish co-manufacturers for scale-up.