Salt cod contract manufacturers in Europe

Trofa, Portugal

Meat & seafood — Fish processing · Meat & seafood — Smoked fish · Freezing — Block freezing

Multi-site frozen seafood, cephalopod and salt cod producer (~€194M turnover) with plants in Portugal, Spain (smoked salmon/cod) and Norway (salted cod); strong B2B and private-label presence.

Aveiro, Portugal

Meat & seafood — Fish processing · Freezing — Block freezing

Aveiro-based frozen fish processor active in salt cod and pelagic species.

Gafanha da Nazare, Portugal

Meat & seafood — Fish processing · Freezing — Block freezing

Major Aveiro salt cod and frozen fish processor (1981) with significant private-label and own-brand business.

Moita, Portugal

Meat & seafood — Fish processing · Freezing — Block freezing

World's largest cod processing plant (1985) handling ~30,000 tonnes/year (~8-10% of global cod catch); produces traditional dried-salted cod and ready-to-cook deep-frozen desalted cod for retail and foodservice with major private-label across Iberia and Brazil.