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Suppliers
Private label specialist
With 17 production plants in eight European countries, United
Petfood is regarded as a leading manufacturer of private label
pet food and snacks.
tries, most recently in Llangadog,
Pencader and Long ridge in the
United Kingdom.
United Petfood specialises
in the three product catego-
ries of dry food, moist food in
pouches, trays and tins, and
biscuits and treats. It focuses
on private labels for pet stores,
e-commerce companies and the
mass market.
Service for customers
“Our partners can expect far
more than just the usual supplier/
customer relationship,” empha-
sises United Petfood. A service
package is offered that will as-
The parent plant is in Ghent in The history of the Belgian family generation of the family at the sist customers with a successful
Belgium. firm dates back to 1937, when helm of the company, that pet product launch. To achieve this,
Michel Dumoulin opened his plant food production commenced, United Petfood concentrates on
for the production of compound which is now the sole focus of building long-term partnerships
feed. It was only in 1994, with the company. On the way to be- based on trust and transparency.
Dominiek Dumoulin of the third coming the leading manufac- The company invests contin-
turer of private label pet food in uously in expanding its produc-
Europe, 17 factories
E u ro p e , 1 7 f a c t o r i e s tion and packaging technologies
were acquired in in
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local markets provides our cus-
tomers with security of supply,“
states United Petfood in sum-
mary.
Treat products are part of the
company’s core business. n
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