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laboratories to ensure product countries and also has a wide
quality and safety at all stages range of treat products for sale,
of production. Petmaxi received along with cat litter produced
IFS certification in 2017 and from silica gel.
to date has received the high- Petmaxi is especially proud of
est classification, thus for five its super-premium food Happy-
years in a row. At its last audit, One Mediterraneum: “Inspired
Petmaxi once again surpassed by the Mediterranean lifestyle, it
its assessment of the previous is made using fresh meat, fresh
year, achieving 98.38 per cent lamb or fresh sardines and also
and thereby demonstrating its features a European innovation
adherence to the numerous re- with the introduction of fresh
quirements of the standard. egg,” adds the company spokes-
woman.
Buying in Portugal
“From grain to protein, the ingre- Fresh egg in food
dients are carefully selected, with Eggs are considered a healthy,
priority given to local suppliers in wholesome and easily digest-
Portugal,” says a spokeswoman ible food that also boasts high
for the company. All the raw ma- nutritional value. They are rich in
terials used are free of geneti- proteins, which contain all essen-
cally modified constituents, she tial amino acids in concentrated
emphasises. form and in a balanced ratio. Egg Petmaxi is especially proud of its premium brands EnergyPet and
In addition to the manufacture protein, ovalbumin, is regarded as HappyOne Mediterraneum.
of various private label brands, a standard or reference protein for
Petmaxi offers a portfolio of comparing the nutritional value of Petmaxi operates as a sus-
its own products that perform other dietary proteins. “In using tainable company and is cur-
well in international markets. eggs, we are also using local rently undergoing certification
These include the labels Happy- resources, because the town in of its systems for environmental
One Mediterraneum, HappyOne which the factory is located is con- management (ISO 14001) and
Premium, HappyOne, Domus, sidered the capital of Portuguese energy management (50001).
Campeão, Rufia and EnergyPet. eggs,” it is reported. Last year the company elimi-
The company exports to over 30 nated plastic from its packag-
ing and is also carrying out pal-
letising without the use of plas-
tic film. Petmaxi already oper-
ates with much more recyclable
packaging and is changing all its
materials to the effect that by the
end of 2023, all of these will be
recyclable. n

Two production lines operate in
the approx. 11 300 m² plant at
Petmaxi.

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