Canned Dog Food
Loaf, chunk-in-gravy and chunk-in-jelly recipes across 400g to 1.2kg cans, with easy-open ends and shrink or sleeve multipacks.
Family Owned Since 1972
Wet Pet Food Manufacturing You Can Trust
Private label and branded canned, tray and pouch recipes for dogs and cats — made in Northern Ireland, shipped worldwide.
53
Years Family Owned
3
Owned Consumer Brands
40+
Export Markets Served
1000+
Colleagues & Specialists
Est. 1972 · Moy, N. Ireland Who We Are
A Family Company For Family Pets
Mackle Petfoods was founded by the Mackle family in 1972 in the village of Moy, County Tyrone. More than five decades later the business is still family owned and still built on the same principle: make pet food we would happily feed our own dogs and cats.
Today we are one of Ireland and the UK’s most established wet pet food producers, combining recipe development, high-volume thermal processing, canning, tray sealing and multipacking under one roof. That vertical control is what allows grocery retailers, importers and specialist distributors to rely on us for consistent quality, transparent traceability and dependable lead times.
- Single-site accountability — formulation, cooking, filling, sterilising, labelling and palletising
- Nutritional recipes formulated to FEDIAF guidelines and reviewed by in-house technical specialists
- Full batch traceability from raw material intake to finished pallet dispatch
Experience In Every Batch
See How Our Pet Food Is Made
Step inside the factory floor. Our film follows a recipe from raw material delivery through cooking, filling and retort sterilisation to the finished, labelled multipack ready for container loading.
For buyers evaluating a new wet pet food partner, this is the practical detail that matters: how product is cooked, how seams are verified, how shelf life is validated and how a production plan is protected when demand spikes.
- Retort sterilisation with validated thermal process records
- Automated seam and seal integrity checking on every run
- In-house laboratory testing plus independent third-party verification
Manufacturing Capability
What We Produce For Global Partners
From single-serve trays to 1.2kg family cans, our formats and textures are engineered around your shelf position, price architecture and target consumer.
Wet Cat Food
Cans, trays and pots in fish, poultry and meat varieties — complete recipes formulated for adult, kitten and senior life stages.
Natural & Grain-Free
Clean-label formulations with named meat inclusions, no artificial colours or flavours, and grain-free options for sensitive diets.
Foil Trays & Multipacks
Heat-sealed trays and mixed-variety multipacks built for premium shelf presentation and controlled portion feeding.
Private Label Programmes
End-to-end own-brand development: benchmarking, recipe trials, artwork compliance, shelf-life data and launch planning.
Contract Packaging
Flexible labelling, date coding, sleeving and pallet configuration to match retailer specifications and market regulations.
Export Documentation
Health certification, ingredient declarations and multi-language label support for smooth customs clearance.
New Product Development
Category insight, sensory panels and pilot-scale trials to move a concept to first commercial run without guesswork.
Our Brands
Brands Built On Repeat Purchase
Our own consumer brands prove our recipes in the real world — the same kitchens, the same standards and the same technical team behind every private label project.
Dog Nutrition
Brandy Dog Food
A household favourite across Ireland and the UK, offering hearty, complete wet meals in generous can formats that deliver everyday value.
Cat Nutrition
Cat Club Cat Food
Tempting fish and meat varieties in cans and multipacks, formulated as complete nutrition for cats of every age and appetite.
Natural Range
Naturo
Naturally wholesome recipes with real meat and vegetables, no artificial colours or flavours — our premium, clean-label proposition.
How We Work
From First Brief To First Container
A clear, documented route to market. Most private label programmes reach first commercial production within 12–20 weeks of sign-off.
Discovery
We map your category, target price, format and market regulations to define a realistic specification.
Development
Recipe trials, palatability review and nutritional sign-off against FEDIAF guidelines for the chosen life stage.
Validation
Thermal process validation, shelf-life studies, packaging compliance and artwork proofing before scale-up.
Production
Factory trial, then planned commercial runs with batch traceability and release testing on every lot.
Delivery
Pallet configuration, export paperwork and container loading coordinated with your logistics partner.
Retail · Wholesale · Export Distribution & Supply
Reliable Supply, Market After Market
Supply reliability is the single biggest risk in own-brand pet food. We manage it with owned manufacturing capacity, long-term raw material relationships and a planning team that forecasts alongside your promotional calendar.
- Retail multiples — own-label ranges with agreed service levels and promotional cover
- Importers & distributors — mixed container builds and localised labelling
- Specialist pet channel — premium natural ranges with clear ingredient storytelling
- Foodservice & wholesale — bulk case formats and consolidated deliveries
Our People
Recognised As An Employer Of Choice
Named Employer of the Year at the 2025 Grocer Gold Awards, Mackle Petfoods invests in apprenticeships, technical training and long careers. Product quality follows people quality — experienced operators, engineers and technologists are why our customers see the same standard in run 500 as in run one.
Our teams also give back: colleagues raised £30,872.95 for Chest, Heart & Stroke Northern Ireland during our most recent charity partnership.
Newsroom
Latest From Mackle Petfoods
27 March 2026 Mackle Petfoods Celebrates CAFRE Industry Support Programme Awards
Colleagues were recognised for completing food-industry technical training delivered in partnership with CAFRE, strengthening the skills base behind our production lines.
3 February 2026 £30,872.95 Raised For Chest, Heart & Stroke Northern Ireland
Team fundraising across our sites concluded with a cheque presentation to our charity partner, supporting local health services across Northern Ireland.
29 July 2025 Named Employer Of The Year At The 2025 Grocer Gold Awards
Industry judges recognised our investment in training, wellbeing and career progression — a milestone for a family business now in its sixth decade.
Buyer Questions
Sourcing Wet Pet Food: Key Answers
The questions international buyers ask us most often before starting a private label or branded supply programme.
Minimum order quantities are agreed per format and recipe. As a full-scale wet pet food manufacturer we work in complete production runs measured in pallets and containers, which keeps unit costs competitive for retailers and distributors buying canned, tray or pouch product. We will confirm an indicative MOQ as soon as format, recipe complexity and packaging specification are defined.
Our Northern Ireland facilities produce canned dog food and cat food, heat-sealed foil trays, chunk-in-jelly and chunk-in-gravy recipes, loaf and pâté textures, grain-free and natural formulations, plus mixed-variety multipacks for retail shelf. Formats range from single-serve portions through to large family cans.
A typical programme runs 12–20 weeks from approved brief to first commercial production. That covers recipe development and trials, nutritional sign-off against FEDIAF guidelines, packaging and artwork compliance, shelf-life validation and a factory trial run. Existing recipes with new labelling can move considerably faster.
Yes. We supply grocery retailers, importers and specialist pet distributors across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and beyond. Our commercial team handles export documentation, health certification, label localisation and container planning so product clears customs without delay.
Every batch is traced from raw material intake through cooking, retort sterilisation, seam integrity verification and finished-goods release. Our quality team operates HACCP-based controls with in-house laboratory testing and independent third-party audits, and all recipes are formulated to meet FEDIAF nutritional guidelines for the relevant life stage.
We can. Send us the benchmark specification or sample and our technologists will build a matched or improved formulation, then review palatability, texture, appearance and cost-in-use with you before validation. This is one of the fastest routes to a credible own-brand launch.
Let’s Talk Production
Partner With A Family Manufacturer
Tell our commercial team about your market, format and volume ambition — we will come back with a practical route to shelf.
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