Plastic Tray Facility
Opened a dedicated, high-speed single-serve tray manufacturing unit to meet growing international demand for convenient, portion-controlled wet meals.
Manufacturing Hub & Technology
State-of-the-Art Facilities
Where Innovation Meets Quality – Inside Mackle Petfoods’ Modern Manufacturing Infrastructure
200000+
Sq. Ft. Factory Footprint
115M
Units Annual Capacity
2
Audited Operational Sites
100%
Quality & Safety Inspected
Moy & Moygashel · N. Ireland
Production Excellence
Built for World-Class Pet Food Production
Mackle Petfoods operates two independently audited, purpose-built facilities across 200,000+ sq. ft in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Designed specifically for high-capacity, BRCGS-certified wet pet food production, our operational footprint supports major global supermarket chains, private label brand owners, and international distributors.
Our dual-site infrastructure splits primary thermal processing and finished product packaging into specialized hubs, ensuring absolute hygiene standards, optimized operational efficiency, and rapid logistics throughput.
- Dedicated Wet Production Hub: Specialized processing units for canned dog & cat food, sealed plastic trays, and foil pouches.
- Packing & Logistics Hub: Purpose-built distribution facility in Moygashel handling automated case packaging, palletizing, and global container dispatch.
- 115 Million Units Annual Output: Scalable processing capacity backing fast market expansion for global retail buyers.
Continuous Development
Key Capital Investment Milestones
Continuous reinvestment in advanced processing hardware and digital quality automation allows Mackle Petfoods to set industry benchmarks in unit integrity, processing speed, and nutritional consistency.
Central Distribution Site
Established a state-of-the-art packing and distribution hub to streamline supply chain logistics, export storage, and container freight loading.
High-Speed Pouch Line
Installed modern automated pouch filling, sealing, and retort equipment engineered for single-serve cat food and gourmet wet dog food recipes.
Canning & CAMA Line
Invested heavily in high-speed canning expansions and a £2 million automated CAMA packaging system to maximize efficiency and output capacity.
Automation & Engineering
Cutting-Edge Manufacturing Technology
Efficiency, precision, and raw ingredient integrity drive our engineering choices. We combine world-leading food machinery with end-to-end digital tracking software to eliminate variability in every batch.
- GEBO High-Speed Can Packing: Automated multi-format canning assembly ensuring secure seam integrity, date coding, and precision fills.
- £2 Million CAMA Secondary Packaging Line: State-of-the-art automated case packing delivering premium shelf-ready packaging and shrink-wrapping.
- Retort Thermal Sterilisation: Computerized retort pressure cooking guaranteeing long shelf life, nutritional preservation, and absolute commercial sterility.
- Integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): Full real-time digital batch tracking from raw material delivery to shipping container departure.
Zero Defect Commitment
Food Safety Standards
Protecting Pets with Advanced Inspection
Product quality and food safety sit at the core of our business. Our facilities deploy multi-stage foreign body inspection technologies challenged continuously throughout production runs to protect pet health and brand reputation.
- High-Resolution X-Ray Systems: Continuous inline scanning identifying microscopic physical anomalies before final sealing.
- Multi-Frequency Metal Detectors: Sensitive inline detection scanning 100% of finished unit flow.
- Optical Vision Inspection: Automated high-speed camera verification inspecting seam geometry, tray seals, and sleeve orientation.
- FEDIAF & HACCP Compliance: In-house laboratory analysis and rigorous thermal processing validation backed by third-party global audits.
Multi-Format Versatility
Flexible Formats Engineered for Retail Success
Our production machinery is adaptable across a full suite of wet pet food formats, recipes, and packaging styles tailored for global markets.
Canned Dog & Cat Food
400g to 1.2kg cans equipped with easy-open lids. Formulations include chunks in gravy, chunks in jelly, and smooth meat loaves.
Aluminium Foil Trays & Pots
Single-serve heat-sealed foil trays (150g - 400g) ideal for clean-label, natural, and grain-free recipes for dogs and cats.
Flexible Wet Pouches
Modern stand-up pouch formats suitable for single-serve portion control, retail multipacks, and premium feline nutrition lines.
Technical FAQ
Facility & Production Capabilities
Answers to key operational questions regarding site audits, quality standards, and technical infrastructure.
Our production facilities operate to international food safety standards, audited regularly to BRCGS (British Retail Consortium Global Standards) guidelines. All formulations adhere strictly to FEDIAF European pet food nutritional guidelines.
Our facilities are equipped to process and pack over 115 million individual units of wet pet food annually across cans, foil trays, and pouches, providing robust supply capacity for growing private label programmes.
Every line integrates multi-layer inspection equipment including inline X-ray scanners, high-sensitivity metal detectors, optical seal inspectors, and automated computerized retort logger validation systems.
Yes. We welcome site technical visits and formal supplier audits from retail buyers, brand owners, and commercial import partners seeking long-term manufacturing agreements.
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