Pet food
Taking pet food to a premium level
Whatever your challenge is in pet food manufacturing, GEA technology and expertise can help you answer the latest market trends and growing consumer demands for new products, starting from ingredients’ processing up to production of dry and wet pet food, as well as ticking the packaging and automation boxes. Discover how.
Flexible pet food solutions
Pet owners often want to give their pets high quality, premium food, just as they would care for a child’s diet. Nutrition, process control and food quality are complex and sophisticated topics and in order to stay ahead in the competitive pet food market, you need reliable technology that enables you to benefit from new business opportunities and create new food formats. With roots that go back to the very start of the food processing industry, GEA is in the privileged position of having over 80 years’ experience. We have become true specialists in the areas we are active in, like spray and freeze drying, evaporation, filtration, meat preparation, extrusion and packaging for wet, dry pet food, treats and pet food ingredients.
Serving the pet food industry
Each solution is tailored to specific process needs, factory conditions and business objectives. We design our equipment to boost process efficiency, while offering safety and flexibility in terms of product development. We have a unique understanding of the pet food market and have installed numerous complete lines worldwide, all developed hand-in-hand with customers.
Our technology covers a multitude of pet food areas, including
- Pet Food Ingredients
- Wet Pet Food
- Dry Pet Food
- Pet Food Treats
- Freeze-Dried Pet Food
Whether you need a single machine to boost existing line performance or a complete solution for a new factory, GEA is the right partner for you.
Products & Technologies
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Bag/Sack Powder Fillers
Our range of multi-wall bag/sack fillers is designed to pack powdered products at rates of less than 1 tonne/h up to more than 12 tonnes/h with an accuracy better than 10 g (0.35 oz). Our extensive experience with a wide range of powdered products and packaging types means that we can provide a solution to meet the most demanding powder filling r...
Box & Drum Powder Fillers
The choice of packaging format is often driven by a consumers needs. GEA understands the requirement for a flexible system to handle a wide range of packaging types. To meet this need, we have developed a range of solutions to handle flexible bags, boxes and drums for powder filling applications.
Centrifugal Separator
GEA separators are designed for liquid-based applications. Using centrifugal force, they are used for separating suspensions consisting of two or more phases of different densities, i.e. they can be used for liquid-liquid separation, for liquid-liquid-solid separation or for liquid-solid separation. They are equally as effective at separating liq...
Cutting Equipment
Explore GEA’s advanced food bowl cutters, designed for cutting, mixing, emulsifying, and more. Our versatile machines ensure perfect consistency and quality for meat, poultry, plant-based, fish, and cheese processing.
Refrigeration & heating for food processes
Meeting your precise temperature requirements – naturally
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