Manufacturing process

We manufacture our high-quality cat food from near-natural ingredients using an especially gentle process. The secret lies in the perfect recipe and in our Thermostufenmix®.

The preparation of Happy Cat dry food

Your cat loves eating dry food from Happy Cat. Perhaps you have wondered how we produce the tasty kibble? Here we explain step by step how we manufacture our kibble: from the natural ingredients through to the healthy dry food.

Für die Zubereitung unseres Katzenfutters verwenden wir natürliche Zutaten. Diese liefern hochwertiges tierisches Protein, welches sinnvoll mit weiteren lebensnotwendigen Nährstoffen kombiniert wird. Erlesene Kräuter, wertvolle Öle, gut verträgliche Kohlenhydrate und verdauungsfördernde Ballaststoffe komplettieren das Happy Cat Trockenfutter und versorgen deine Katze mit allen Vitalstoffen, die sie für ein gesundes Wachstum und ein langes Katzenleben braucht. Eine besonders schonende Zubereitung gelingt uns mit dem Thermostufenmix®. So entstehen im bayerischen Wehringen leckere Katzenfuttersorten von höchster Qualität.

Eine Katze frisst aus einem Edelstahlnapf
Zeichnung eines Bauernhofs auf dem Land.

Farm

Natural raw ingredients from farmers in our home region of Bavaria

We confidently place rearing the livestock and cultivating the plant-based raw ingredients in the hands of our carefully selected agricultural partners. It is extremely important to us that our meat suppliers practise high welfare livestock farming. We also place great value on obtaining as many of our plant raw ingredients, such as carrots, beetroot or herbs, as possible from regional farms.

Farm

Natural raw ingredients from farmers in our home region of Bavaria

We confidently place rearing the livestock and cultivating the plant-based raw ingredients in the hands of our carefully selected agricultural partners. It is extremely important to us that our meat suppliers practise high welfare livestock farming. We also place great value on obtaining as many of our plant raw ingredients, such as carrots, beetroot or herbs, as possible from regional farms.

Zeichnung eines Bauernhofs auf dem Land.

Delivery

Short transport routes for more freshness

The majority of our ingredients come from the region around Augsburg. The short transport routes mean that we always receive fresh produce straight from the field. This helps us to protect the environment and support our local farmers.

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Icon eines Mühlgeräts.

Mill & mixer

Milling & mixing

All the raw ingredients for our cat food varieties are passed through vibrating screens and magnets to check for foreign bodies. So your feline friend only receives perfect food. The ingredients are then ground and mixed in a mill. This process takes around 4 minutes.

Mill & mixer

Milling & mixing

All the raw ingredients for our cat food varieties are passed through vibrating screens and magnets to check for foreign bodies. So your feline friend only receives perfect food. The ingredients are then ground and mixed in a mill. This process takes around 4 minutes.

Icon eines Mühlgeräts.
Icon eines Gerätes, welches den Thermostufenmix darstellt.

Thermostufenmix®

Gently prepared to retain vitamins and nutrients

The feed mixture is then gently pretreated and heated with steam for around one hour. In step two, the mixture is thoroughly kneaded at over 90 °C in the extruder pipe, and then shaped into kibble.

Thermostufenmix® 

Gently prepared to retain vitamins and nutrients 

The feed mixture is then gently pretreated and heated with steam for around one hour. In step two, the mixture is thoroughly kneaded at over 90 °C in the extruder pipe, and then shaped into kibble.

Icon eines Gerätes, welches den Thermostufenmix darstellt.

Drying & finishing

Carefully dried & seasoned with oil

The kibble is dried for 22 minutes at 125 °C. It then contains no more than 12 % moisture, which ensures a long shelf life. Finally the kibble is finished with high-quality oils and antioxidants and then cooled to ambient temperature.

Gezeichneter Ölkrug, mit dem die Kroketten veredelt werden
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Testing & packaging

Quality control: because only the best ends up in the bag

The kibble passes through a metal detector again because top quality is our number 1 priority. The finished kibble is then thoroughly tested in the laboratory. The kibble is not packed into bags of different sizes until we are totally sure that our premium cat food has been manufactured in the highest quality with natural ingredients and using the perfect recipe.

That is ‘Made in Germany’ quality.

Testing & packaging 

Quality control: because only the best ends up in the bag

The kibble passes through a metal detector again because top quality is our number 1 priority. The finished kibble is then thoroughly tested in the laboratory. The kibble is not packed into bags of different sizes until we are totally sure that our premium cat food has been manufactured in the highest quality with natural ingredients and using the perfect recipe.

That is ‘Made in Germany’ quality.

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Bunte Produktvielfalt an Happy Cat Futter

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