TNC expands in Germany with Frostfutter Perleberg deal

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The Nutriment Company, a Stockholm-based premium pet nutrition group, has expanded again in Germany by acquiring Frostfutter Perleberg, a raw pet food manufacturer and online platform, along with the eBarf premium product line from K&K Petfood. The deal appears to be TNC’s first acquisition of 2026 and extends a multi-year push into Germany’s raw feeding segment, following earlier buys including BAF Petfood, PETMAN, and Graf Barf. K&K says it has produced dog and cat food in Perleberg for more than 15 years, with a focus on BARF products made in-house, while TNC has framed prior German acquisitions as a way to build production scale and frozen logistics capacity across continental Europe. (just-food.com)

Why it matters: For veterinary professionals, the deal is another sign that raw pet food is becoming more consolidated, better capitalized, and more widely distributed in Europe, especially in Germany. That could mean more pet parents asking clinics about commercially prepared raw diets, product safety, nutritional adequacy, and household zoonotic risk. Those questions are landing against a backdrop of continued public health caution: the UK Food Standards Agency said this year that 35% of surveyed raw pet food samples contained harmful bacteria and 29% failed to meet UK legal safety standards, while FEDIAF notes that raw products require extra care because there is no pathogen-kill step in production. (food.gov.uk)

What to watch: Watch for whether TNC uses this deal to deepen German e-commerce and cold-chain distribution, and whether it discloses how Frostfutter Perleberg and eBarf will fit into its broader European raw portfolio. (just-food.com)