Fleischeslust Artgerechte Tiernahrung | GERMANY

Fleischeslust was founded in 2011 by sled dog enthusiast Susanne Rutzinger-Kurpas. The native Austrian has turned her passion into a profession. Fleischeslust manufactures balanced and natural pet food.

Natural and species appropriate

“If someone has a lot of dogs, the main issue is always food, especially when you use your dog pack for competitive sports such as dog sledding,” says company founder Susanne Rutzinger-Kurpas. “And like many others, we also deal with food intolerances and the typical sequelae. So we developed a new and innovative wet food concept that provides both natural and species appropriate nutrition for dogs and cats without the use of slaughter waste, and with only the highest quality meat.”

Sausage-style casing

In 2014, Fleischeslust switched to a newly developed multi-layer packaging line and a new logistics centre of 1,500 sqm and employing 30 employees. This year, the company rolled out their brand Meatlove internationally and expanded to a total of 80 employees. Their main product is wet pet food in sausage-style casing. The company distributes exclusively through face-to-face meetings with their own sales team. They also have a purpose built academy and host seminars on species-appropriate feeding.

No exotic meats

Fleischeslust products contain a high proportion of fresh meat, whose individual components are balanced and sensible. Susanne Rutzinger-Kurpas: “We do not use cheap offal, but only high quality meat components from regional slaughterhouses.” The main suppliers of Fleischeslust are slaughterhouses from the region and from Upper Austria, Styria and Salzburg. “The regional proximityof our raw material suppliers plays a major role, which again can be found in our recipes. Therefore, we do not use any exotic meats, such as kangaroo or springbok.”

Ultra-modern autoclave

“We produce exclusively in the German village of Ortenburg. There, we have a processing and quality control system
in place. All freshly slaughtered raw materials are processed immediately and are therefore an essential criterion for

our high acceptance of the food which we produce. The menus are carefully formulated according to the respective recipes, and then “cold” packed. The sterilization and preservation processes take place in ultra-modern autoclaves, which ensures a gentle cooking process.