Manufacturing & Launch · Private Label & White Label

Private label pet food, developed and supplied under your brand.

Complete foods, treats and supplements for retailers, distributors and brands — formulated, tested, labelled and manufactured through our GMP-certified partner network, ready to sell under your name.

What We Do

Private Label & White Label services.

From pilot batch to retail shelf — through Guires PNL and our network of GMP-certified partner manufacturers.

White label ranges

Verified base recipes adapted to your brand, positioning and price point for a faster launch.

Exclusive private label recipes

Recipes developed for you alone, with ownership and exclusivity set in the contract.

Category coverage

Dry, wet, fresh, treats, chews and supplements for dogs and cats.

Benchmark matching

Products designed against a market-leading benchmark on nutrition and positioning.

Label & claims for your markets

Packs prepared for India, the US, the EU, the UK, Australia and Asian markets.

Manufacturing & supply

Production arranged with GMP-certified partner manufacturers, with batch release testing.

Scientific Challenges

What we solve for.

01

Matching the leaders

Shoppers compare private label with leading brands, so nutrition, palatability and appearance must hold up.

02

Label accuracy

Retailers carry the reputational risk if a declared value or ingredient is wrong.

03

Consistency across batches

A range must taste, look and analyse the same from the first order to the hundredth.

04

Cost at scale

Recipes must hit a shelf price without cutting nutrition or quality.

How We Work

From question to evidence.

Brief

Range, markets and price points agreed.

Recipe

White label base or exclusive formula.

Verify

Analysis and palatability checks.

Label

Packs prepared for each market.

Produce

GMP partner manufacturing.

Release

Batch testing before dispatch.

Evidence

The science behind our approach.

Peer-reviewed findings that shape how we design and interpret this work.

Peer-reviewed evidencePrivate Label & White Label · 2 sources

Verified, not assumed

Only 6% of wet and 38% of dry UK foods met all FEDIAF mineral guidelines (2017); in 2025 none of 31 UK dry dog foods met every guideline.
What we do

Every formula is verified by laboratory analysis of the finished product against its targets.

  1. StudyDavies 2017, Sci Rep
  2. StudyBrociek 2025, PLoS ONE
Peer-reviewed evidencePrivate Label & White Label · 1 source

Labels are not always accurate

In a 2026 study, 82.3% of 96 products met their declared guaranteed analysis — so nearly 1 in 5 did not.
What we do

Every guarantee verified analytically before launch, with results checked against market tolerances.

  1. StudyCho 2026, Animals
Peer-reviewed evidencePrivate Label & White Label · 2 sources

Label integrity

DNA studies keep finding undeclared species — 23 of 40 novel-protein and hydrolysed diets in one study.
What we do

For single-protein and novel-protein products we specify single-source raw materials, require supplier declarations and design out cross-contact in the recipe and process.

  1. StudyOkuma 2015, Food Control
  2. StudyRicci 2018, BMC Vet Res
Deliverables

What you take away.

  • Range plan with recipes and price points
  • Verified recipes and specifications
  • Palatability and analysis results
  • Market-ready labels for each country
  • Manufacturing with batch release testing

Ingredient science for private label & white label

Every ingredient we choose for private label & white label is assessed for nutrient contribution, digestibility, processing behaviour, palatability and the rules in your market — and sourced to your specification.

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Market insights from Guires PNL scientists

Regulation updates, the latest research, recalls and market trends that shape private label pet food — written by our formulation, testing and regulatory teams.

FAQs

Common questions.

What is the difference between white label and private label?

White label adapts a verified base recipe for your brand; private label develops a recipe exclusively for you. Both are sold under your name.

Who owns the recipe?

Ownership and exclusivity are agreed in your contract before work begins. Clients own their project data.

What are the minimum order quantities?

They depend on the format and the partner manufacturer; we confirm them in your proposal.

Planning private label & white label?

Tell us your product, your question and your market — our scientists will come back with a study design and next steps.

FEDIAFAAFCO

Every Guires PNL product is formulated to comply with the FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines and the AAFCO Dog and Cat Food Nutrient Profiles. Neither body issues certificates to manufacturers, so compliance is verified independently against their published standards — and every product comes with a complete documentation package for regulatory submissions in the EU, US, Australia and Asian markets.

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