Palatants for cats and dogs
Palatants is our business
Who we are
The BHJ digest team, headquartered in Denmark, specializes in the development, production and selling of liquid palatants, with focus on the dry pet food industry. With twenty years of dedication and hard work, we have brought success and sustained growth to both our partners and ourselves. Today, BHJ is a recognized and respected supplier of liquid palatants across Europe and beyond. We service the markets from three manufacturing locations in Europe.
How we work
Knowledge & Experience
We are focused and confident in our expertise. We offer a wide range of good products that work as intended. We engage actively with our partners and share our knowledge and experience freely. Our strong logistic- and risk management abilities ensure reliability. Our staff is committed and competent and upholds high business ethics.
Here to listen. Ready to act
We are available and approachable. Easy to talk to, we actively listen and focus on finding workable solutions. Our responses are quick, and our organization operates with a minimum of bureaucracy. Decision-making is straightforward and swift.
Service & Understanding
We believe that excellent service and a deep understanding of our partners’ needs and expectations are fundamental to a lasting, harmonious cooperation. We deliver the service we would expect to receive ourselves. Transparent and reliable, we are upfront about what we can do and when we can deliver. We keep our partners well-informed and follow up closely. With a proactive “we will find a solution” mindset, we want to contribute to and make a difference in our partners’ business.
Roadmap to success
Partnership mentality in all we do
Value creation based on trust and a shared vision
Committed to improving taste through science
Quality assured and FSSC 22000 certified
Our ambition is to be your trusted business partner. We want to be a valuable part of your supply chain, help you develop successful products and solutions, and contribute towards your strategic journey in any way we can.
We are open and transparent about what we do. Our business partners know exactly what to expect from us. We are committed to their products and brands. We aim for long-term, mutual beneficial relationships. Our ambition is to make a difference by providing products of excellent quality at competitive prices.
We have a science-based approach to formula creation. Our team of highly skilled R&D specialists work tirelessly to develop palatants that meet the specific requirements and expectations of our business partners. We continuously “ask” panels of cats and dogs to confirm their preference for our products – after all, it is their opinion that matters!
With a background in the human food industry, we understand the importance of quality and feed safety. We are very focused on product consistency and integrity. We source and control our ingredients closely, and we produce our products to specifications in a controlled environment under regulatory veterinary supervision. Our Food Safety Management System is GFSI-recognized and FSSC 22000 certified.
BHJ is a global organization with production facilities and offices across Asia, Australia, Europe, New Zealand and North America. BHJ employs more than 1200 people worldwide, making it an international supplier of animal raw materials and of ingredients for the pharmaceutical, food, pet food, and energy industries. Since its founding in 1969, BHJ has been a pioneer in creating value from animal raw materials and value streams from the meat and fish processing industry. BHJ operates on the principle that everything has value and nothing should go to waste. BHJ is part of LGI, The Lauridsen Group, Inc., a privately held company headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa, USA.
BHJ is dedicated to sustainability and has established group-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets in accordance with climate science and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). These targets are aligned with the goal in the Paris Agreement to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
BHJ A/S
Ole Arendttorp
Commercial Director
+45 51 24 08 81 olar@bhj.dk
Dorte Thomsen
Area Manager
+45 20 23 83 78 dbt@bhj.dk
Hanne Alnor
Area Manager
+45 27 61 80 00 haal@bhj.dk
Isabel Farinha
Area Manager
+351 916 918 450 isabel@petifa.pt
6300 Graasten, Denmark
Cardona, ES
Loekken, DK
Michorzewko, PL
Our European palatant production sites
The people photographed for this brochure are all part of the BHJ digest team (or family members of).