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Pet Food Processing Equipment


The global expansion of pet humanization has many pet food manufacturers turning to Marlen for processing solutions in support of their premium pet food and dog treats. From precision dicing/slicing and dehydration of pet treats to grill marking extruded treats, we offer safe pet food processing equipment solutions for producing healthy choices on the pet food aisle.

Equipment that fits your needs


  • Beef, Pork & Poultry Sticks
  • Bones & Chews
  • Jerky Treats
  • Wet Pet Food
  • Carruthers AE Logger-Meat Portioner

    AE Logger Meat Portioner

    Programmable one-dimensional meat portioner for deli meats, deli loafs or snack sticks. Specify lengths or numbers of lengths for portion control accuracy of 1/16", and automatically remove ends and clips.
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    Large Spiral Belt Pasteurizer

    Our Large Spiral Belt Pasteurizer allows expanding operations dependable equipment that can expand along with you and still offer the precise control and high quality you’re accustomed to. With real-time data tracking and...
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  • Image of the Marlen Medium Spiral Chiller Infeed with Control Panel and CIP

    Large Spiral Chiller

    Our Large Spiral Chillers improve efficiency by reducing both chill time and evaporative yield losses. To maximize your productivity, pair our Large Spiral Chiller with our Large Spiral Oven. The two machines have...
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    Large Spiral Oven

    With our Large Spiral Oven, you can achieve high-capacity production without sacrificing quality and efficiency. This model provides the throughput you need while maintaining consistency and quality. Marlen Spiral Ovens are engineered to...
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    Medium Spiral Belt Pasteurizer

    Our Medium Spiral Pasteurizer is ideal for mid-sized processors looking to grow their business in the RTE product sector. This market is expanding as consumers seek more convenient options, and a Medium Spiral...
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  • Image of the Marlen Medium Spiral Chiller Infeed with Control Panel and CIP

    Medium Spiral Chiller

    Marlen’s Medium Spiral Chillers are ideal for processors looking for a scalable solution that is fully welded, mechanical, and compact. Use as a standalone solution or build multiple lines with this industrial production...
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    Medium Spiral Oven

    As a medium-sized processor, you know how important it is that your equipment is not too big, not too small, but just right. Our Medium Spiral Ovens give you all the cooking power...
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    Micro Spiral Belt Pasteurizer

    Our Micro Spiral Belt Pasteurizer provides efficient and effective protection against pathogens to ensure the safety of your RTE products. Whether you’re pasteurizing ready meals in trays, cooking rice in a bag, or...
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  • Marlen Micro Spiral Chiller

    Micro Spiral Chiller

    Our Micro Spiral Chillers are ideal for processors looking for a scalable solution that is fully welded, mechanical, and compact. Use as a standalone solution or build multiple lines with this industrial production...
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    Micro Spiral Oven

    Perfect for small processors and those just starting to move from a batch process to a continuous one, our Micro Spiral Ovens can replace up to three batch rack ovens. They provide all...
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  • Marlen Mini Spiral Oven

    Mini Spiral Belt Pasteurizer

    Our Mini Spiral Belt Pasteurizer is perfect for expanding operations or growing product lines. The Mini Spiral Pasteurizer gives growing processors access to high-level control of cross-contamination in an economical footprint.
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    Mini Spiral Chiller

    Our Mini Spiral Chillers are ideal for processors looking for a scalable solution that is fully welded, mechanical, and compact. Use as a standalone solution or build multiple lines with this industrial production...
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  • Marlen Mini Spiral Oven

    Mini Spiral Oven

    Our Mini Spiral Ovens are ideal for processors looking to upgrade their operations or expand their product line and maintain scalability for the future. The oven ships in one piece, so it’s ready...
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    Tall Mini Spiral Oven

    Our Tall Mini Spiral Ovens are ideal for processors looking to upgrade their operations or expand their product line and maintain scalability for the future. The oven ships in one piece, so it’s...
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    XL Spiral Belt Pasteurizer

    Designed for the largest processing operations, our Unitherm XL Spiral Pasteurizer provides high-throughput post-process, post-packaging pasteurization of ready meals, pouches, bowls, and other RTE products. With a capacity of up to 20,000 lbs/hour,...
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  • Image of the Marlen Medium Spiral Chiller Infeed with Control Panel and CIP

    XL Spiral Chiller

    Our XL Spiral Chillers provide high-throughput processing in a small footprint compared to linear alternatives. Designed for elite RTE suppliers who chill pre-packaging these machines work in concert to provide an efficient cook-chill...
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    XL Spiral Oven

    The XL model is the largest of our Spiral Ovens and can easily handle capacities up to 17,000 lbs/hr. From roasting chickens to smoking hams and turkeys, this oven provides maximum performance in...
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  • Afoheat Micro-Flame Grill

    Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 12″ Micro

    Our Afoheat™ Micro Flame Grill is designed for processors moving from batch to continuous processing or with low-capacity requirements, ranging from 225-450 lbs/hr. From grilled burger patties to roasted mushrooms, our Micro Flame...
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  • Afoheat Mini Flame Grill

    Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 24″ Mini

    Our Afoheat™ Mini Flame Grill is a continuous grill equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology and an interchangeable grill marker. Our Mini Flame Grill is designed for a variety of applications including roasting,...
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    Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 40″

    Our Afoheat™ Flame Grill is a continuous grill equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology and an interchangeable grill marker. The Flame Grill is designed for a variety of applications including roasting, searing and...
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  • Afoheat Flame Grill - 60-inch

    Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 60″

    Our Afoheat™ Flame Grill is a continuous grill equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology and an interchangeable grill marker. The Flame Grill is designed for a variety of applications including roasting, searing and...
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    Industrial Dehydrator

    Custom designed around your product, process and facility. Our industrial dehydrator provides a more uniform product, precise and repeatable results, complete data reporting, and easy access to serviceable areas. Visit our Riverside facility...
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  • Image of a Marlen Food Processing Oven

    Food Processing Oven & Industrial Smokehouse

    Custom designed around your product, process and facility, our food processing ovens, cookers, and industrial smokehouses provide a more uniform product with smart balance precision for process repeatability day after day. With full...
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  • Afoheat Select Flame Searer

    Afoheat™ Select Flame Searer

    Our Afoheat™ Select Flame Searer is a continuous grill equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology. A safe CE Compliant design has led to installations around the world for a variety of applications including...
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  • Afoheat Select Grill Marker

    Afoheat™ Select Grill Marker

    Our continuous Afoheat™ Select Grill Marker is equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology. Safe CE Compliant design has led to installations around the world for a variety of applications including roasting and searing...
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  • Carruthers AE5000 1D Slicer

    AE 5000 1D Slicer

    AE 5000 1D slicer is a one-dimensional slicer for continuous slicing of whole muscle, cooked or fresh log meats and other products.
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  • Carruthers AE Dicer 2D 12-in

    AE 5000 2D Dicer

    Our AE 5000 2D Dicer provides cuts to length and width spec, in sequence (leaving natural height/thrid dimension in tact). Known as a meat dicer, this model processes whole muscle cooked or fresh...
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  • Carruthers DuraKut 6000 2D Dicer

    DuraKut™ 6000 2D VFD (or) Servo Dicer

    Just like our AdvantEdge dicer series, our DuraKut™ series dicers are designed and built in the USA for complete cutting versatility of fresh, vacuum tumbled, crust frozen or cooked products into cubes or...
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  • Afoheat Micro-Flame Grill

    Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 12″ Micro

    Our Afoheat™ Micro Flame Grill is designed for processors moving from batch to continuous processing or with low-capacity requirements, ranging from 225-450 lbs/hr. From grilled burger patties to roasted mushrooms, our Micro Flame...
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  • Afoheat Mini Flame Grill

    Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 24″ Mini

    Our Afoheat™ Mini Flame Grill is a continuous grill equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology and an interchangeable grill marker. Our Mini Flame Grill is designed for a variety of applications including roasting,...
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  • Afoheat Flame Grill Image

    Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 40″

    Our Afoheat™ Flame Grill is a continuous grill equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology and an interchangeable grill marker. The Flame Grill is designed for a variety of applications including roasting, searing and...
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  • Afoheat Flame Grill - 60-inch

    Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 60″

    Our Afoheat™ Flame Grill is a continuous grill equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology and an interchangeable grill marker. The Flame Grill is designed for a variety of applications including roasting, searing and...
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    Industrial Dehydrator

    Custom designed around your product, process and facility. Our industrial dehydrator provides a more uniform product, precise and repeatable results, complete data reporting, and easy access to serviceable areas. Visit our Riverside facility...
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  • Carruthers 1-PAK-Filler

    1-PAK Filler

    Our Carruthers single-station rotary volumetric filler is designed for filling food products into a wide range of container types - up to 5 lbs per portion. Our Carruthers 1-PAK filler is ideal for...
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  • Carruthers 12-PAK-Filler

    12-PAK Filler

    Our Carruthers 12-station high speed rotary volumetric filler is designed for filling food products into cans, jars, cups or bottom fill. Speeds up to 300 CPM with fill weights up to one pound...
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  • Carruthers 12-PAK-Filler

    24-PAK Filler

    Our Carruthers 24-station high speed rotary volumetric filler is designed for filling food products into cans, jars, cups or bottom fill. Speeds up to 600 CPM with fill weights up to one pound...
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  • Image of Marlen 4-PAK Filler

    4-PAK Filler

    Our Marlen four-station rotary volumetric filler is designed for filling food products into cans, jars, pre-formed trays or form-fill-seal pockets. With fill weights up to 3 lbs (1.3 kg) per portion, our 4-PAK...
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  • Carruthers 6-PAK-Filler

    6-PAK Filler

    Our Carruthers six-station rotary volumetric filler is designed for filling food products into cans, jars, cups or form-fill-seal pockets. With fill weights up to 1.5 lbs per portion, our 6-PAK filler is ideal...
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  • Carruthers Automatic Meat Shredder

    Automatic Meat Shredder

    Our innovative and uniquely designed Carruthers automatic meat shredder is a continuous flow machine with throughput exceeding 2,000 pounds (907 kg) per hour without the expense of intensive manual labor. This is our...
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Perfecting premium dehydrated pet treats.

Increased air velocity over the surface of the product results in more uniform processing conditions during the dehydration process. Our innovative design keeps air in the “processing” zone for better performance and better product. Marlen dehydrators: the safe solution for producing healthy choices on the pet food aisle.

Precise uniform cuts.

Patented cutting action ensures consistent slicing for the best possible appearance and cut. Our Carruthers DuraKut™ 6000 series dicers / slicers are designed to handle the most delicate or toughest proteins while not ripping or tearing the product.