Pet Food Packaging Machines for Kibble and Treats

Which pet food packaging machine fits your bag?

The pack you sell decides the route; the product decides the details. Dry kibble and treats in bags formed from roll film go on a vertical form fill seal (VFFS) bagger with a multihead weigher. Treats in pouches you buy ready-made, often with a zipper, go on a premade pouch machine. Pet food cans and tins go on a can labeler after your own filling and seaming. The table shows where each pack starts.

Not in the table: open-mouth sacks of 20–50 lb, and wet food filling and retort sterilization. We do not list machines for these. Tell us your requirements and we confirm whether they are within our supply scope.

VFFS pet food packaging machines for kibble

A VFFS bagger forms the bag from a single reel of film, fills it from the weigher above and seals it, so you buy film rather than finished pouches. It suits dry kibble, biscuits and treats that fall freely into the bag. Three things decide whether it works on pet food: the seal on fatty film, film tracking under heavy bags, and protection against oxidation.

• Seal through fat and dust. Kibble coated with fat leaves oil and fines on the sealing area, and a contaminated seal leaks. Our kibble baggers list reinforced high-pressure sealing jaws, and the large vertical bagger lists constant-temperature heating bars with PID control for thick foil and laminated films. Send the film specification and a reel sample so the seal settings are confirmed on your film.
• Heavy bags. Dense kibble pulls on the film. The VFFS configurations list servo film pulling, with dual servo belts on the multihead weigher version, so the film does not slip as the bag fills. We do not list a maximum bag weight; give us the heaviest bag you plan to run and we confirm the machine for it.
• Oxidation. Fats in dry pet food oxidize when oxygen reaches them. Nitrogen flushing is listed on the multihead VFFS bagger and on the pet food line. The residual oxygen you reach depends on the film barrier, bag volume, seal integrity and the flushing arrangement, so if you work to a target, state it and have it measured in a trial.
• Bag style. The pillow bag is the standard VFFS format. A flat-bottom quad-seal bag is set up on our quad-seal VFFS configuration; if you want that bag for kibble, or a zipper on a bag formed from roll film, say so and we confirm it for your project.

Pet treats bagged loose with chips and nuts follow the same weighing and sealing logic; the snack packaging selection guide covers fragile pieces and low-drop feeding in more depth.

Weighing kibble and treats with a multihead weigher

A multihead weigher splits the product across many small weigh hoppers and releases the combination whose total comes closest to the target, so it handles irregular pieces such as kibble, biscuits and treats. Our pouch packer lists a weighing precision of ±0.5–2.0 g, depending on pellet size and shape. Our reading of that condition: large or irregular pieces are bigger increments of weight, so expect the wider end of the range for large biscuits and chunky treats, and confirm it on your product.

• Fat coating. Oily pieces stick to the weigher. The multihead VFFS bagger lists dimpled, non-stick contact surfaces.
• Fines and dust. Broken kibble and coating powder drift into the seal. The pouch packer lists a pouch tapper that settles the product before sealing and dust collection hoods at the jaws.
• Irregular shapes. Bones, rings and mixed shapes can bridge in the chute. The kibble bagger lists anti-bridge feeders with vibratory channels.
• Mixed products. The multihead VFFS bagger is listed for multi-product batches for variety packs. Give the number of components and the weight of each per bag.
• Fragile freeze-dried pieces. These break if they drop far. Low-drop hoppers are listed on our chip configurations; tell us the product is fragile so the drop height is reviewed for it.

How to choose a pet food packaging machine

Four checks narrow the route to one machine. Run them in this order, because a bag that does not fit the machine makes the later checks irrelevant.

1. Check the bag against the machine

• Ready-made pouches: the LV-210 lists pouches 90–210 mm wide and 110–330 mm long.
• Pouch packer: listed bag types are stand-up pouch, doypack, flat bag, gusset pouch and pillow pouch. Bag size is confirmed with your pouch or bag drawing.
• VFFS baggers: bag width is set by the forming set and film width, quoted for your bag. Send a bag drawing or a sample bag.

2. Size the machine from good output

A listed speed is the range of the machine, not a rate for your bag. The LV-210 lists 20–70 bags/min; where your bag sits in that range is confirmed with your product, fill weight and pouch. Work back from what you need to ship. Hypothetical example: 12,000 bags per 8-hour shift is 12,000 ÷ 480 minutes = 25 bags per minute if the machine never stops. Film or pouch changes, cleaning and rejects come off running time, so ask for good bags per minute on your product and bag, and compare that with your target.

3. Match weighing and sealing to the product

Tell us the piece size, how much fat the coating carries, how many fines the product sheds and whether the pieces are fragile or semi-moist. These decide the weigher surfaces, dust extraction, seal settings and whether nitrogen flushing belongs in the scope. The weighing section above lists what each machine is built to handle.

4. Check the site

• Power: the pouch packer lists 3.8 kW at 220 V / 380 V, 50/60 Hz; the LV-210 lists 3.5 kW at 220 V, 50/60 Hz. Give the voltage, phase and frequency at the machine position.
• Floor: the LV-210 measures 2150 × 1350 × 1300 mm and weighs 900 kg.
• Height: on the vertical baggers shown here, the multihead weigher sits on a platform above the bagger and an incline conveyor feeds it. Give us the clear height of the room and the route into it.

What happens after you send your pet food details

Send what you have through WhatsApp or the project brief checklist; anything you have not decided can stay marked unknown. We work out which route and machine fit your bag and output, whether nitrogen flushing, dust extraction or zipper handling belong in the scope, and whether to run a sample test with your kibble and film first. You get back a configuration proposal, or a sample-test plan to agree before anything ships.