Ingredients & Quality
Our standard
Every check that matters is one we make ourselves
At Connolly’s RED MILLS we are committed to the safest, highest quality food, from the moment the raw materials arrive at Goresbridge to the moment the bag is sealed, the checks on your feed are ours: our agronomists, our nutritionists, our mill teams, our laboratory technicians. Holding all of it in our own hands is how we can promise the same standard in every bag .
Our chain of control
Six checks between the field and the feed room
1
Approved growers & suppliers
Our agronomists work directly with local and international grain producers. Between 40% and 50% of our ingredients are grown by growers here in the south-east of Ireland.
2
Intake against specifications
Every raw material is checked on arrival against a written specification for nutritional standard and safety. Anything outside it does not come into the mill.
3
Formulated in-house
Diets are formulated by our own nutritionists and technical team, so the specification a product is sold on is the specification it is mixed to.
4
Manufactured under control
Production is inspected at every stage through to finished packaging, following the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) protocol.
5
Tested in our laboratory
Product samples are tested at our own laboratory at Goresbridge, including for Naturally Occurring Prohibited Substances (NOPS).
6
Sealed, coded, traceable
Finished feed is packed, coded and dispatched with full traceability, so any bag that reaches a customer can be traced back along this chain.
Sourcing
From field to factory
The south-east of Ireland has some of the most fertile land in the country, and we are fortunate to work with some of its most experienced grain producers — the people who supply our barley, oats and wheat.
Our agronomists are industry professionals who work alongside those growers and our international suppliers, checking every raw material against stringent specifications for performance and for naturally wholesome nutritional standards before it is accepted.
That relationship is why we can say where an ingredient came from, not just what it is.
- Our own agronomists, working with the same growers season after season
- Almost 40–50% of our ingredients grown in the region
- Every raw material is checked against stringent specifications
Quality facility
Treats and care products, made at Purcellsinch
Our super-premium Go Native, Leader, Foran Pet Care, Engage Replenish and Winner treats are produced at our custom-built, fully licensed facility in Purcellsinch, a short drive from the mill at Goresbridge. Our horse and pet care products are made up and packed there too.
We follow the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) protocol here, with quality control inspections at every stage through to finished packaging. Treats are then boxed, palletised and wrapped for customers at home and across the globe.
- Our treats are produced at our custom-built, fully licensed facility in Purcellsinch, Co. Kilkenny
- Quality control inspections at every stage through to finished packaging
Quality by the numbers
1908
Milling in Kilkenny since
100%
Of raw materials checked to specification
40–50%
Of ingredients grown by growers in our region
25
Countries we feed pets in
See where it all happens
The mill, the laboratory and the people who run them are all on one site in County Kilkenny.