About us

CTH is headquartered in the Netherlands and sources, processes and sells natural sausage casings and meat-by-products worldwide. With almost 45 years of experience,
CTH has developed into a turnkey supplier for the pharmaceutical, food and petfood industry.

CTH is a Dutch family-run company that produces and processes natural casings and meat-by-products from hog, beef and sheep.

The main application for natural casings is the skin of the sausage.

The main applications for meat-by-products are pharmaceutical, food export and pet food.
Freshness of raw materials, efficient production processes, traceability and turnkey solutions are key drivers for both natural casings and meat-by-products by CTH.

We are an export-oriented company with an extensive world-wide network of clients. We are  always on the move trying to find new ways and new products to meet and exceed our clients' expectations.  Since 2007, CTH is part of VION Ingredients. This means we are backed up by an international organization with extensive know-how of the meat and meat processing industry that can help grow your business. CTH products are directly sourced in our own facilities in The Netherlands, China and the USA, all of which are fully integrated in the slaughtering line. Freshness, speed, traceability and therefore optimal quality is guaranteed, like only CTH can.

Over the years the company steadily grew and specialized in collecting, processing and selling natural casings and meat-by-products to the international pharmaceutical, food and petfood industry.

Natural casings
The unique properties of natural casings give good sausages their unsurpassed bite, taste and look customers keep coming back for. CTH’s portfolio fits every sausage-production need. We stand for highest quality, long strands, accurate calibration and the best preparation method for your production process.

Meat-by-products
Other CTH activities include collecting, processing and selling animal by-products (such as pork and beef stomachs, livers, hearts and lungs) for the production of pet food and animal by-products (like hog and beef pancreas glands) for the pharmaceutical industry.


Vision
We are dedicated to producing natural casings and meat-by-products that meet and exceed the highest standards in the industry. Our concept is based on managing the entire production chain, from raw material sourcing to processing, after sales and R&D. This enables us to offer maximum product traceability, freshness, optimal quality, added sustainability and a complete product portfolio. We are a turnkey supplier and bring experience and added value to our customer’s production process, all with natural products. This vision is reflected in our slogan: “improvement by nature”.

Processing
The basis for all CTH’s products is fresh raw material, sourced directly from the slaughtering line and processed in our own facilities on the spot. All animals from which CTH sources have been approved for human consumption post- and ante mortem. Due to CTH’s unique integration with the slaughter line the freshness and bacteriological properties are unsurpassed in the business. Whether it’s tubed for large industrial production, bundled and net-packed, or in a vacuum bag for small-scale processing, CTH offers a full range of calibers, in different quality grades and prepared to fit specific market segments.

The casing that fits your needs
CTH’s natural casings are carefully selected, specified parts of the intestinal tract. Each part, being the small intestines, fat ends or after ends intestinal tract has specific characteristics and applications, ranging from sausage skin to local meat delicacy. After sourcing and first preparation in our own gut rooms the intestines are cleaned, and salted in brine. In our unique fifty meter long rinsing bath in Almere, all natural casings are thoroughly.
In one of our own selection plants, our skilled workers carefully inspect and calibrate the casings according to our strict quality guidelines and under HACCP, ISO, BRC and IFS quality systems. With the exception of salt, CTH natural casings are free from chemicals, foreign elements, mucosa and other parts of the intestinal tract.

Fresh meat-by-products
Depending on the type of animal (bovine, porcine or poultry), the available meat-by-products vary, but CTH always offers the full spectrum. To name a few: Liver, heart, kidney, stomach, tripe, lung. All freshly sourced and quickly processed to offer maximum nutrition and freshness for our customers. On our processing plants, the meat-by-products are quickly cooled, using state-of-the-art techniques. To underline our role as turnkey-supplier, we can deliver our meat-by-products pre-mixes and cooled according to customer specifications in the wet-petfood industry.