Sardines.World Sardines.World The physical factories behind the labels. Many sardine brands you think of as rivals are packed under one roof — this is where those overlaps are laid out, brand by brand and plant by plant.
The Perafita (Matosinhos) cannery behind José Gourmet, which packs a whole cluster of design-led Portuguese sardine brands — its own portfolio plus contract labels.
A historic northern-Portuguese cannery that packs the Minerva and Santo Amaro sardine brands.
A Moroccan sardine-canning facility in the Agadir area that packs the Belma and Armorial brands and runs contract production for several export labels.
Century Pacific Food's Zamboanga sardine-canning platform, the shared production base behind its 555, Blue Bay, Fresca, Lucky 7 and Ligo sardine brands.
A Safi-based Moroccan sardine manufacturer connected to the Unimer group, packing its own Festoy and Fanion labels.
A fifth-generation Galician cannery in Vilanova de Arousa; the named producer behind Patagonia Provisions' sardines.
The Vigo, Galicia cannery behind the Pay Pay brand, packing sardines and other conservas on the Rías Baixas.
A fifth-generation Andalusian cannery on the Guadiana at Ayamonte, maker of the Lola sardine brand.
The Matosinhos cannery, founded in 1920, that hand-packs both the export-labelled Nuri and the domestic Pinhais tins using the same pre-cook-then-hand-pack method.
A Moroccan sardine manufacturer that packs Isabel's Moroccan-sourced SKUs alongside its own Rex and Nixe labels and private-label export work.
A Safi-based Moroccan cannery associated with the Sabri sardine label; the brand-ownership relationship is unconfirmed and evidence conflicts over time.
A sardine processor and exporter on Morocco's far-southern Atlantic coast, packing a family of its own labels for export markets.
A Dakhla-area sardine processing and exporting operation on Morocco's southern Atlantic coast.
The Postira cannery on the island of Brač, Croatia's largest fish processor, which packs the Adriatic Queen sardine brand from Adriatic-caught fish.
Universal Canning's Zamboanga facility, the shared production base behind the Family's Brand, Master, Atami and Mikado sardine labels.
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