Bentaş Bentonit (VanCat)

Bentaş Bentonit says its four automated plants in Fatsa can produce 240,000 tonnes of bentonite cat litter granules a year, and that it exports more than 80% of what it makes to about 120 international customers in 75 countries.

What a litter buyer gets from Bentaş

If you are looking for a private label litter maker, this is the core of the business: the company’s export manager says close to 60% of its capacity goes into private label work for supermarket chains, wholesalers and pet store chains. It mines its own white bentonite around Ordu, so you buy from the source. Packing is done in-house on nine vertical and six horizontal automatic lines that the company says can fill 40 trucks a day, plus four box lines with capacity for 20 million boxes for German retail chains.

Litter ranges and specifications

Bentaş sells grey, white and sodium bentonite series. In the white series, W225 is a fine 0.5 to 2.25 mm granule the company calls its most requested grade, while its larger-granule grades are aimed at long-haired cats and multi-cat homes because they track less. Optional scents include baby powder, Marseille soap, lavender, orange, vanilla, fresh, pine and aloe vera, and colored granules or activated carbon can be added. Its quality page lists these targets:

• liquid absorption of at least 280% in the Westinghouse test, up to 330% on special grades
• moisture held at about 8% against a 10% acceptance limit
• average density of 850 g per liter
• six analyses on every tonne, around 3,000 a day

Own brands and certification

Under its own names it sells VanCat, Cat’s White, White Sand and RoCat litter, plus VanCat and VanDog pet food, and it distributes Bosch and Sanabelle food in Turkey. VanCat was named Brand of the Year at the World Branding Awards for a fourth time in 2025. The Fatsa site holds ISO 9001:2015 certification from TÜV Thüringen for the manufacture and sale of cat litter, valid until May 2029.

Capacity and where to meet the team

Founded in 2007, with its first export shipment in 2009, the company employs about 400 people and opened a further KB Bentonit plant in Ürgüp, Nevşehir on October 27, 2026. It reported having exhibited at Zoomark for the seventh time in 2023, so Zoomark 2027 in Bologna and Interzoo 2028, where it marked its sixth visit in 2022, are the likeliest places to see the range in person.

How it compares

Bentaş is one of the larger producers in our cat litter and hygiene suppliers, part of the wider pet accessories section. Pettex makes litter in Blackburn as part of the Pets Choice group, and Dr. Elsey’s sells its clumping litters to US retailers through an application route. Among other pet trade suppliers in Turkey, Hermos Pet Food makes dry cat and dog food in Salihli for export.

Source: bentasbentonit.com

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