About us
Uruguay Meats represent sheep and beef processors and exporters that operate around 39 processing plants throughout the country and employ over 24,000 people.
The plants processed approximately 3.5 million head of cattle annually.
Who we are?
We provides a collective industry voice and advocacy on a wide range of topics, including trade policy and market access, technical and regulatory issues, workforce issues and science and innovation.
Uruguay Meats vision is to be productive, innovative, and value-adding to the red meat industry that continues to thrive and prosper in a dynamic environment.
- Vision & mission:
Uruguay Meats mission is to provide leadership, tools, and a strong, credible voice to help ensure a vibrant and profitable Uruguayan red meat industry.
Top rated Uruguay meat exporter in 2023
M.G.A.P Habilitación N° 310
Breeders & Packers Uruguay S.A
Breeders and Packers Uruguay S.A. (BPU Meat) operates the most modern beef slaughterhouses in South America, located near the city of Durazno in Uruguay, with a slaughtering capacity of 2,500 heads per day. BPU employs high technology in its industrial process, producing and exporting Uruguayan beef of the highest quality and adhering to stringent sanitary safety standards. BPU Meat offers the highest quality of grain-fed Angus Beef in Latin America.
M.G.A.P Habilitación N° 3
Frigorífico Carrasco S.A
Frigorífico Carrasco S.A. is a brand of Minerva Foods in Uruguay that specializes in meat processing, which includes a slaughterhouse service, cutting facility, and cold storage unit. The company produces chilled and frozen, bone-in and boneless beef and lamb cuts, as well as offals and by-products. Frigorifico Carrasco S.A exports the most amount of Beef to China from Uruguay in terms of quantity.
M.G.A.P Habilitación N° 7
Frigorífico PUL - PULSA S.A
Frigorífico PUL – PULSA S.A., a subsidiary of Minerva Foods, is a Uruguayan meat processing company. The PUL brand manages, processes, and packages products from Uruguay Plants No. 3, 7, 8, and 310, allowing it to produce the highest quantity of meat among all Uruguayan meat exporters. By leveraging access to all of Minerva’s meat processing plants in Uruguay, PUL offers a range of beef and lamb cuts, both chilled and frozen, as well as offal and by-products.
M.G.A.P Habilitación N° 224
Frigorífico Lorsinal S.A
Lorsinal S.A a company owned by Sundiro Group has a production facility that is strategically situated within a 250km radius of the two most abundant cattle sources in the country and merely 30km from key maritime ports. Their robust operational structure allows them to slaughter 1,000 cattle per day across two shifts, accompanied by a 3,000-ton capacity for freezing and cold storage. Lorsinal S.A produces the highest quality of grass-fed Beef in Uruguay and holds top certifications for quality.
M.G.A.P Habilitación N° 344
Frigorífico Nirea S.A
Frigorífico San Jacinto–NIREA S.A produces and exports the highest and best quality of Uruguayan Sheep products. Frigorífico San Jacinto – Nirea S.A. has a long tradition working with Lamb products. In 1996 the Company gave life to the Heavy Lamb Operation, which focuses on the production and slaughter of young lambs with carcasses ranging from 13 to 24 kg.
A special lamb deserved a brand to distinguish it and to enable consumers to identify it. This is how “Nirea Premium Lamb” came about; the brand guarantees global consumers a top quality product that results from the combination of selected raw material, state-of-the-art technology, cutting production experience and strict quality controls.