P.W. Hobby

About

P.W. Hobby is the trading name of Piotr Matuszewski's business at Kobylarnia 20a, 86-061 Brzoza in Poland, a pet-food manufacturer that also imports and distributes other companies' pet articles.^[1][2] It makes food for rodents, rabbits, birds, reptiles, cats and dogs under its own brands, of which Vitapol and Lolo Pets are the international ones and Family First another named on its home page, and it is the Polish importer of foreign ranges, most prominently Germany's Trixie.^[2][3] The Polish VAT register lists the business as an active VAT payer under NIP 5540469849 and REGON 002483770 at Kobylarnia 20A, registered on 5 July 1993.^[4] A Polish pet shop's producer contact block names it in full as P.W. "HOBBY" Z.P.CHR. Piotr Matuszewski at the same address.^[5] It holds ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 22000:2018 certificates.^[6]

The business began in the 1980s as Aquarium Poland, breeding and exporting ornamental fish; it added imported pet articles in 1988, opened its own food production under the Vitapol brand in 1992, started working with Trixie in 1994, and in 2005 became Trixie's exclusive Polish distributor and launched the Lolo Pets brand, followed by the Lolo Pets Classic sub-brand in 2009.^[2] GS1 company prefix 5904479 stays recorded here as inferred rather than sourced. GS1 Polska's eProdukty record for a barcode under it is behind authentication and answers HTTP 401,^[7] and no GS1, register or company statement naming the licensee was found on vitapol.pl, on hobby.bydgoszcz.pl or in web searches for the prefix digits; GEPIR and Verified by GS1 publish no licensee lookup. The basis for the inference is unchanged: Open Food Facts records three barcodes under the prefix, 5904479012005 as Karmeo Premium rabbit food,^[8] 5904479025005 as Karmeo Premium canary food^[9] and 5904479043016 as a herbal turtle food,^[10] all names of Vitapol ranges, a search for code:5904479* returns no barcode outside that set,^[11] and a Polish shop that prints 5904479012005 gives P.W. Hobby as the producer of that article.^[5]

Relations

• Distributes Trixie in Poland since 2005^[2] sourced
  Company profile: cooperation with Trixie began in 1994 and "in 2005 we became the exclusive distributor of Trixie for Poland"; the profile page is undated, and the company's home page still carried a Trixie promotional leaflet and the Trixie 2026/2027 catalogue on 1 September 2026

Referenced by

• Brand owner at point of sale for Karmeo Premium karma pełnoporcjowa dla królika 500 g in Poland sourced
  vitapol.pl gives P.W. Hobby Piotr Matuszewski, Kobylarnia 20a, as the firm behind the Vitapol brand
• Inferred: Registered GS1 prefix used by Karmeo Premium karma pełnoporcjowa dla królika 500 g derived
  prefix 5904479; no public source names the registrant, and the other Open Pet Food Facts packs under it (5904479025005, 5904479043016) are Vitapol articles
• Manufactures Karmeo Premium karma pełnoporcjowa dla królika 500 g in Poland sourced
  producer contact block on the Polish listing: P.W. "HOBBY" Z.P.CHR. Piotr Matuszewski, Kobylarnia 20A, 86-061 Brzoza
• Owns Vitapol sourced
  vitapol.pl's contact page names P.W. Hobby Piotr Matuszewski, Kobylarnia 20a, as the firm behind the site

Also known as

• P.W. "HOBBY" Z.P.CHR. Piotr Matuszewski pl
• P.W. Hobby Piotr Matuszewski pl
• Aquarium Poland

References

1. ↑ Vitapol: Kontakt Vitapol (P.W. Hobby Piotr Matuszewski). manufacturer. Accessed 2026-09-14. Kontakt do nas.
2. ↑ P.W. Hobby: About us (company profile, history, offer) P.W. Hobby Piotr Matuszewski. manufacturer. Accessed 2026-09-14. Company profile; History.
3. ↑ P.W. Hobby: Witaj w Świecie P.W. Hobby (strona główna) P.W. Hobby Piotr Matuszewski. manufacturer. Accessed 2026-09-14. Company description; news of 1 September 2026.
4. ↑ Ministerstwo Finansów, wykaz podatników VAT: NIP 5540469849 (Piotr Matuszewski, Kobylarnia) Ministerstwo Finansów (PL). registry. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 5540469849.
5. ↑ Animall.pl: Vitapol KARMEO Premium POKARM dla królika 500 g (Kod EAN 5904479012005) Animall.pl. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-14. Kod EAN, Dane kontaktowe producenta.
6. ↑ P.W. Hobby: Certyfikaty P.W. Hobby Piotr Matuszewski. manufacturer. Accessed 2026-09-14. ISO 9001:2015, ISO 22000:2018.
7. ↑ GS1 Polska eProdukty: product record for GTIN 5904479012005 (HTTP 401, authentication required) GS1 Polska. registry. Accessed 2026-09-14. {"detail":"Nie podano danych uwierzytelniających."}.
8. ↑ Open Food Facts: RABBIT FOOD KARMEO PREMIUM 500GR (5904479012005) Open Food Facts. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 5904479012005. ODbL. Open Food Facts contributors.
9. ↑ Open Food Facts: BIRD FOOD KARMEO PREMIUM CANARY 500GR (5904479025005) Open Food Facts. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 5904479025005. ODbL. Open Food Facts contributors.
10. ↑ Open Food Facts: TURTLE FOOD HERBAL MIXTURE (5904479043016) Open Food Facts. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 5904479043016. ODbL. Open Food Facts contributors.
11. ↑ Open Food Facts search: the barcodes recorded under GS1 prefix 5904479 Open Food Facts. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-14. ODbL. Open Food Facts contributors.