ZOOBANDA

Ukrainian pet food brand is the winners of the Ukrainian Business Award 2025

How Zoobanda won a place in the highly competitive dog and cat food market in 5 years

In 2025, the Zoobanda brand became the winner of the Ukrainian Business Award in the nomination “TOP-10 TMs of pet food in Ukraine”. This recognition is the result of five years of non-stop work, trust and support of customers, and daily care for four-legged friends.

Zoobanda was founded in 2020 by a couple, Vitaliy Tarutin and Kristina Zalivadna. The main idea of ​​the brand is to build a craft Ukrainian food brand with an impeccable reputation, which surpasses imported analogues in quality, but does not involve overpaying for a big name or intermediaries’ markups.

Since its founding, the brand team has been fighting the inferiority complex with each product and proving: Ukrainian is high-quality, useful and relevant.

The company combines two brands:

◾️ DOGSTER — food for medium and large breed dogs (5 flavors), as well as separate diets for puppies and small dogs;
◾️ KOTOBANDA — four flavors for sterilized and neutered cats.

The products are manufactured in Dnipro and undergo voluntary certification by an independent state expert institution. Each ration meets the current requirements for dog and cat food.

Zoobanda food has a reputation close to perfect. This is evidenced by over 700 positive reviews and a 5.0 rating on Google and social networks.

Receiving the Ukrainian Business Award was another confirmation that Ukrainian business can be competitive, honest and customer-oriented.

The Tarutin family plans to expand the range, launch its own production and create an ecosystem in which innovations for pets will be born.