Koala Premium pellets — who makes them and what their certificate really says

Koala Premium pellets are sold by the Przyjazny Węgiel shop and are one of the few offers in our table with an "undeclared" class despite the word "Premium" in the name and a "Certificate" tab on the page. This article explains why — and along the way shows how to read the document the shop calls a certificate.

Who makes Koala

The product page names no production plant. It says only that the pellets are made "100% from clean, dry larch-and-spruce wood, without additives or chemicals", and that lignin — the natural binder — holds the pellets together without glue.

The answer to "who makes it" is in the document downloadable from the "Certificate" tab. The certificate attests that "Pellet Koala — a product belonging to PRZYJAZNYWEGIEL.PL Sp. z o.o." of Warsaw. In other words: Koala is the seller's own private label. Who presses the pellets on the shop's behalf is not known from any public source we reached.

For the record: there is also a company called Koala Energy in Brazil, an ENplus-certified producer (BR 002). Nothing suggests a link with the Polish Koala — Brazilian raw material is not larch and spruce — we mention it only so nobody confuses its number with a certificate for the Polish product.

What the "Certificate" really says

We read the document (no. 1/08/2026) line by line:

• issuer: the "POLSKI PELLET" programme, run by GINGKO Adam Macikowski of Bolęcin (a sole proprietorship, tax and registry numbers on the document);
• content: the product "successfully passed the POLSKI PELLET certification process, in which laboratory tests compliant with Polish Standard PN-EN ISO 17225-2 are carried out, confirming conformity with quality class A1";
• mark: "POLSKI PELLET A1", annotated PN-EN ISO 17225-2;
• validity: 1 Aug 2026 to 30 Jul 2027, initial certification 20 Jul 2026;
• footnote: the certificate "is valid subject to confirmation of the laboratory samples specified by the programme".

What follows from this:

1. It is not an ENplus or DINplus certificate. We describe both schemes in a separate article; their numbers can be checked in public registers. The "Polski Pellet A1" mark is part of neither.
2. The document refers to the same ISO 17225-2 standard that ENplus and DINplus rest on — but certification isn't just the standard, it's also who tests and who audits. Here it is one company's private programme; its procedures and accreditation are unknown to us.
3. The certificate is very recent (July 2026) and valid for one year.

We are not saying the pellets are bad — we have no basis for that. We are saying that the shop declares no ENplus or DINplus class on the product page, and our rule is never to guess a class from a name or from documents that cannot be verified in a public register. So Koala appears in the table as undeclared class and will never trigger a price alert.

Parameters declared by the shop

Parameter	Declaration	A1 threshold per ENplus
Calorific value	~18 MJ/kg (≈ 5.0 kWh/kg)	≥ 4.6 kWh/kg
Ash	0.4%	≤ 0.70%
Moisture	5.8%	≤ 10%
Diameter	6 mm	6 / 8 mm
Raw material	larch and spruce, no bark	—

Those values would meet the A1 thresholds — it's just that nobody external whom we can verify attests to them.

The pallet weight changed from 975 to 1005 kg

The same offer has been described with three weights within a year. The page URL contains "1050kg", Ceneo lists it as "1.05 tonnes (1050 kg)", as late as August the page said 975 kg, and in September 2026 the title reads "1 pallet (1005 kg)" — 67 bags of 15 kg. We updated our catalogue to 1005 kg: at 2,299 zł that is 2,299 ÷ 1005 × 1000 = 2,288 zł/t, versus the 2,358 zł/t that came out at 975 kg. Three percent from the label alone — which is why you check pallet weight on the day of purchase, not in a year-old review.

Before you buy

1. Ask the shop who the producer is and whether it has an ENplus or DINplus number — no answer is also an answer.
2. Convert the price to a tonne using the current pallet weight.
3. Check the bag on delivery — checklist.

Sources

• Przyjazny Węgiel — Pellet drzewny KOALA Premium – 1 paleta (1005 kg) — parameters, raw material, 67 bags, price, "Certificate" tab. A shop whose prices we monitor (Polish).
• Pellet Koala Premium certificate (PDF from the shop's site) — no. 1/08/2026, POLSKI PELLET programme, GINGKO Adam Macikowski, PN-EN ISO 17225-2, valid 1 Aug 2026–30 Jul 2027 (Polish).
• CDTP — Pellet drzewny KOALA Premium – 1 paleta (1005 kg) — the same offer at a sister seller, 1005 kg / 67 bags (Polish).
• Ceneo — Przyjazny Węgiel Pellet Drzewny Koala Premium 1,05 Tony (1050Kg) — the offer's historical name with a 1050 kg weight (Polish).
• ENplus — "More Than A Decade With Us: Koala Energy" — a Brazilian producer with a similar name, ENplus BR 002 (unrelated to the Polish offer).