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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0508</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2026-03-10</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001611647</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Freshpet, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FRPT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001241671</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GEORGE WALTER N.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O FRESHPET, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1450 US-206</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BEDMINSTER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>07921</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>false</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-03-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1589</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>48746</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The shares of restricted Common Stock were awarded to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's 2024 Equity Incentive Plan and vest on March 15, 2027, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service on the Board of Directors of the Issuer at such date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Lisa A. Alexander, as Attorney-in-Fact for the Reporting Person</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-03-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
