Headquartered in St. Charles in Missouri, Royal Canin USA owns and operates two
pet food manufacturing plants, one in Missouri and the other in South Dakota.
Pet food companies that buy meat from human grade suppliers almost always manufacture or process the meat in
pet food manufacturing plants.
Not exact matches
This company is one of the largest
pet food manufacturers in the world and they have
manufacturing facilities all over the country as well as several
plants oversees.
Because
pet foods are
manufactured in one
plant and distributed by another, there is always a chance of contamination with products not listed on the ingredients label.
Fresh Is Best, Inc. has been
manufacturing natural raw
pet food products at a small sausage
plant in Milwaukee since 2001.
Manufactured pet foods can contain umectants like sugar / sucrose, corn syrup, sorbitol and molasses; antimicrobial preservatives like propionic, sorbic and phosphoric acids, sodium nitrite, sodium and calcium propionate and potassium sorbate; natural coloring agents like iron oxide and caramel, and synthetic coloring agents like coal - tar derived azo - dyes such as Yellow 5, Red 40, Yellow 6, and Blue 2; emulsifying agents used as stabilizers and thickeners, such as seaweed, seed, and microbial gums, gums from trees, and chemically modified plant cellulose like citrus pectin, xanthan and guar gum, and carrageenan; flavor and palatability enhances include «natural» flavors, «animal digest», and even MSG (monosodium glutamate); natural fiber like beet pulp, and miscellaneous additives like polyphosphates that help retain natural moisture, condition and texture of manufacture
Manufactured pet foods can contain umectants like sugar / sucrose, corn syrup, sorbitol and molasses; antimicrobial preservatives like propionic, sorbic and phosphoric acids, sodium nitrite, sodium and calcium propionate and potassium sorbate; natural coloring agents like iron oxide and caramel, and synthetic coloring agents like coal - tar derived azo - dyes such as Yellow 5, Red 40, Yellow 6, and Blue 2; emulsifying agents used as stabilizers and thickeners, such as seaweed, seed, and microbial gums, gums from trees, and chemically modified
plant cellulose like citrus pectin, xanthan and guar gum, and carrageenan; flavor and palatability enhances include «natural» flavors, «animal digest», and even MSG (monosodium glutamate); natural fiber like beet pulp, and miscellaneous additives like polyphosphates that help retain natural moisture, condition and texture of
manufacturedmanufactured pet foods.
When I asked for explanation of what that investigation is, she shared that they are receiving «numerous reports daily» of sick
pets that appear to be linked to Diamond
manufactured pet foods not made at the South Carolina
plant.
Hill's
manufacturing plants comply with FDA regulated Good
Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) to ensure all their
pet food products are produced in clean and sanitary conditions.
When referencing
pet foods, the AAFCO definition of natural is «a feed or ingredient derived solely from
plant, animal, or mined sources, either in its unprocessed state or having been subject to physical processing, heat processing, rendering, purification, extraction, hydrolysis, enzymolysis, or fermentation but not having been produced by or subject to a chemically synthetic process and not containing any additives or processing aids that are chemically synthetic except in amounts as might occur unavoidably in good
manufacturing practices.»
The latter is a family - owned, U.S. - based company that
manufactures pet food and has
plants located in California, Missouri, and South Carolina.
What really makes Weruva unique is that their
foods are
manufactured in a state - of - the - art human
food facility, not a
pet food plant.
The company will also maintain its existing
pet food and snack
manufacturing plants and distribution centers, and sales offices.