The safety and quality standards that it adheres to are a benchmark
for other pet food companies.
Not exact matches
The
company provides tobacco, confectionary items, health and beauty products,
pet foods, snacks, batteries and
other items
for convenience stores and foodservice accounts.
Wolchok was one of three individuals honored that night
for their contributions to the field of comparative oncology; the
other two were Dr. Philip Bergman of the Katonah - Bedford Veterinary Center and David Petrie of the Blue Buffalo
pet food company.
Free
for retailers, the
company's POS Tracking system tracks global data on
pet food, as well as
other pet specialty product categories.
Through this research, the
company identified three basic consumer segments, based on their attitudes toward
pets: Loving Nurturers — individuals
for whom the highest form of affection they can show their
pets is by feeding them the best
food available; Dedicated Experts — shoppers who take a more analytical approach to feeding and do a lot of research in order to make informed purchasing decisions; and True Advocates — shoppers who typically adopt the latest forms of feeding and are very influential on
other shopper segments.
Some
pet food companies that make their own
foods also manufacture
foods for other companies.
The variety of several
companies making therapeutic diets
for the same condition is a big benefit
for the
pet owner — if one brand of Rx
food does not agree with you dog, there are
others to chose from without lowering the chance of success in helping with the treatment of the disease through diet.
Several dog
food companies now offer gluten free dog
food (Nutro Ultra, several formulas from Honest Kitchen, several varieties of Hill's Ideal Balance, and a few
others) so you will probably be seeing these
foods for sale in
pet stores and online.
Furthermore, all the
other large
pet food companies already have in house labs, and have
for years, and do their own testings on their
food (ie Hills, Walthams now Royal Canin, Science Diet etc) and that did not prevent toxins from being in your and my
pet food which caused such a massive
pet food recall and deaths.
What makes California Natural unique from
other pet food companies is the fact that they specialize in Limited Ingredient Diets
for pets with
food sensitivities.
Many
pet owners and smaller
pet product
companies are dubious of AAFCO because it is partly made up of major manufacturers within the industry who have an incredibly large influence on how the regulations
for their own industry are established, and in determining the feed ingredient definitions that allow by - products, 4 - D meats (dead, dis - eased, decaying and disabled) and
other non edible ingredients to be used in
pet food.
Most of the research
for these
foods is done by the large
pet food companies such as Purina, Hill's, and Royal Canin, though there are a few
other companies that make these
foods.
From there they branched out into optimum nutrition
for normal dogs (unlike
other companies that started as livestock feed operations, branching out into
pet foods; we're talking 1981, remember).
In the United States (and many
other countries),
companies are required to provide a guaranteed analysis label
for each package of
pet food.
Treats
for Dogs and Cats — Distributors and retailers will not find more comprehensive product lines from
other raw
pet food companies.
This connection to Diamond
Pet Foods is concerning to many
pet owners because Diamond
Pet Foods, which manufacturers
food for many
other companies as well (Canidae, Kirkland, Taste of the Wild, Costco, Chicken Soup
for the
Pet Lover's Soul, 4Health, Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance
Pet Foods, NutraGold, and
others) has a long history of recalls due to Salmonella, aflatoxins / mycotoxins, and
other problems at their plants.
In the case of hypoallergenic diets
for pets with
food allergies, prescription diet
companies take special precautions to avoid contamination of these hypoallergenic diets with common proteins that could evoke allergic responses, using separate facilities or equipment than used
for their
other foods.
What we are talking about here is not exactly «waste» but byproducts (from meat as well as milled grains and
other sources) left over from human
food processing are found in many poor quality and even higher quality
foods, especially when the
pet food company is owned by one of the giant
companies that also own plants
for processing human
foods.
But not only do they strive to create the best
food for your
pets, they also give back in ways few
other companies in the
pet food industry can.
Other companies provide actual
food for pets to enjoy during the holidays.
First and foremost, Del Monte will probably look to purchase
other pet food companies, perhaps looking
for specialty items that will help separate it from
other major
pet food companies, including Iams and Purina.
Amy Chamberlin, product development and nutrition specialist with Oxbow Animal Health, says the
company's new Natural Science line consists of premium fortified
foods for adult rabbits and guinea pigs, as well as five hay - based supplements with focused support in five categories of wellness
for many species of small
pets, including rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, rats and
others.
A + FRR Note: No Recalls
for Flint River Ranch - Flint River Ranch has no involvement with Menu
Foods or the
companies it sells
pet foods to, and none of Flint River Ranch's all natural, healthy dog
food formulas or cat
food formulas are involved in this
pet food recall or any
other pet food recall.