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Blue Buffalo (some varieties dry)
Rachael Ray
American Nutrition
Mulligan Stew can
Natural Balance can
Wellness can
Arkat Pet Food
Barrett AG Service
Red Moon Pet Food
Berwind Corp WellPet
Holistic Select
Wellness
Blue Seal Feeds
By Nature dry
Breeders Choice
AvoDerm
Pinnacle
Cargill
Loyall
Champion Pet Food
Acana
Orijen
Chenago Valley Pet Foods
Vets Choice
CJ Foods
Blue Buffalo (some varieties dry)
Brothers Complete
Drs Foster & Smith
Nature’s Variety dry
Nulo dry
Rotations
Timberwolf
Colgate Palmolive
Science Diet
Crosswind Pet Foods
Kumpi
Darwins
Diamond Pet Food (numerous plants)
4Health
Apex
Canidae* (recently purchased their own manufacturing plant—it is not known when they will or if they will move all manufacturing to their own plant)
Chicken Soup
Country Value
Diamond
Diamond Naturals
Kirkland
Natural Balance dry
Nature’s Domain
Premium Edge
Professional
Solid Gold
Taste of the Wild
Wellness (one variety)
Elmira Pet Products Ltd
Happy Paws
Happy Tails
K9 Premium
Nutram
Sigma 7
Petcurean dry
Evangers
By Nature can
Canidae can
Evangers can
Fromm
Fromm dry
American Natural Premium dry
Born Free dry
Human Food Kitchen/Plant
Evermore
Fresh Fetch
Honest Kitchen
People Fud
Just Food for Dogs (kitchen)
KLN Enterprises (Tuffy’s Pet Foods)
Dogswell
Natural Planet Organics
NutriSource
Pet Time
Pure Vita
Zignature dry
Lucky Dog Cuisine (kitchen)
Mars Petcare (numerous plants)
Cesar
Nutro
Ol Roy dry
Pedigree
Royal Canin
Merrick (purchased by Purina in 2015 with no planned changes to Merrick’s management or operations)
Whole Earth Farms
Castor Pollux
Mid America
Nature’s Logic
Victor
Midwestern Pet Food
Earthborn Holistics
Miss Autumn’s Barkery (kitchen)
Mountain Country Foods
Mulligan Stew
Nature’s Variety (raw)
Instinct
Nestle
Chef Michael
Purina
Pet Promise
Ohio Pet
Evangers kibble
Life’s Abundance kibble
Annamaet
Dr Tim’s
Paul’s Pet Food
Pied Piper Pet and Wildlife
Procter & Gamble (numerous plants)
California Naturals
Eukanuba
Evo
Iams
Innova
Karma
Performance Pet
Canine Caviar can
Zignature can
Pied Piper Mill
Canine Caviar dry
Simmons
Blue Buffalo can
Canidae can
Castor Pollux Can
Life’s Abundance Can
Nature’s Logic Can
Ol’ Roy Can
Dogswell can
Evolve can
Petcurean can
Nature’s Variety can
Nulo can
Stella and Chewy’s
Sunshine Mills
Lassie
Evolve kibble
Triumph kibble
Taplow Feeds/FirstMate Pet Food
Laughing Dog
Texas Farm Products
Precise Pet Food
Wysong
Not Revealed by pet food company or Not Known (yet)
Dynamite Pet Food
Flint River Ranch
Fromm can
Halo
FreshPet
Kibbles & Bits (Del Monte)
Nature’s Recipe (Del Monte)
Newman’s Own
TLC
http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com
Dr Goetsch called/emailed a lot of companies to see who formulates the food and controls the feeding trials (WSAVA recommendations). The responses are below:
++Companies that answered yes: Royal Canin, Hills/Science Diet, Iams, Eukanuba, Purina, Wellness, Acana, Origen
++Companies that answered but did not have full qualifications:
-Blue (They do employ a PhD human nutritionist- with a degree in Animal Science, a Master of Science degree in Non-Ruminant Nutrition, and a Ph.D. degree in Nutritional Biochemistry. A Dr. that also has a degree in Animal Nutrition Science (ACANS))
-Rachel Ray (Ainsworth pet food) - Have Phds in human nutrition, No board certified vet nutritionists
-Pedigree- Mars Petcare US employs Associates with expertise in many different fields.
++Companies that did not respond: Nutro, Friskies, Diamond, Ol Roy, Sam’s Club/Costco
Back to Basics
Blue Buffalo (some varieties dry)
Rachael Ray
American Nutrition
Mulligan Stew can
Natural Balance can
Wellness can
Arkat Pet Food
Barrett AG Service
Red Moon Pet Food
Berwind Corp WellPet
Holistic Select
Wellness
Blue Seal Feeds
By Nature dry
Breeders Choice
AvoDerm
Pinnacle
Cargill
Loyall
Champion Pet Food
Acana
Orijen
Chenago Valley Pet Foods
Vets Choice
CJ Foods
Blue Buffalo (some varieties dry)
Brothers Complete
Drs Foster & Smith
Nature’s Variety dry
Nulo dry
Rotations
Timberwolf
Colgate Palmolive
Science Diet
Crosswind Pet Foods
Kumpi
Darwins
Diamond Pet Food (numerous plants)
4Health
Apex
Canidae* (recently purchased their own manufacturing plant—it is not known when they will or if they will move all manufacturing to their own plant)
Chicken Soup
Country Value
Diamond
Diamond Naturals
Kirkland
Natural Balance dry
Nature’s Domain
Premium Edge
Professional
Solid Gold
Taste of the Wild
Wellness (one variety)
Elmira Pet Products Ltd
Happy Paws
Happy Tails
K9 Premium
Nutram
Sigma 7
Petcurean dry
Evangers
By Nature can
Canidae can
Evangers can
Fromm
Fromm dry
American Natural Premium dry
Born Free dry
Human Food Kitchen/Plant
Evermore
Fresh Fetch
Honest Kitchen
People Fud
Just Food for Dogs (kitchen)
KLN Enterprises (Tuffy’s Pet Foods)
Dogswell
Natural Planet Organics
NutriSource
Pet Time
Pure Vita
Zignature dry
Lucky Dog Cuisine (kitchen)
Mars Petcare (numerous plants)
Cesar
Nutro
Ol Roy dry
Pedigree
Royal Canin
Merrick (purchased by Purina in 2015 with no planned changes to Merrick’s management or operations)
Whole Earth Farms
Castor Pollux
Mid America
Nature’s Logic
Victor
Midwestern Pet Food
Earthborn Holistics
Miss Autumn’s Barkery (kitchen)
Mountain Country Foods
Mulligan Stew
Nature’s Variety (raw)
Instinct
Nestle
Chef Michael
Purina
Pet Promise
Ohio Pet
Evangers kibble
Life’s Abundance kibble
Annamaet
Dr Tim’s
Paul’s Pet Food
Pied Piper Pet and Wildlife
Procter & Gamble (numerous plants)
California Naturals
Eukanuba
Evo
Iams
Innova
Karma
Performance Pet
Canine Caviar can
Zignature can
Pied Piper Mill
Canine Caviar dry
Simmons
Blue Buffalo can
Canidae can
Castor Pollux Can
Life’s Abundance Can
Nature’s Logic Can
Ol’ Roy Can
Dogswell can
Evolve can
Petcurean can
Nature’s Variety can
Nulo can
Stella and Chewy’s
Sunshine Mills
Lassie
Evolve kibble
Triumph kibble
Taplow Feeds/FirstMate Pet Food
Laughing Dog
Texas Farm Products
Precise Pet Food
Wysong
Not Revealed by pet food company or Not Known (yet)
Dynamite Pet Food
Flint River Ranch
Fromm can
Halo
FreshPet
Kibbles & Bits (Del Monte)
Nature’s Recipe (Del Monte)
Newman’s Own
TLC
http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com
Dr Goetsch called/emailed a lot of companies to see who formulates the food and controls the feeding trials (WSAVA recommendations). The responses are below:
++Companies that answered yes: Royal Canin, Hills/Science Diet, Iams, Eukanuba, Purina, Wellness, Acana, Origen
++Companies that answered but did not have full qualifications:
-Blue (They do employ a PhD human nutritionist- with a degree in Animal Science, a Master of Science degree in Non-Ruminant Nutrition, and a Ph.D. degree in Nutritional Biochemistry. A Dr. that also has a degree in Animal Nutrition Science (ACANS))
-Rachel Ray (Ainsworth pet food) - Have Phds in human nutrition, No board certified vet nutritionists
-Pedigree- Mars Petcare US employs Associates with expertise in many different fields.
++Companies that did not respond: Nutro, Friskies, Diamond, Ol Roy, Sam’s Club/Costco
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