Brands/Companies A - H
4 Health Dog Food
- Only brand is 4 Health
- Manufacture their own foods in specially designed kitchen.
- Only supplier is Mountain People's Warehouse.
- Meat is from a local USDA approved Butcher/meat packer.
- Products do not contain gluten or rice protein.
- Products are from one US supplier who does not import from outside
- They do not private label for other companies
- Privately owned company.
9Lives See Del Monte Pet Products
- No products made by Menu Foods
- Products do not contain wheat gluten
- All ingredients are from US suppliers
- Most products are manufactured in their own facility
- Food that is outsourced is manufactured with Abady formulas
- Brands Include Bow Wow Breakfast, Chompions, Barkfast Squares, and Chewa-Bunga
- No products made by Menu Foods (never have used them)
- Manufacturer is CJ Foods
- All ingredients are from US suppliers
- No products contain wheat gluten
- No products made by Menu Foods.
- Cans are manufactured by Evanger’s in Wheeling, IL
- Natural 6 Mix/Power Formula/ Holistic Cat Formula is made at bye Eagle Pack in Mishawaka, IN.
- Fresh Mix Line, Osopure Line, and AgaRx Line is made by Diamond Pet in Lathrop, CA.
- All ingredients are from the USA except New Zealand lamb.
- They test every batch in a private U.S. Laboratory; the results are submitted to the USDA APHIS office for International Health Certificates for exporting our food into other countries.
- Test for proximates, salmonella, bacteria.
- No wheat corn, soy, or wheat gluten is used in any products except the Holistic Cat Line, which contains corn gluten meal.
- We DO NOT use rice protein concentrate in our food.font> has tested foods for melamine and results came back negative - documents can be found on their website.
- They make all their own food (no outsourcing)
- No wheat products of any kind
- Manufacturer of canned foods is "proprietary information" but they are not involved in recall.
- Only supplies/ingredients that do not come from the US are lamb from New Zealand, and sea meal from Scotland.
- We do not use rice protein concentrate and wheat gluten or
any other type of gluten or hulls, middlings, concentrates,
etc.
- No products made by Menu Foods (have never used Menu)
- Manufactured by Chenango Valley Pet Foods in Sherburne, NY, a USDA inspected Facility
- No wheat, soy, or gluten products of any kind, sugar, fillers or byproducts.
- Corn in Back to Basics in human-quality ground corn and is certified non-GMO.
- No Chemicals or Artificial Preservatives
- All human-grade ingredients, USDA certified
- All ingredients are from US suppliers - suppliers do not outsource for their ingredients
- Rigorous testing is performed due to finished product export to other countries.
- We do not use rice protein or rice protein concentrate. We never have.
- We do not get anything from Wilbur-Ellis.
Bench and Field (info provided by company 4/03/07)
- Only brand is Bench & Field Products
- We do not use Menu Foods
- Manufacturer is Eagle Products in Mishawaka, IN
- Ingredients are grown domestically.
- We use corn gluten (from the US) no wheat gluten.
- None of our products contain wheat gluten or rice protein concentrate.
- No products made by Menu Foods
- All grains used in Bil-Jac products are grown and harvested domestically.
- Bil-Jac does not use and has never used any rice or rice protein ingredients in any of our products. (from website 4/18/07)
- We do not use any gluten meals in our products, including wheat gluten meal, rice gluten meal or corn gluten meal.
- Brands include Adirondack and Blackwood
- No products made by Menu Foods
- Foods manufactured by Ohio Pet Foods and Evangers
- No wheat gluten is used in their products
- All domestic ingredients except for lamb from New Zealand
- All of our grains are both grown and purchased in the USA.
- SOME PRODUCTS RECALLED. 4/19/07 & 4/26/07 See websitefor details
- Brands include BLUE for dogs, and Spa Select for Cats
- No products made by Menu Foods (have never used Menu)
- Products do not contain wheat gluten, soy, or corn
- All ingredients from US except lamb from New Zealand
- Some products manufactured by CJ Foods (according to FDA website)
- They do not manufacture food in their own facility. Manufacturer is confidential but they have their own vets and staff on location at all times and ingredients are tested before and after each run.
Editors
note: According
to Blue Buffalo website, some products contain rice protein concentrate.
Blue Seal
- Brands
include Blue Seal, Bright Life, By Nature, Life Stages - Menu Foods manufactures Blue Seal - The Loaf Style wet, but it is not involved in the recall. Menu Foods is not used for any of their other products.
- Dry foods are made at facilities owned and operated by Blue Seal Feeds, Inc.
- Dry pet foods do not contain any of the suspect ingredient "wheat gluten".
- Some of their baked dog biscuits/treats do contain wheat gluten.Supplier is a U.S. company based in Michigan. Wheat gluten is used generally as a dough conditioner and is included in very small amounts.
- By Nature brand of dry, canned and pouch pet foods, both natural and organic, do not contain any wheat products.
- Canine Whites dog biscuits/treats do contain some wheat gluten, but from the same Michigan supplier as Blue Seal branded biscuits/treats.
- Brandon Farms® brand of organic dry and canned foods do not contain any wheat products.
- Blue Seal Feeds® does not use concentrated rice protein or rice gluten in any of our pet foods, including By Nature® and Brandon Farms® (from website 4/20/07)
- All ingredients originate in the USA.
- No gluten, rice protein, or rice protein concentrate is used in any foods.
- Testing is not done for melamine or any other contaminants.
- Labels contain country of origin labeling.
- Manufactured by Bone Vivant, Inc. in Rogers, AR.
- No provate label manufacturing.
- Bone Vivant, Inc. is individually owned
- SOME PRODUCTS RECALLED 9/18/07. See website for more info.
- Bravo is their only brand.
- Bravo is manufactured in our own USDA human food processing facility.
- All of our products are from the US except our lamb, venison and beef which are imported from New Zealand and Australia.
- No ingredients from China.
- Bravo is grain free and uses no gluten of any kind.
- No rice protein concentrate is used.
- Our products are made exclusively from human grade meat, bones and vegetables.
- Bravo is an individually owned company. (no parent company).
- Brands include Active Care, Advanced Pet Diets Select Choice, AvoDerm Select Cuts, Health Food for Dogs, Pinnacle
- None of our products are affected or recalled.
- Canned manufactured by Menu Foods, and American Nutrition
- All dry foods made by Breeder's Choice in their own facility in Irwindale, CA.
- The 5.5 oz canned cat AvoDerm Natural and Pinnacle is from Menu.
- The Pinnacle canned dog food has 3 formulas, only one is made at Menu. It is the the chicken formula.
- AvoDerm 3 oz.select canned cat food is the only product manufactured in China.
- The only product that contains wheat gluten is Active Care cat treats (healthy joint treats). The wheat gluten is from
a source in the United States. - We use ingredients from United States sources, except for New Zealand Lamb and 3 oz. canned cat foods.
- Ingredients are from US sources, meaning the wheat, rice and corn is grown in soil on farms in the US. Corn gluten is in the AvoDerm and Advanced Pet Diets dry cat foods.
- We do not have rice protein concentrate in any food.
- Wheat gluten (from a US source) is in only ONE product, Active Care Healthy Cat Treats.
- We do not use wheat gluten, rice gluten, or rice protein concentrate in any of our dry or canned dog and cat foods.
- All foods (wet and dry) have been tested, by an independent lab, and melamine has not been found in any of their foods.
- Parent company is Central Garden and Pet
- All products are wheat and corn gluten free.
- All food ingredients are from the USA.
- Manufactured by CJ Foods in Pawnee City, NE
- We DO NOT use rice protein, our products are made with whole grain brown rice.
- We do not use any glutens in our products.
- Burns Pet Health, Inc. is it's own entity - not owned by another
company. - Sister company is Land of Holistic Pets in the UK
California Natural - see Natura Pet Products
- Brands include Canidae and Felidae
- Dry foods manufactured by Diamond
- Canned foods manufactured by Evangers and Simmons
- No products made by Menu Foods
- All
ingredients are grown in the US and are also processed here. - Canidae does not use glutens in any form.
- All products are free of corn, wheat, soy and all grain fractions
- No ingredients from China or overseas are used.
- Testing
protocol includes testing for melamine.
- SOME PRODUCTS RECALLED 4/26/07. See company website for information on exact products recalled.
- No products made by Menu Foods
- Kibble is manufactured at a private plant in Texas.
- American Nutrition manufactures turkey, venison, beaver and duck wet foods.
- Ingredients are inspected by USDA and approved for human consumption.
- All
ingredients (except lamb) are consistently sourced from U.S. companies and farms. - Lamb is from New Zealand and raised in a free-range environment
- “All our products (except cat food which has corn gluten meal in it, which we maybe changing) are gluten free.”
- There is no corn, wheat or soy in our products.
- Products do not contain rice protein concentrate.
- For more info on their ingredients, see the Canine Caviar website.
- Canine Caviar is a family owned business. (no parent company)
- None of our ingredients come from China. (from website 34/22/07)
Editor's Note 5/04/07: The dry food plant (Pied Piper) asked to be removed from this list due to the fact that people misinterpreted the statement about the Canine Caviar recall. They later asked for us to add a clarification: Pied Piper only manufactures Canine Caviar's DRY foods, none of which have been recalled. NO Pied Piper products have been recalled as of 5/04/07. Pied Piper states, "The dry plants relationships are very unique and different to each customer, and very difficult to just list their names. All ingredients are uniquely customized to our customer owned formulas."
Canine Caviar has recalled 3 cans of wet food, which is NOT manufactured by Pied Piper. Please see the Canine Caviar website for information on the cans that have been recalled.
- SOME PRODUCTS RECALLED 5/02/07. See company website for information on exact products recalled.
- Brands include Organix & Ultramix
- Wet foods made by Menu Foods.
- The wheat gluten product in tainted foods is not used in their foods.
- Rice Protein Concentrate is NOT used in Natural Ultramix Adult Canine Formula or Natural Ultramix Adult Feline Formula.
- Certified Organic Rice Protein Concentrate is used in our Organix
Organic Feline Canned Turkey, Brown Rice and Chicken Formula but it does not come from the same source associated with the recalls. We have had it tested to ensure there is no trace of melamine and there is not. (from website 4/22/07) - The Rice Protein Concentrate used in our Natural Ultramix Puppy Formula, Natural Ultramix Kitten Formula, Natural Ultramix Weight Management Formula and Natural Ultramix Indoor Feline Formula has already been tested and there is NO trace of melamine. (from website 4/18/07)
- Company has tested foods for melamine. Results can be found on their website.
Cesar See Mars Pet Food
- Brands include Origen and Acana
- Own and operate their own production facilities in Morinville, Alberta, Canada
- They make their own foods exclusively - their mandate is to produce
world-class foods from fresh regional ingredients. That means almost all of their ingredients (over 90% for ORIJEN) are raised, fished or farmed within western Canada. - Only imported ingredients are lamb from New Zealand and rice from California - these are used in their ACANA brand foods.
- They do not, and never have, had their brands produced or co-packed by any other pet food producer.
- They do not use glutens or other vegetable proteins in any of their foods.
- ORIJEN
and ACANA foods are not on any recall list.
Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul See Diamond Pet Foods
The following products were recalled in April, 2007:
- Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul Kitten Formula 5.5 oz. cans: Best by Aug. 15, 2008 to April 15, 2009
- Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul Puppy Formula 13 oz. cans: Best by Aug. 21, 2008to April 15, 2009
Cloud Star (information provided by company 4/4/07)
- Brands include Buddy Biscuits, Itty Bitty Buddy Biscuits, Soft & Chewy Buddy Biscuits, Organic Buddy Biscuits, Cloud Star Holistic Baked Kibble.
- We have no association with Menu Foods, nor do we have an association with any of the products that they manufacture for other companies.
- Cloud Star is the manufacturer of all our food/biscuit products.
- All ingredients are from US sources.
- Products are gluten free except for our Soft & Chewy Buddy Biscuits, which do contain wheat gluten of a US source.
- They do not get wheat gluten from ChemNutra
- Cloud Star Corp is a privately held corporation. (no parent company)
Cycle See Del Monte Pet Products
- DAD’S Dog Foods, DAD’S Cat Foods, Kibble Select Complete, Better Than Ears Dog Snacks, Nut-tastics Dog Snacks, Guilt Free Dog Snacks, Canine Combos, Doggie Duets, Kibbles Nuggets & Nibbles.
- None of our products are manufactured by Menu Foods.
- All of our products are manufactured by us.
- All of our dry dog and cat food ingredients are from the US. The vast majority of our ingredients for treats are from the US.
- All of our dry dog and cat foods are wheat gluten free. A couple of our dog treats contain wheat gluten—an ingredient very common to the human food supply as well.
- We do not source wheat gluten from ChemNutra.
- DAD'S Pet Care's dry dog and dry cat food products do not contain rice gluten (rice protein concentrate) or wheat gluten.
- Brands include Cycle, Kibbles'n Bits, MeowMix, Nature's Recipe, Reward, Skippy, 9Lives
- No products made by Menu Foods
- DEL MONTE HAS RECALLED FOODS NOT MENTIONED HERE. See their website for info.
- Some Products recalled April, 2007. See Editor's Notes below.
- Brands include Diamond, Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul, Nutra Gold, Nutra Nuggets, Premium Edge, Professional Pet Food
- No products made by Menu Foods
- All foods contain US and Canadian ingredients
- Manufacture their own dry food
- Canned foods made by American Nutrition
- Wheat, wheat gluten or rice protein concentrate is not used in any of our dry, canned, or treat products.
- Diamond states that they have "added quality and safety protocol to all of our canned products to ensure that contaminants will not find there way into the supply chain."
Editor's
Note 5/17/07: Recall info removed from their website. When asked about it, I was told the recalled products tested negative for contaminants. The new product is ready in the warehouse and is ready to replace the recalled product.
Editor's Note 5/23/07: Some Nutra Nuggets dry has been recalled. See the Nutra Nuggets website for info.
Recalled April, 2007: Diamond Lamb & Rice Formula for Dogs 13 oz. cans: Best by Aug. 21, 2009 to April 15, 201
- Brands include Dogswell, Catswell, Happy Hips, Breathies, Vitality, Mellow Mut and Happy Heart
- No products are made by Menu Foods and they have no affiliation with any of the facilities involved in the recall.
- No products contain wheat gluten or any other type of gluten.
- Products
are hormone free, antibiotic free, and cage free. - Ingredients are both domestic and imported. All products are safe, and raw materials are tested randomly.
- Products do not contain rice protein or rice protein concentrate.
- Declined to name manufacturer, but stated that their manufacturer is approved by the USDA, and have not had any problems with any recalls of their food or treats.
- Foods
have tested negative for melamine. Test results are here - At least some of their products are manufactured in China.
- SOME PRODUCTS RECALLED 4/25/07. See company website for information on exact products recalled.
- Wet foods made by Menu Foods.
- Dry foods manufactured by Chenango Valley Foods
- All grain and meat products are from the US
- No wheat gluten is used in the products manufactured at Menu
- Dr. Harvey's is the only brand.
- No wheat gluten is added to their foods. Canine Health is made with human consumption certified organic grains grown in the US. Some of these grains, contain naturally occurring gluten.
- Wheat gluten is not added to any of our products.
- No use rice protein concentrate used in any products.
- Only product that contains rice is Canine Health-The Miracle Dog Food, which contains brown rice.
- Meat treats are freeze dried in other facilities in the US & Canada, then packaged at Dr. Harvey's plant in NJ.
- All of the meat products are made in the US.
- Some of the fruits in bird products are imported from South America and Turkey, from companies that sell these foods for humans.
- Dr. Harvey's does not private label foods for other companies.
- No parent company. Corporate name is Healthy Formulations Inc. Dr. Harvey's is privately owned.
- Brands include Dynamite Super Premium Diet for Dogs and Dynamite Canned Turkey for Cats (only one variety of each)
- Menu foods does not manufacture their products
- All ingredients are guaranteed U.S. ingredients
- Corn and wheat-free, and free of wheat gluten
- Brands include Eagle Pack Holistic Select, Eagle Pack Super Premium, Hy-Ration, Prism
- Loaf style canned food is made by Menu Foods to Eagle Pack's unique formulas, but not part of the recall.
- Dry foods manufactured in Eagle Pack's plant in Mishawaka IN.
- We do not use wheat or rice gluten/protein concentrate in any of our dry or canned foods. (from website 5/11/07)
- The only gluten we use is corn gluten and it is from in Hammond, IN and Iowa.
- Only ingredients from China are glucosamine and taurine (a pet food and human food industry standard).
- Vitamins sourced from BASF, a recognized & respected vitamin source. However, even they must buy some vitamins from China, as do the other respected vitamin companies.
- Duck Meal is from Europe and is EU Certified. Anchovy and Sardine from the Humboldt Current area (This can vary slightly but they are from clean ocean waters and the meal is preserved naturally).
- Salmon from the Pacific Ocean. Lamb meat is imported from New Zealand and/or Australia.
- Onsite lab tests incoming ingredients and finished food
- Dry and canned foods tested negative for melamine. (Company supplied The Pet Food List with copies of results for loaf style canned products.)
- USDA/APHIS inspected and EU approved
- SOME PRODUCTS RECALLED. See company website for information on exact products recalled.
- No products made by Menu Foods
- No products contain wheat gluten, fillers, or preservatives
- They're a privately owned company that manufactures their own food as well as manufacturing food for other private labels.
- All ingredients domestic except for New Zealand or Australian lamb, on request.
Evo - See Natura Pet Products
Evolve Pet Food (information provided by company)
- SOME PRODUCTS RECALLED 5/02/07. See company website or FDA for information on exact products recalled.
- Brands include Evolve, Hi-Tor, and Triumph
- Correct, we have tested our products and NOT found melamine.
- Canned is made by Menu Foods, Dry - Self and Chenango Valley, Treats - Self
- No wheat, corn, gluten or rice protein concentrate in any Evolve.
- Triumph cuts in gravy 3oz. pouches for cats do have wheat gluten but these have temporarily been stopped for sale until we verify gluten source and/or that gluten has tested 100% melamine free. All other Triumph is 100% wheat free.
- We have documentation that our raw materials are melamine free regardless of meat/poultry/fish/rice/etc.
- We feel no chance of cross contamination as we have tested both Triumph and Evolve at independent labs via a blind sample submission and found NO melamine.
- Sunshine Mills produces and distributes Triumph/Evolve/Hi-Tor via an agreement with Companion Brands LLC.
- Brands include Firstmate, Skoki, Wholesome Ultra, and organic salmon feed.
- They own and operate their own production facilities in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.
- The only imported ingredient is lamb meal sourced from Australia. All other ingredients are sourced from Canada and the USA.
- Corn gluten is used in some of their cat food formulations. The corn gluten is sourced from a manufacturer in Minnesota, not an importer.
- No rice protein concentrate or wheat glutens are used in any products.
- Company has tested for melamine and cyanuric acid. The test results have been negative. They do not test for acetaminophen.
- First Mate is a family owned company. Taplow Ventures Ltd operates under the trade name Taplow Feeds and Firstmate Pet Foods.
- No products made by Menu Foods
- Manufacture their own foods with US suppliers
- No products contain wheat gluten
Foundations - See Petcurean Pet Nutrition
- Canned foods are made in China at a FDA, USDA and CFIA (Canadian Foods Inspection Agency) inspected human-food facility, not a pet food facility like Menu Foods.
- As per certifications by the FDA and CFIA, we are mandated to purchase our ingredients from only certified suppliers according to government directives.
- All dry foods and treats are made at their own USDA-inspected plant in Wisconsin.
- No wheat gluten, rice gluten or rice protein concentrates is in any of their products.
- Canned food made with 100% pure meat, duck, chicken & fish, NOT reformed meat.
- No by-products used in their dog and cat foods.
- Fromm Family Foods does not test on animals.
- Products are all-natural. Products made with binders to make reformed meat and products which use wheat gluten are NOT considered all-natural by their standards.
- Family owned since 1904. (no parent company)
Go! Natural - see see Petcurean Pet Nutrition
- Brands include Grandma Lucy's and Bella Lucy
- We manufacture all of our products here in our Irvine, CA facility
- All of our ingredients are from the United States.
- Products do not contain wheat gluten.
- Grandma Lucy's is an independently owned company. (no parent company)
- Their only brand is Great Life
- No products made by Menu Foods (have never used them)
- All ingredients are organic and come from the US
- They do not manufacture their own food. Name of manufacturer is confidential.
- Foods are manufactured in a USDA human grade certified facility.
- Great Life Pet Products contain no wheat, no rice protein, no by-products, no fillers. (from website 4/18/07)
- Brands linclude Halo Spot's Stew for Dogs and Halo Spot's Stew for Cats
- No products made by Menu Foods.
- Halo foods are produced in a USDA-certified facility. Exact location is proprietary.
- No glutens or rice protein are used.
- All products are made in the USA using only ingredients from the USA.
- Holding company is Thriving Paws.
- Only brand is Happy Dog Food
- All of our materials/ingredients are purchased from US food brokers/vendors.
- Food is manufactured by Happy Dog Food
- We use brown rice, barley and oats in some of our recipes
- Products do not contain wheat gluten.
- SOME PRODUCTS RECALLED. See company website for information on exact products recalled.
- Harmony Farms is a subsidiary of Blue Buffalo.
- Manufactures all products in-house.
Healthwise- See Natura Pet Products
- SOME PRODUCTS RECALLED. See company website for information on exact products recalled.
- Products contain human grade ingredients
- Certified Organic Ingredients
- Formulated to exceed AAFCO standards
- Animals are not used for product testing
- All Holistic Blend products are made in Canada.
- We do not use wheat gluten in any of our formulas, nor is it present in our plant facility/property.
- All ingredients at our plants originate in Canada with the exception of Lamb Meal from New Zealand/Australia.
- Canned foods are not involved in the Menu Foods recall.
- Holistic Blend ingredients are third party tested for quality assurance.
- We do not use wheat gluten or rice protein in any of our formulas, nor is it present in our plant facility/property.
- All foods are manufactured in their own plant in Quakertown, Pennsylvania.
- Made with all natural locally sourced ingredients.
- Never any wheat gluten, corn or preservatives.
- No products made by Menu Foods.
- Food is contracted to company manufactures human food. The Honest Kitchen is the only pet food they manufacture.
- All ingredients are human grade and domestic
- Products to not contain wheat gluten, soy or corn
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