Who Makes Your Pet Food

Who makes your pet food is just as important as how it is sold. Most companies like to have 6 months of inventory on hand and with some companies it can be as much as 18 months.

Shopping for your pet's meal can sometimes be as confusing as shopping for an electronic device such as a cell phone. Which one is the best? Am I getting a good deal? Is there any fine print? How reliable is this company? Everyone wants to give their pet the best there is, but often it is a difficult task because of all the different choices of foods available.

What does all this mean? You really don't know where or who handled your pets' food. If chemicals were used to keep bugs and rodents away, was it sitting on a semi-trailer in the brutal sun and freezing cold. How old is my pet food? with most pet food you really don't know. Pet food starts to loose nutrient value the day it was put in the bag, with Lifes Abundance your pet food will never be more than 4-6 weeks old.

Most pet food companies are multi-national corporations that are not in the pet food business for the good of your pet. Companies such as:

Delmonte: gobbled up Heinz who makes Meow Mix, Gravy Train, Kibbles n Bits, Wagwells, Cycle, 9 Lives, Nature's Recipe & treats like Milk Bone, Pupperoni, Pounce, Snausages.

Master Foods: owns Mars, Inc. which consumed Royal Canin, Pedigree, Walthams, Ceasar, Sheba, Temptations, Good Life Recipe, Sensible Choice & Excel.

Procter & Gamble: Iams & Eukanuba

Nestles: Purina, Alpo, Mighty Dog, Pro Plan, Beneful, Fancy Feast, Dog Chow, Puppy Chow, Kitten Chow, Tender Vittles & Purina Veterinarian diets.

Colgate/Palmolive: Hills Science Diet

Looking at these produdct lines between Puppy Chow vs. Pro Plan, Science diet regular vs. Science Diet Natural, Nutro Max vs Nutro Ultra. There isn't a dimes worth of difference between the ingredients in these products but they ask more money for virtually the same product. Why? They will sell a food to accomodate any budget.

Let's look at their track record: between Iams & Eukanuba, 68 of their varieties have been recalled. Science Diet 16 varieties, Natural Balance 3 and the list goes on and on. The sad fact is that people still trust these companies with the health and well being of their companion animal.