Brands/Companies I - Q
- SOME PRODUCTS RECALLED. See company website for information on exact products recalled.
Innova See Natura Pet Products
- Only iVet brand is iVet Professional Formulas
- Manufactured by Crosswind Petfoods, Inc. ( Sabetha , KS )
- All major ingredients, which would include protein meals, grains, etc. are sourced from the US or Canada.
- Micro nutrients like vitamins & minerals are sourced from a variety of countries, including Asia.
- We do not use wheat gluten. We do, when nutritionally needed, utilize corn gluten as a secondary non-meat sourced protein.
- We do not use rice concentrated protein in any products.
- Our ingredient suppliers have performed extensive testing on the ingredients we use, all of which have been negative. They have also done further upstream testing\inquires at the producer level with no positive test results. Documentation of these results is held by the producers and thus confidential to them. Based on these results and the fact our ingredients
have not been exposed to other affected ingredients (cross contamination), we saw no reason to test the final products. - iVet formulas are not private labeled out to other companies.
- Crosswind Industries and\or subsidiaries is majority owner of iVet.
Karma Organic - See Natura Pet Products
- According to website Karma Organic does contain organice rice protein. See website.
Kibbles'n Bits See Del Monte Pet Products
Kirkland Signature Brand Pet Food
- SOME CANNED PRODUCTS RECALLED 4/26/07. See FDA website for information on exact products recalled.
- Dry food manufactured by Diamond, sold by Costco
- None of these foods contain rice protein concentrate and they are not involved in any current recall.
- All the grains and meats are from North America.
- Some ingredients we cannot get from the US (such as flax seed). We get it from Canada, through a US supplier.
- No glutens of any kind are used.
- No products made by Menu Foods.
- Specially formulated by multi-species nutritionist.
- No soy, by-products or wheat sources.
- Manufactured by Crosswind Petfood Industries.
- USDA/APHIS inspected and meats utilized are EU approved.
- Voluntarily regulated by American Institute of Baking (i.e. held to human bakery standards)
- All grains are American grown and regulated.
- Food is tested before, during and after production.
- Kumpi Pet Foods does not test on animals.
- No glutens of any kind.
- No rice protein.
- Have never used Menu Foods to manufacture their products.
- We do not manufacture out of the US nor does LIFE4K9 purchase any foreign ingredients.
- We do not add wheat gluten.
- Oven baked using human grade ingredients.
- The canned line is made by Evangers and we offer Lamb and a Chicken formula.
- Independently owned company (no parent company).
Life's Abundance by Healthy Pet Net
- One product manufactured by Menu Foods but not in the suspect facility
- Most products are manufactured by Ohio Pet Foods
- Products do not contain wheat gluten or corn
- All products are human quality
- SOME PRODUCTS RECALLED. See company website for information on exact products recalled.
- Brands include Cesar, Pedigree, Sheba, The Good Life, Whiskas
- No products made by Menu Foods
- All products manufactured by Mars Pet Food
- Wheat gluten is used in some products but they get it from a different supplier than Menu Foods
- RECALL(Sept 12, 2008) - Some foods recalled due to possible salmonella poisoning. See Mars for information.
MeowMix See Del Monte Pet Products
Merrick Pet Foods
- Their only brand is Merrick
- No products made by Menu Foods
- All Merrick foods, dry, canned, and treats are made in their own facility.
- All ingredients are from the US
- Products do not contain wheat gluten
- Brands include mORIGINS raw food for dogs and cats and Wholly Cow freeze dried treats made from the same ingredients as the raw food.
- We manufacture our own product in a state of the art facility in Jeromesville, OH. It is manufactured very carefully under very strict temperatures 50# at a time.
- We are the only manufacturer of mORIGINS.
- All ingredients are from the USA
- We use only range fed beef processed here in OH for the most part. No grains are added to our food.
- We do not use wheat gluten. We do not import anything and would not include wheat gluten in an animal food as it has no bio-availability to a dog or cat.
- Parent company is Call of the Wild, Inc. in Ohio.
Mother Nature - See Natura Pet Products
- Brands include Muenster Natural, and Premium Quality
- Only manufacture dry foods.
- All foods are manufactured in their own facility.
- All ingredients are domestic except for the flax which is food grade imported from Canada.
- No products contain rice protein.
- Corn gluten from the US is the only gluten product they use.
- Privately held, fourth-generation corporation (no parent company).
- They do private labels but cannot give the names of those companies due to confidentiality agreements.
- Brands include Innova, Evo, California Natural, Healthwise, Mother Nature, Karma Organic
- Manufacture their own dry food, using their own formulas
- They use only US suppliers - no ingredients come from China or other foreign countries.
- They use no corn or wheat products (including wheat gluten)
- Wet foods made by Menu Foods (S. Dakota plant) but not involved in the recall.
- All Natura products have been tested for melamine contamination and all tests confirmed no melamine in our foods.
- SOME PRODUCTS RECALLED. See company website for information on exact products recalled.
- See their website for information on their standard pet food testing.
- SOME PRODUCTS RECALLED 4/17/07 & 5/02/07. See company website for information on exact products recalled.
- Menu Foods does manufacture our wet canned foods. We are exploring all additional options for the future.
- We have several manufacturers doing our dry product throughout the Midwest. We have too much volume with Wal-Mart to have just one manufacturer.
- We have documentation from all our dry plants that all grains our coming from the US.
- Our products don’t contain wheat gluten, except for our Vegetarian Wet Food (very low volume item for NLPP).
- Natural Life Pet Products is our brand name. We are distributed through independent dealers, Wal-Mart, Kroger, fine grocery outlets, human health food stores.
Editor's note: Natural Life has tested their products and found them free of melamine, aminopterin, and other toxins.
- Can foods made by Menu but no products are affected by recall.
- Dry foods manufactured by Crosswind Industries
- Nature's Logic sources directly, all non animal ingredients that go into its canned diets, such as fruits and vegetables. All these ingredients are human edible, all natural, whole food ingredients. They also select and approve the exact sourcing of meat, fish, and poultry ingredients.
- They use some ingredients from Canada, New Zealand, Norway, and France.
- No products contain wheat gluten. There are also no other types of wheat ingredients in any products.
- No rice protein concentrate or other types of rice ingredients in any products. They use natural animal derived protein ingredients and never use any plant derived protein concentrates.
- Nature's Logic is entirely made from whole foods and all natural ingredients and never uses by-products.
- Parent company is Tejas Pet Products Marketing, LLC.
Nature's Recipe See Del Monte Pet Products
- Nature's Recipe products do not contain Wheat Gluten, Rice Gluten or Rice Protein Concentrate. There is no melamine in our wet or dry products. (from website 4/18/07)
- Brands include Nature's Variety, Nature's Variety Prairie, and Nature's Variety Instinct.
- Canned foods made by Menu Foods but were not involved in the 2007 pet food recall.
- Dry foods are manufactured by Pied Piper.
- Frozen and freeze-dried raw foods are made in house.
- All grains used are of US origin, except flax seed, which they get from Canada.
- No wheat gluten is used in their products, or in the plant that manufactures their dry foods.
- There is no rice protein concentrate used in any of our Nature’s Variety diets (kibble, cans, or raw). Furthermore, rice protein concentrate is NOT used anywhere within the kibble manufacturing facility.
- Website states dry and canned foods tested negative for melamine.
- "Menu does make some of our canned cat and canned dog foods. They make OUR recipes according to OUR quality standards."
- "We have procedures in place to clean between each run of food that is produced. We also inspect the plant regularly to audit their procedures. Since we take our quality very seriously we go above and beyond what is expected in the industry. We are happy to tell you that we require our facilities to pass an audit by Cook & Thurber, a HUMAN FOOD auditing firm."
- Other manufacturers are used besides Menu Foods.
- Products do not contain wheat, corn or soy, artificial preservatives, flavors or colors.
- At least some products made by Menu Foods but not involved in the recall.
- Products not produced in the suspect Menu Foods plants.
- We do not use wheat gluten or rice protein concentrate in any of our pet products.
- All
ingredients are certified by Oregon Tilth.
Nutra Nuggets See Diamond Pet Foods
- Nutrience dog and cat canned foods are not produced by Menu Foods
- Manufacturer does not use the supplier in question.
- Dry foods are produced in our very own state-of-the-art facility (Hagen Pet Foods), with stringent quality controls, regular feeding trials and multiple-stage nutrient testing.
- Nutrience uses only North American sourced grains and no animal by-products in all our dry and canned food formulas.
- Foods formulated with human-grade meat only.
- No wheat or rice glutens (rice protein concentrate) are used in the production of our foods.
- Brands include Nutram, Sigma 7, Pet Time, K-9 and Happy Paws.
- The only products sold under the Nutram Pet Products label are dry foods.
- We manufacture our own food in our plant in Beamsville, Ontario.
- Most of our ingredients are locally grown or sourced within North America. Grains that are sourced in North America are all grown in North America.
- We import Lamb from New Zealand, some herbal ingredients and vitamins out of Europe.
- Corn gluten in our products is from an Ontario manufacturing facility that purchased corn only from Ontario.
- No products contain rice protein.
- Nutram is a product of Maple Lodge Farms, a privately owned company.
- SOME PRODUCTS RECALLED. See company website for information on exact products recalled.
- Acquired by Mars Petcare following 2007 recalls.
- Menu does make some of our canned cat and canned dog foods. They make OUR recipes according to OUR quality standards.
- We have procedures in place to clean between each run of food that is produced. We also inspect the plant regularly to audit their procedures. We require our facilities to pass an audit by Cook & Thurber, a HUMAN FOOD auditing firm."
- Other manufacturers are used besides Menu Foods.
- Products do not contain wheat gluten, corn or soy, artificial preservatives, flavors or colors.
- We do not source rice protein concentrate from Binzhou Futian Biological Technology, the manufacturer of the contaminated rice protein concentrate. (from website 4/24/07)
- We do not purchase rice protein concentrate from Wilbur-Ellis.
- We have visited the plants where we source our rice protein concentrate, and they have consistently met our stringent standards.
- Brands include Oma's Pride, Dr. Harvey's, O'Paws, Freeze dried Food and Treats
- We do not do business with Menu Foods
- We manufacture our own products in our USDA inspected, family owned and operated facility, In CT
- All raw Ingredients are USDA Inspected. Some meats are imported from Australia and New Zealand.
- None of our raw products have any wheat, corn, soy or grain in them.
- Our processing plant is USDA inspected for people food processing.
- Naturally Raw, LLC d.b.a. Paw Naturaw produces Grass Fed Organic Bison, Organic Beef, Organic Chicken, and Organic Turkey Diets.
- Certified organic, frozen, raw diets.
- Made with USDA inspected human-grade ingredients.
- 100% grain free.
- Products do not contain any glutens of any kind.
- Products do not contain rice protein concentrate.
- Privately owned and manufactured in their own plant built to LEED green specifications in Wisconsin.
Pedigree See Mars Pet Food
- SOME PRODUCTS RECALLED 5/02/07. See company website for information on exact products recalled.
- Pets Valu's Brand
- Majority of their wet food is made by Menu Foods in Canada
- Some products (excluding Ultra) are made by Menu Foods in the US, however not at the plant in Kansas, Missouri, and are not included in the recall.
- None of their wet or dry products contain wheat gluten, corn gluten, or rice protein concentrate.
- Brands include Go! Natural, Foundations, Summit
- Menu Foods manufactures wet food but are not involved in the recall
- Dry foods manufactured at various Canadian Mills.
- Neither wheat gluten nor rice protein concentrate is used in any Petcurean products. (from website 4/22/07)
- Pet Guard does not use wheat gluten or source ingredients from China.
- The organic rice protein concentrate used in their products is not sourced from Wilbur-Ellis.
- No products made by Menu Foods
- Pet Promise foods are made in our own factories
- Pet Promise does not use rice protein concentrate or wheat gluten
Pet Promise is a Purina product.
- No products made by Menu Foods
- We have never used wheat gluten, the possible source of the contamination.
- Our sources of raw material are American with the exception of our New Zealand Lamb which is of the highest quality available worldwide!
- Our foods have always been: wheat free, gluten free, beef free, soy free, hypoallergenic, free of chemical preservatives, free of artifical flavoring, free of pork (the same formulas for 12 years and still exceeds any industry standards.)
- We don’t make wet food. If your pet prefers wet food, you add the extra meat or other ingredients, thereby giving you control.
- We test our products rigorously - before the production run, twice during the run and after the run (the actual product you get from us).
- Our food has always far exceeded both safety standards and vitamin, mineral, micronutrient Minimum Daily Requirements.
- Only brand is Plato Pet Treats
- Produced in their own production facility in Indiana.
- All suppliers are located in the US.
- Majority of ingredients are sourced domestically. Exceptions: some preservatives from Europe, and Glucosamine from India.
- Products do not contain glutens of any kind. (never have)
- Products do not contain rice protein. (never have)
- Company is independently owned. (no parent company)
- Red Flannel recalled 8/21/07. See Mars Petcare website for more information.
- No products made by Menu Foods
- Brands include PMI Nutrition®, Exclusive®, Red Flannel™, Achieve®, Country Acres® and Crossroad® Pet Foods. (from website 4/24/07)
- Wheat gluten and Rice Protein Concentrate are not used in any of our pet foods. (from website 4/24/07)
- Our canned food is made by Menu, but does not contain wheat gluten and was not involved in the recall. It is made on a different system, in a different part of the plant, than where the recalled product was made.
- We do not use wheat gluten in any of our recipes, nor do we offer any "gravy" type products.
- We manufacture our dry food in our own AIB certified plant, which is also USDA/APHIS inspected and EU approved.
Editor's Note:
Texas Farm Products Company is their dry food manufacturing facility.
Premium Edge See Diamond Pet Foods
- Only brand is Primal.
- Primal does not have any of our products manufactured by Menu.
- Foods are manufactured at a USDA human food processing facility in Portland, Oregon.
- All ingredients are from USA except for Lamb and Venison products imported from New Zealand.
- We do not use any wheat gluten.
PRO PAC Superpremium Pet Foods
- No products made my Menu foods
- All dry pet food, biscuits and treats manufactured in US at company-owned manufacturing facilities. Will not discuss wet foods.
- Products contain no wheat gluten
- Ingredients come from US suppliers where possible (i.e. Lamb Meal from New Zealand or Australia and Flaxseed from Canada). Exceptions may be made when US ingredients are not available.
- Rigorous testing is performed due to finished product being exported to other countries
Professional
Pet Food See Diamond Pet Foods
- SOME PRODUCTS RECALLED (Alpo & Mighty Dog ). See company website for information on exact products recalled.
- Dog food brands include Alpo, Beneful, Fit & Trim, Dog Chow, HiPro, Kibbles and Chunks, Little Bites Indoor Complete, Mighty Dog, Moist & Meaty, Pro Plan, Puppy Chow, Purina One, Purina Veterinary Diets
- Cat food brands include Cat Chow, Delic-Cat, Fancy Feast, Friskies, Kit 'N Kaboodle, Kitten Chow, Pro Plan, Purina One, Purina Veterinary Diets
- Purina declined to answer our questions, and simply requested people visit their website to "review our press releases
and our robust list of Q&As regarding this situation."
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