Pet Food Advocates US Ingredients

pet foodPet food ingredient quality is something pet parents want to be assured of. It’s not always clear who is using what ingredients from where. Spring Naturals, a fresh face in the Performance Pet Products family, has stepped in to advocate for using as many US-sourced ingredients as possible with their line of pet food and treats. Grain, no grain, chicken, fish, New Zealand lamb, organic turkey, kibble and canned – even vitamin supplements come from Western Europe. Nothing from China. That has turned a few heads.

Each recipe is made with real meat, poultry, lamb or fish (salmon) as their first ingredient and whole vegetables, fruits and whole grains. Whole chickpeas, green peas and eggs are added for more protein. Real meat, not meal, is used and high glycemic ingredients like rice, corn, wheat and soy potato starch are not. If you want to know a bit about the science of making good pet food, don’t miss the podcast.

We all love our pets and want to keep them healthy and with us for as long as we can. Feeding pet food that provides optimal nutrition from reputable sources is one way we hope to do that. If you have any questions after you listen to the interview, just ask and I’ll fetch the answers. Oh – there’s a contest too that will help shelters and give a boost to your favorite animal advocate. Listen for details!

 

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Buy Hookahs 6 pts

Great blog. I just wanted to leave a quick comment to say thank you for sharing the material with the public. I found reading it to be both fun and informative. I will definitely bookmark this and tell my friends about it.

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JessicaSala 17 pts

Sounds like a great product!  I like Ark Naturals for my treats (my dogs love their sea mobility joint rescue), but may try this for my dogs food needs!  

MaryEHaight 89 pts

 JessicaSala It's so weird - my dog Tashi has never been able to eat kibble of any kind and now I have found two that don't upset his intestinal tract - I know, not a normal thing to discuss, but those are the facts =) I am going to have an interview with the other kibble that doesn't upset Tashi here too...

AjarnDonald 5 pts

All I can say is thanks for this. Try visiting Southeast Asia and see what's in their feeds. 

FangFeng88 7 pts

Though I don't have pets, you have brought up an interesting issue. Do we really know what we get from the food sold on our market? Do we know the beef and port we eat are from and what they had eaten? Are we the target of some kind of giant experiment? We may never know.

MaryEHaight 89 pts

 FangFeng88 As people say, we only have 1 food chain so you are right to question what we are eating too. It is a bit of an in-your-face truth about experiments on the general population. GMO foods, pesticides, all these decisions are made for us. Soon we will have no informed consent thanks to the WTO striking down the US labeling law to show country of origin.  Thanks for sharing Fang!.

MaryEHaight 89 pts

 Davorado Me too - a happy surprise to another good food choice available! thanks for stopping by! 

MaryEHaight 89 pts

 WayneHurlbert I do actually like chicken and quinoa - with berrys for dessert, lol! Thanks for stopping by Wayne =)

sorornishi 6 pts

Looks like good stuff... makes sense too, healthy diet = healthy pet.

MaryEHaight 89 pts

 sorornishi Thanks for your sharing your thoughts, soronishi! Appreciated.

DES Daughter 14 pts

It looks yummy lol ! Go Mary Go :)

MaryEHaight 89 pts

 DES Daughter I thought so too, Dom;) Thank you for visiting!

thisisspain 14 pts

I have a huge collection of cats and dogs ,,,,,,, and the neighbours' when mine "invite" them in through the cat flap. I agree that the dog food smells absolutely revolting (I am a vegetarian) but the biggest dog, 9 years and 40kgs+ loves it so who am I to comment! 

MaryEHaight 89 pts

 thisisspain Dogs are funny - they love half rotting stuff, so no surprise they would find wet dog food appealing. More like peeling the paint off the walls! I'm always wondering what the powers that be are doing to our food chain, and since there's only one of those and dogs have too short a lifespan as it is, I fuss a lot! Thanks for piping up, Steve!

lauracsykes 8 pts

This is a really interesting post, Mary. I live in the UK, not the States, so will have to investigate whether it is available here. At present, we feed our whippet half dried food and half tinned food. The tinned food smells revolting to me when I open it, and I would like to find something better. She eats our food (I am on a high protein diet, with a lot of chicken and fish, which suits her). When she realises she is not getting any more from us, she fills up on her own food, but will not touch the tinned food until she's sure there's nothing any better going!

MaryEHaight 89 pts

 lauracsykes Well Laura, you have one smart puppy =) I homecook for Tashi so his dinners look a bit like mine at times - he gets his veggies too :0  Whippets are lovely dogs - thanks for telling me about her!

IndyAgent 17 pts

We have always been cautious of what we feed our pets. This product looks like a great nutritional food for animals, without the filler. Thanks for the info Mary1

MaryEHaight 89 pts

 IndyAgent You are in good company, Paula - many people with pets worry about all this importation of raw food from China to make kibble and treats here with no labeling or notice to customers - a trust obliterating business practice. Thanks for your comment!

Elizabeth3 7 pts

So happy to see this food in the marketplace. Great interview, good information. Fresh ingredients, thoughtful, healthful. I also appreciate the line based upon calculated nutrition. It's exciting to know good food is available, and we don't have to worry about  all the horrible fillers made in China, that are purchased for the dog foods that claim to be healthy.  I'll be checking out that web-site! Thanks Mary! 

MaryEHaight 89 pts

 Elizabeth3 Thanks for your thoughts and your enthusiasm, Elizabeth, and it is exciting to see a US company innovate in this way!