List of Pet Food companies and their product manufacturers     Last update March 26                           

With the massive pet food recall that is going on, I have had people asking me what pet food is safe. At this point, feeding our pets any commercially prepared food can feel quite risky. The following companies have made statements that their food is not affected by the Menu Foods recall. However it has come to light that many of the companies that make the better SUPER PREMIUM HUMAN GRADE FOODS that are not on the recall have manufacturing ties with MENU FOODS!  We felt that is important information to get out there so you can make an informed and educated decisions on what to feed your pets as well as what companies you choose to put your money behind. In weighing that decision keep in mind that Menu Foods MURDERED several cats and dogs to continue testing their product when they already KNEW it was killing other animals. 

One last note- before we get to the list - one personal story I would like to share is that of my phone call to NEWMAN'S ORGANICS today. When I learned that they had affiliations with Menu foods, I decided to call  Newman's and asked what products, cats/dogs/canned etc.. do they farm out to MENU, as I have a few cans of their canned dog food on hand for when I cannot cook for our dogs. Well, they (as a few others listed below) REFUSED to give me ANY INFO!

In my personal opinion, a company that will not give a customer any info that is requested is not a company I would choose to do business with or recommend. I did say to the customer rep that "I don't feel comfortable purchasing their products- nor recommending them if I can't get info on them". The Newman's rep reply was "Well we're sorry- but we'll take that chance".  Needless to say I will no longer be purchasing any products from Newman's be it people or pet food. I just thought I'd share that with you.

Now as to the list below... those with just the business name listed, we have obtained information from their websites. We will be contacting them for further information and will update the list appropriately as soon as possible.

When you are done looking through the list, PLEASE VISIT ThePetsitUSA.com Blog link here as they have a great on-going discussion.  Another good 'discussions' of the same nature is at: http://www.ourdogsonline.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/97154

Alpo (Purina) (verified via website 3/23/07)

Artemis - Holistic Pet Food

Aunt Jeni’s (Home Made 4 Life) (verified with company 3/22/07)

• They make all their own food (no outsourcing)
• No wheat products of any kind

Azmira Holistic Animal Care Products (Verified by company rep 3/26/07)

• Do not use Menu Foods but will not disclose name of manufacturer.
• All ingredients are from the USA except New Zealand lamb.
• They test every batch and submit a sample to the USDA for testing.
• Test for proximates, salmonella, bacteria.
• No wheat corn, soy, or wheat gluten is used in their products.

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Beneful (Nestle Purina)

Bil-Jac

Blue Buffalo

Blue Seal (verified by company 3/22/07)

• 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.

Breeder’s Choice

• Brands include AvoDerm, Active Care, Advanced Pet Diets Select Choice, Health Food for Dogs, Pinnacle
• Wet foods made by Menu Foods but not involved in the recall.

Canidae

• Brands include Canidae and Felidae
• No products made by Menu Foods

Canine Caviar (verified via website 3/25/07)

• No products made by Menu Foods
• Products contain no wheat or corn

Castor & Pollux Pet Works (verified via website 3/23/07)

• Brands include Organix & Ultramix
• Wet foods made by Menu Foods but not involved in the recall.
• The wheat gluten product in tainted foods is not used in their foods.

Champion Petfoods, Ltd. (verified by company 3/25/07)

• 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

Del Monte Pet Products

• Brands include Cycle, Gravy Train, Kibbles ‘n Bits, MeowMix, Nature’s Recipe, Reward, Skippy, 9Lives
• None of their products are manufactured by Menu Foods

Diamond Pet Foods

Drs. Foster & Smith Products

• Wet foods made by Menu Foods but not involved in the recall.

Eagle Pack

• Some products made by Menu Foods but not involved in the recall.

Evangers

• Manufactures and packs their own food.
• No products made by Menu Foods

Evolve Pet Food

• Brands include Evolve, Hi-Tor, and Triumph

Fancy Feast

Flint River Ranch

Friskies

Fromm Family Foods (verified via website 3/25/07)

• Canned foods are NOT made by Menu Foods.
• Foods produced in a human food plant without wheat gluten
  or other grains. (The packaging plant however is NOT in the USA but in CHINA)
• 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.

Go! Natural (Petcurean Pet Nutrition) (verified by company)

• Menu Foods manufactures wet food
• Dry foods manufactured at various Canadian Mills

Halo (verified via website 3/23/07)

• No products made by Menu Foods

Healthy Pet Products (verified by company 3/23/07)

• Manufactures all products in-house.

Hills Science Diet (verified via website 3/24/07)

• Menu Foods IS used for some wet Science Diet cat food products
  - these have been recalled. No other Science Diet foods are affected.

Hills Prescription Diet (verified via website 3/24/07)

Homestyle Select (verified via website 3/24/07)

• All foods are manufactured in their own plant in Quakertown, Pennsylvania.
• Their foods contain none of the suspect ingredients in the recall.

Integrated Foods (verified through phone call 3/28/07)

• Lick Your Chops Brand
• Foods not involved in recall. All human grade ingredients,
• Products to not contain wheat or gluten
• Some products manufactured by Menu - they work with a few manufacturers in the USA.
• Great very forthcoming customer service.

Kumpi (verified by Kumpi President, 3/24/07)

• Does not use Menu Foods for any products
• No soy, wheat gluten, wheat, or wheat source of any kind
• Manufacturer is Crosswind Petfood Industries, in Sabetha, KS. ‘Dries’
  are procured from Lortscher Agriculture Services in Bern, KS (about eight
  miles from Sabetha)
• Only outsourced product is lamb from New Zealand

Lassie Natural Way (verified via website 3/24/07)

• No products made by Menu Foods
• Dry foods are wheat, corn, and soy free - and no meat by-products
  are used.

Mars Pet Food

• Brands include Cesar, Pedigree, Sheba, Whiskas

Merrick Pet Foods

• No products made by Menu Foods.
• All Merrick foods, dry, canned and treats are made by their own
  facility.

Natura Pet Products (verified with company 3/24/07)

• 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.

Natural Balance (verified via phone 3/23/07)

• Dry food is made at their own plant then shipped to
  the Diamond plant where it is bagged.
• Canned food is made at their own plant, then shipped
  to American Nutrition in Utah where it is canned. Natural Balance has their
  own line at American Nutrition and no other canned foods are run through Natural
  Balance’s equipment.

Nature’s Variety

• Brands include Nature’s Variety and Nature’s Variety Prairie
• Dry foods are outsourced, but not by Menu Foods.
• Frozen and freeze-dried raw foods are made in house.
• Canned foods made by Menu Foods but not involved in the recall.

Neura (verified by company rep 3/26/07)

• “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.

Newman’s Own Organics

• At least some products made by Menu Foods but not involved in the recall.
• Products not produced in the suspect Menu Foods plants.
• Products do not contain wheat gluten.
• Customer service NOT forthcoming about information.

Nutra Nuggets

Nutrience (verified via website 3/24/07)

• Nutrience dog and cat canned foods are not produced by Menu Foods
• Manufacturer does not use the supplier in question.
• Foods contain no wheat gluten and are formulated with human-grade meat only.

Old Mother Hubbard (verified by company rep 3/26/07)

• “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.

Performatrin

• 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

PetGuard Organics

Pet Promise (verified via website 3/25/07)

• No products made by Menu Foods

Precise (verified by company 3/22/07)

• Verified their products are not on the recall list but when asked if they use Menu Foods to manufacture any of their products I was told that information was “confidential.”

Premium Edge

Professional Pet Food

Purina Dog Chow

Purina One

Purina Pro Plan

Purina Veterinary Diets

PHD Products

Royal Canin

Solid Gold Health Food for Pets

• No products made by Menu Foods.
• Dry food made by Diamond.

Timber Wolf Organics (verified by company)

• When contacted, they refused to say whether or not their food is made by Menu Foods, and said they can’t give out that information.

Trader Joe’s

• Wet
  food manufactured by Menu Foods but not involved in recall. As a precaution, they are recalling all canned foods.

Verus Pet Foods

Wellness (verified by company rep 3/26/07)

• “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.

Whole Foods 365 Everyday Value (verified by company rep 3/23/07)

• When asked, they would neither admit or deny that Menu Foods is their manufacturer - the name(s) of their manufacturer(s) is “confidential.”
• “Raw ingredient that caused the illnesses reported was not being used in our products.”

Wysong

IMPORTANT:

Please check with the manufacturer of your pet’s food…check their website or call them. Also, as more pet foods are being added to the list of recalled pet foods, it’s imperative that you continue to check the Menu Foods recall list at http://menufoods.com/recall/ And if you find out your pet has eaten any of the recalled food, call your vet immediately.

Do not take this list as the final word. It is neither an endorsement of any foods listed, nor is it a complete list of all pet foods that are not on the recall list. There undoubtedly are other foods that are not on the recall list. We are adding them as we find out about them and verify their status.