SOURCING  ·  RAW FEEDING 101

Food You Can Trust

Raw feeding is only as good as the raw food behind it. This is how we source what we carry, what our manufacturing partners commit to, and what we refuse to put in a bag no matter how much it would lower the price.

OUR SOURCING STANDARD

How We Source

Every partner we work with commits to the humane treatment of animals, sustainable practices, and transparent sourcing. We review all food/ facility safety protocols and procedures as we develop long term and transparent relationships. This enables us to extend the highest quality and standards to our valued customers. When we say our food is high quality, we mean we know where it came from and who handled it.

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A Shorter, Cleaner Supply Chain

  • 1

    Vetted Partners

    Pasture-raised, humanely handled, USDA-compliant

  • 2

    USDA Inspected Partners

    Facilities with the Highest Safety
    Standards

  • 3

    Raw Dog Food and Co.

    We carry only what meets our standard

  • 4

    Your Freezer

    Fresh, identifiable, traceable whole food

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PROTEIN BY PROTEIN

Highest Standards For Our Pets

What we require from our partners supplying our main protein categories — from the beginning to the end.

  • Beef

    Blends from premium pastured cattle. Our manufacturing partners use the whole animal including premium cuts, not just rendered scraps that cheaper raw food companies rely on.

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  • Duck

    Raised under a strict Duck Stewardship Program. Our partners source from farms committed to welfare standards that exceed typical commercial duck production.

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  • Chicken

    USDA-inspected, raised in open environments on a 100% vegetarian diet, never given antibiotics, steroids, or hormones. Many sources are organic egg layers fed 100% non- GMO organic feed.

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  • Fish

    USA origin, wild-caught, and packaged in the USA. No farmed fish, no imported fish of uncertain origin.

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  • Turkey

    USDA-inspected, with welfare standards aligned to our broader sourcing requirements. Core to many of our most popular blends.

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  • Lamb, Pork & Other

    USDA-inspected, from partners who meet our sourcing standards. Rotation proteins that round out a complete raw diet.

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What Matters Most

As important as what's in our food is what isn't.

  • Grains

  • Corn

  • Soy

  • Fillers

  • Flavorings

  • Inappropriate Veggies

  • Artificial Preservatives

  • Cheap Ingredients

  • Premixes

  • Rendered Scraps

  • 3D or 4D Meats

  • Artificial Colors

PROCESSING SAFETY

Feeding Raw Safely

All our blends are safe. Our manufacturers use industry leading standards like cold water processing or bacteriophages to eliminate harmful bacteria and maximize nutrient quality, and leave beneficial bacteria unharmed.

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Why We Trust The Food We Sell

The pet food industry is enormous and opaque. A typical bag of dog food, even the premium brands, draws from rendered meats, synthetic vitamin premixes, and ingredients from dozens of suppliers across multiple countries.

Raw feeding operates differently. Smaller partner network. Shorter supply chain. Strict Food Safety Standards at every step. The food that shows up in your freezer came from identifiable sources with identifiable practices.

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Feed Your Pets with Confidence

If clean honest food matters to you, you're already the kind of customer we built this for. Take the next step.

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