Comments on: Fear and loathing in the pet food trade http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/08/02/fear-and-loathing/ The Web blog of the Pet Connection, a pet-care feature syndicated internationally by Universal Press. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:21:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Christie Keith http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/08/02/fear-and-loathing/#comment-335023 Christie Keith Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:23:00 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=2721#comment-335023 That I don't know... That I don’t know…

]]> By: Janeen http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/08/02/fear-and-loathing/#comment-335013 Janeen Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:02:56 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=2721#comment-335013 Hmmmm, this wouldn't be the new product being marketed by an annoyingly perky Food Network personality, would it? Hmmmm, this wouldn’t be the new product being marketed by an annoyingly perky Food Network personality, would it?

]]> By: cheriecat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/08/02/fear-and-loathing/#comment-334926 cheriecat Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:01:16 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=2721#comment-334926 When i go grocery shopping (for me) i always stroll down the pet food aisle. Has anyone looked at the way even canned cat foods are being reformulated because of increase in commodities? Where there used to be average of 75% moisture in canned cat food, i'm seeing anywhere from 78% to 83% water content. Also the substituting of potato and rice for corn and wheat or soy. The dry cat food bags REALLY upset me. All the colorful pics of veggies and fruit on the bags saying how "healthful" these ingredients are for our meat-eating meowy friends. It scares me to death because so many cat owners have no clue what crap the dry foods are made with, and it seems even the canned foods are being compromised. When i go grocery shopping (for me) i always stroll down the pet food aisle. Has anyone looked at the way even canned cat foods are being reformulated because of increase in commodities? Where there used to be average of 75% moisture in canned cat food, i’m seeing anywhere from 78% to 83% water content. Also the substituting of potato and rice for corn and wheat or soy. The dry cat food bags REALLY upset me. All the colorful pics of veggies and fruit on the bags saying how “healthful” these ingredients are for our meat-eating meowy friends. It scares me to death because so many cat owners have no clue what crap the dry foods are made with, and it seems even the canned foods are being compromised.

]]> By: The OTHER Pat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/08/02/fear-and-loathing/#comment-334549 The OTHER Pat Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:19:30 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=2721#comment-334549 Comment by Joy — August 5, 2008 @ 6:38 am "Canidae hasn’t been bought out. My understanding is that are just using Diamond’s facility for some of their bagging. It’s common for companies to share manufacturing facilities." As well we remember from the rolling recalls and how difficult it was to find out just WHERE any food was being made and potentially cross-contaminated. The day I switched to homemade for my little guy was the day I found out the kibble I had been feeding him was being made at the Diamond plant. Hmmm . . . . hopefully Terese can get this updated on her Manufacturer's site: http://www.thepetfoodlist.com/manufacturers.htm (scroll down to Diamond - Canidae is not listed) Comment by Joy — August 5, 2008 @ 6:38 am

“Canidae hasn’t been bought out. My understanding is that are just using Diamond’s facility for some of their bagging. It’s common for companies to share manufacturing facilities.”

As well we remember from the rolling recalls and how difficult it was to find out just WHERE any food was being made and potentially cross-contaminated. The day I switched to homemade for my little guy was the day I found out the kibble I had been feeding him was being made at the Diamond plant.

Hmmm . . . . hopefully Terese can get this updated on her Manufacturer’s site:

http://www.thepetfoodlist.com/manufacturers.htm
(scroll down to Diamond - Canidae is not listed)

]]> By: Lis http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/08/02/fear-and-loathing/#comment-334536 Lis Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:02:33 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=2721#comment-334536 Cost of rice has gone through the roof, with the loss for at least the next four or five years of the Myanmar rice fields AND the Chinese fields in the region affected by the earhquake and subsequent flooding. Even Japanese rice is looking attractive for export; this is going to ripple through an awful lot of things, not just Canidae's rice formula foods. Cost of rice has gone through the roof, with the loss for at least the next four or five years of the Myanmar rice fields AND the Chinese fields in the region affected by the earhquake and subsequent flooding. Even Japanese rice is looking attractive for export; this is going to ripple through an awful lot of things, not just Canidae’s rice formula foods.

]]> By: Joy http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/08/02/fear-and-loathing/#comment-334528 Joy Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:38:59 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=2721#comment-334528 Canidae hasn't been bought out. My understanding is that are just using Diamond's facility for some of their bagging. It's common for companies to share manufacturing facilities. Compared to the number of pet food brands/companies, there are very few bagged food manufacturing facilities and even fewer canneries. Canidae hasn’t been bought out. My understanding is that are just using Diamond’s facility for some of their bagging. It’s common for companies to share manufacturing facilities. Compared to the number of pet food brands/companies, there are very few bagged food manufacturing facilities and even fewer canneries.

]]> By: slt http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/08/02/fear-and-loathing/#comment-334526 slt Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:34:28 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=2721#comment-334526 I heard about this earlier this Summer and guessed it had to do, at least in part, with the rising cost of rice. http://www.canidae.com/new-formulas.html I heard about this earlier this Summer and guessed it had to do, at least in part, with the rising cost of rice.
http://www.canidae.com/new-formulas.html

]]> By: The OTHER Pat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/08/02/fear-and-loathing/#comment-334518 The OTHER Pat Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:14:18 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=2721#comment-334518 There's some talk of Canidae being bought out by Diamond and changing their formulations. Anyone heard anything on this? There’s some talk of Canidae being bought out by Diamond and changing their formulations. Anyone heard anything on this?

]]> By: Bernard J. (Bernie) Starzewski http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/08/02/fear-and-loathing/#comment-333059 Bernard J. (Bernie) Starzewski Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:51:52 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=2721#comment-333059 Forgot to mention... PT Barnum would be proud! Forgot to mention… PT Barnum would be proud!

]]> By: Bernard J. (Bernie) Starzewski http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/08/02/fear-and-loathing/#comment-333057 Bernard J. (Bernie) Starzewski Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:49:09 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=2721#comment-333057 Yes, only a modern marketing head shrinker could convince us that cave cats hunted wild pre-historic wheat! And oh yes... they made little kittle camp fires and roasted their rats before eating them! I can just see them all sitting around the embers with full bellies, purring away. Yeah, right. Yes, only a modern marketing head shrinker could convince us that cave cats hunted wild pre-historic wheat!

And oh yes… they made little kittle camp fires and roasted their rats before eating them!

I can just see them all sitting around the embers with full bellies, purring away.

Yeah, right.

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