Dog Food Ingredients Country of Origin

Here at FetchDog, one of our goals is to find the healthiest food for our dogs and your dogs, and we pay attention not only to the ingredients in the food we sell, but where those ingredients are from.

We've hand selected an exclusive collection of only the best available foods. On FetchDog.com, we've assured that the ingredients listing for each food includes a Country of Origin note. All of our vendors take their ingredients as seriously as we do, and with a few exceptions, all the ingredients in the foods we sell are from the United States. FetchDog sells foods containing lamb from New Zealand and quinoa from Canada or South America.

At least two brands of foods we sell, Solid Gold and Wellness, contain taurine, an amino acid. Solid Gold sources its taurine from China, while Wellness said its taurine comes from Asia. Both companies said the taurine has passed extensive testing.

“Recent research by UC Davis has shown that certain breeds of dogs, specifically certain large breeds, can develop dilated cardiomyopathy due to a lack of taurine,” Solid Gold said. “It is this research that prompted us to add taurine to our dry dog foods last year. We feel the benefits of taurine far outweigh the risks of sourcing the ingredient from China.” Solid Gold said it is searching for a taurine supplier in another country.

B.L. Ochman recently raised the issue of dog food country of origin on her great whatsnextblog (where we love reading about her Labradoodle Benny Bix Ochman), and Peter made a new fan for our site and its nutrition content with his response.

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