I have been emailing a local dog food maker and trying to get them to drop some or change some ingredients. This is an email I got back
Good Afternoon Mr. XXXX:
As promised, news on the American Natural Premium front for you.
At a meeting today, ANP concluded that, in the interest of assuring our customers of the wholesome qualities of ANP, we will remove Menadione from our food. We will replace it in the formula if we find a substitute that fits our requirements.
We had been reviewing the matter for several weeks, and at our regular meeting decided that it should be done.
Please be aware that our next scheduled production run is the 3rd week of this month, with product arriving in our dealers around the first of May.
We are confident that no harm exists in the old formulation, so are not taking steps to remove existing stocks from the dealer's shelves. The new food will be packaged starting April 23, 2007 but the old labels will be used until late May or early June when the new packaging arrives from the supplier.
Also, please be aware that the fish used in the "fish meal" in ANP is, the supplier guarantees, free of Ethoxyquin or any other artificial preservative.Our Fish meal consists of "Ocean White Fish" and/or "Menhaden" and is human consumption grade, supplied by a regular restaurant vendor.
I hope this information is of use. We're proud of our product and want to assure all users that it is what we intend it to be; a very good pet food at a very good price.
Tom Baetz
for American Natural Premium
What do you guys think about the fish meal explanation?
Good Afternoon Mr. XXXX:
As promised, news on the American Natural Premium front for you.
At a meeting today, ANP concluded that, in the interest of assuring our customers of the wholesome qualities of ANP, we will remove Menadione from our food. We will replace it in the formula if we find a substitute that fits our requirements.
We had been reviewing the matter for several weeks, and at our regular meeting decided that it should be done.
Please be aware that our next scheduled production run is the 3rd week of this month, with product arriving in our dealers around the first of May.
We are confident that no harm exists in the old formulation, so are not taking steps to remove existing stocks from the dealer's shelves. The new food will be packaged starting April 23, 2007 but the old labels will be used until late May or early June when the new packaging arrives from the supplier.
Also, please be aware that the fish used in the "fish meal" in ANP is, the supplier guarantees, free of Ethoxyquin or any other artificial preservative.Our Fish meal consists of "Ocean White Fish" and/or "Menhaden" and is human consumption grade, supplied by a regular restaurant vendor.
I hope this information is of use. We're proud of our product and want to assure all users that it is what we intend it to be; a very good pet food at a very good price.
Tom Baetz
for American Natural Premium
What do you guys think about the fish meal explanation?