Dear Faye: Where is the new plant located that was having problems? Have the problems been resolved?
I feed my furids a raw-based diet, but when I do have to feed a commercial canned food, I have fed and continue to feed Wellness without problems. I do hope the new owners don't mess with the recipes/formulation and continue to use human-grade ingredients as has been proclaimed in the past. Of the original flavors my most finicky kitty prefers the Turkey & Salmon. The three new flavors that became available more recently (Chicken & Lobster, Sardines, Shrimp & Ccrab, and Salmon & Trout) were all well-received, but noticed on those labels that the very first line before ingredients are given, which used to say "Made With Human-grade Ingredients", on the new flavors reads "Made with Healthy Ingrediets." The original flavors (Chicken, Beef & Chicken, Turkey, Turkey & Salmon all still say the former. Wellness is one of the few commercial cat foods that (at least in the past) does not contain any grains, so it was a bit distressing to learn that they had been adding brown rice to some of the flavors without it being included on the label. Not that brown rice is a real no-no because I sometimes add some pureed brown rice or quinoa to my raw recipes, but in a much reduced quantity to the grains that are put into most commercial pet foods. Anyone know how many plants they have and where they are located? I keep a file of sample labels from all the canned foods (and dry, too) I come across for comparison. I don't see any info or coding on the Wellness label that would indicate which factory or batch no. a particular can of food came from. Where would this number or code be...on the case or ?? Sally in San Jose
