Response from Nature's Variety - Sources of Ingredients

    • Gold Top Dog

    Response from Nature's Variety - Sources of Ingredients

    Okay,
     
    Based on the response I received via email from Nature's Variety:
     
    Lamb and Venison from New Zealand
    Rabbit from China
    Everything else from U.S.
     
    I am ok with Lamb and Venison from New Zealand but Rabbit from China?
    • Gold Top Dog
    I am with you.  I want NOTHING from china.
    • Gold Top Dog
    I'd skip the rabbit.  I just tossed some By Natural pouches the other day that said product of China.  No way any other their crap is getting into my dog.
    • Gold Top Dog
    I'd skip the rabbit. I just tossed some By Natural pouches the other day that said product of China. No way any other their crap is getting into my dog.

     
      I feel the same way.
    • Gold Top Dog
    I was on a trip to China and Japan last year.  I had no problem eating the food in Japan.  I was not comfortable at all in China with the food.  Someone posted about FDA rejecting so many shipments of goods from China.  Imagine the contamination that occurred there domestically (human food wise...)
    • Gold Top Dog
    Our local store that carries NV does not carry the rabbit line so I've never considered it much.  Thanks for posting the info though, I'll definitely steer clear of it if I do come across it in the future.  I don't feel comfortable feeding my dog products from China.
    • Gold Top Dog
    ORIGINAL: willowchow

    I'd skip the rabbit.  I just tossed some By Natural pouches the other day that said product of China.  No way any other their crap is getting into my dog.


    Wait!  I know the answer to this.  The By Nature pouches are made in china, but the food comes from the US  and is packaged in a human stew plant in China. Don't know if that changes your mind, but thought I'd explain it.  By Nature personally picks the ingredients that go into it's food.  They ship it to the Chinese human stew plant for packaging.

    Joey is currently eating the Rabbit Nature's Variety.  Personally, I don't have a problem with it if it doesn't have a grain in it.  It sounds like that is where all the problems are comming from - grains.
    • Gold Top Dog
    I am also weary of their human food grade...Again, it could just be me but when I was there last year (my hubby wanted to visit Great Wall), I enjoy the dining experience.  In the back of my mind, I was always afraid of contamination.
     
     
    • Gold Top Dog
    ORIGINAL: jojo the pogo

    They ship it to the Chinese human stew plant for packaging.


    Any idea if it's the same one Fromm uses?
    • Gold Top Dog
    ORIGINAL: sooner

    ORIGINAL: jojo the pogo

    They ship it to the Chinese human stew plant for packaging.


    Any idea if it's the same one Fromm uses?


    Nope, don't know anything about Fromm's manufacturing.
    • Gold Top Dog
    ORIGINAL: sooner

    ORIGINAL: jojo the pogo

    They ship it to the Chinese human stew plant for packaging.


    Any idea if it's the same one Fromm uses?


    I have an answer:  Yes it is the same packaging company Fromm uses.