I finally switched my dogs to Canidae for All Ages....?

Question

and now I am hearing that the food is not as good as it once was because it was sold to Diamond for production. Can someone please clarify this for me? I thought I was doing a good thing here but not certain now.

Answer 1

The new formula is even better than the old one. More protein, less carbs (which Dogs don't really need too much of). It also has more lamb in it now :).

Answer 2

I had this concern when the new formula rumors started... I emailed Canidae and this is the response I got...

Hello,

Canidae never uses "second rate" ingredients in any of our formulations.  We only use 100% human grade ingredients.  The label change from herring meal to ocean fish meal is a new government labeling requirement.  Many different species and subspecies of herring are used to make up a generic herring meal.  Because herring are technically ocean fish we now have to label the ingredient that way on the bags.  Canidae has not "sold out" to Diamond either.  Our co-packing partnership with Diamond Pet Foods is the result of the need for increased national production which has already surpassed future AAFCO and FDA standards.  By meeting the newer pre-process and

post-process monitoring guidelines with state of the art equipment and

procedures DPF is not the safest producer of foods - period.

I hope this helps answer any questions you have and we hope you will

continue to purchase Canidae Pet Foods for your pets.

Sincerely,

Diane, Team Canidae

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

There is a lot of speculation out there but, from what I can gather Diamond is now helping with the production of Canidae.  Some of the grains have been changed but I believe over all that it is still a good food.  Canidae's niche has always been great food at a reasonable cost and I believe with rising food costs they are just doing everything possible to keep it that way.  Though the quality may have lowered slightly I'm sure it still is a very good food.  Here is a response letter from them but who knows how much of those things you can believe.

Due to overwhelming customer support and increased demand on our products, we have been faced with unique production capacity challenges. Our growing customer support and demand has pushed for increased capacity, therefore we have outsourced additional production from Diamond Pet Foods. Our customers demand and deserve no less than the highest quality safe ingredients, as well as state of the art consistent manufacturing. Outsourcing additional production from Diamond comes not without first carefully instating and accepting only the strictest testing protocols, as well as mandating stringent operating procedures to ensure the highest quality products possible at every level of production. We are very happy with this relationship and the high quality formulations we are able to bring to you.

Expect Excellence!

Sincerely,

Team Canidae

I feed Innova and believe any of the Natura products are the best.  If you have any reservations you should give them a try.

Answer 4

Canidae has not been sold, they are just outsourcing the manufacturing part to Diamond. Canidae still has control over all the ingredients that goes into it. (There are several different high-quality foods that outsource to Diamond, since Diamond has such large manufacturing facilities.)

Canidae recently reformulated, which made some people unhappy, but even with the new formula it's still a good food.

No worries, Canidae is still a good food to feed. I'm still using it for my dog.

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Answer 5

Canidae as far as I know has not been sold to anyone.  

It is still a great food but they did change their formulation to have higher meat proten levels.  

I would not worry one bit about it's quality and feed it without worry! OK  

Answer 6

Really, i have not heard that before? Hm, now I'm curious too! I feed my dogs Merrick.