The Beginning Of Beaverdam Pet Food
When Beaverdam Pet food was started we considered quite a few different companies to make our products. With some good advice from an long time friend in the business, we picked the one that we felt had the reputation we wanted to
- make a pet food that we could put the Beaverdam name on the bag,
- know that we had the best that could be made regardless of the cost, and
- not be concerned about trying to make a product and stay within a budget for the manufacturing cost. Several companies told me the cost of our ingredients would make the selling price too high. My comment was, “You make the product and let me price it”.
My desire was not to see if we could have a low cost product and compete with outlets but to have a product that no one else had, or, at least, not too many companies offered. When I was told the cost of the pretty bags for a 20 lb. bag of pet food, with all the different colors, would cost more than the ingredients that went in the bag, my first reaction was “something is wrong with this picture”.
We put our money in the bag, not on it.
I was explaining the plans of coming out with a pretty bag in the future with a customer and she remarked, “We don’t feed the bags to our pets. I just want to know what’s in the bag”. So the slogan began –We Put Our Money in the Bag, Not On It !
Quality Ingredients
3 Types of Meats
* Beef * Pork * Chicken
High Quality Grain
* Sorghum * Millet * Brown Rice
* Flax Seed, Dried Kelp
*Selenium Yeast, A Superior form of Selenium
* Yucca-Schidigera, neutralizes ammonia in urine -feces, lessening the smell by up to 64 % according to test conducted by veterinarian magazine. Yucca is considered a digestive aid and help to prevent arthritis
*Chicory / Insulin a digestive aid
* Bio-Moss a pre-biotic
* Lacto-sac a pro-biotic
* Alfalfa Meal – Replacing Beet pulp
* Proper pH. Levels
* Low Ash.
What we Don’t use:
*No Corn, Wheat, Glutens, Soy Products
* Meat & Bone Meal, a rendered meat by-product which can & does include animals put to death by euthanasia
* No Artificial Color or Flavoring
* BHA, Butylated hydroxyanisole
* BHT, Butylated hydroxytoluene both of these preservatives are commonly used to prevent fats and oils from becoming rancid, Research shows BHA & BHT affects the nervous system.
*Soy Bean Meal:
Soybean Meal is used to increase protein content and bulk in pet food. It is very difficult to digest and assimilate, especially in dogs who lack proper needed amino acids. It is known to cause gas buildup in the digestive tract and has been linked to bloat, a major killer of dogs today.
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