Wellness uses Menu Foods

[Danielle]

After reading a post on itchmo, I thought I should post this here so people are aware.  Wellness does use Menu Foods to manufacture "some" of their canned formulas. They would never tell me which formulas. They told me that they use Menu's NJ plant (but not to worry because that plant wasn't involved in the recall--NOT TRUE).  They also gave different answers to me and my husband as to where their dry food is manufactured. My pet store was given a completely different answer.  So beware of any answers they give you--chances are the next person you talk to will tell you something different.

[Sharon L.]

Yes, I understand the experience. They are doing what most pet food manufacturers are doing, dancing as fast as they can away from potential issues.

That being said I've decided to switch over to the Wellness no-grain canned foods anyway. The only other brands that I've been comfortable in considering were Evangers and Mericks ... and my cats turned up their noses at both.

Pet food makers failed miserably in establishing ANY quality control for the ingredients that went into their cans, but with the recent recalls for corn and rice gluten, this issue has become so much larger than a single manufacturer.  There are multiple points of failure across many manufacturers and I believe (and I hope I won't be disappointed) that the Old Mother Hubbard people will be more proactive in ensuring adequate QA for their product.

My cats do seem to like this food, and using a canned food with absolutely no grains included whatsoever is providing some security where only panic existed before.

Sharon L.

[Danielle]

I just want to clarify that the point of my post was not to scare people off from Wellness.  Everyone has to do their own homework and figure out what is best for them. There are still people out there who don't know Menu makes some Wellness canned and I wanted to make them aware.(Or they are misled by Wellness' statement that none of their food is made in Menu's Emporia plant.)

 That said, I read in a post on Itchmo that if your Wellness cans have a code that begins or ends in "S1", the can was made by Menu. Apparently this poster was told that Wellness has one facility on the east coast (Menu) and a different one on the west coast. I checked the 6 cans I had left in the closet and they all have S1 on them. I'm glad I didn't open them.