Info on Back to Basics plant

[Jay Jay]

Back to Basics uses Chenango Valley Pet Foods to make their dry foods.

From:
http://www.animalnetwork.com/ppn/detail.aspx?aid=25942&cid=4074&search=
Scroll down to 1928 (when it opened).

"For a manufacturer to survive against the larger corporations, it must always
 be at the cutting edge of what consumers want and the quality of products
 they pay for, and be responsive to their calls,"
--- Victor Barsky, Chenango Valley vice president.

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From "The EXPORT Yellow Pages"
http://www.exportyellowpages.com/directory/subcategory.lasso?cat=Agribusiness&subcat=Food%20%26%20Beverages&-session=ExportYellowPages:42F9422408153366D2Gnjr321171
Scroll down to Chenango Valley and click the PDF link there.

Chenango Valley Pet Foods
Manufacturing quality dry pet foods for over 75 years.

We ARE:
Quality pet food Manufacturer
Organic certified
APHIS & USDA approved
Member of PFI

We OFFER:
Laboratory services
Product development services
Warehousing service
Small Minimum Run sizes

Our SPECIALTY:
Quality dry pet food with natural
ingredients, meats and vegetables

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Back to Basics page is:
http://www.beowulfs.com/

[MissLori]

Thanks for the info!  My cats really loved the sample of dry food I gave them.  They gobbled it like it was a treat.  Unfortunately, no one around here sells it, and it adds $4 per bag to the price for me to order it online and have it shipped to my home. 

[Beowulf]

This is Mike with Back to Basics,

I just wanted to say that Chenango Valley Pet Foods are an absolute blessing. The have been in the business for nearly a century and are a USDA certified plant which means they are one of few that can produce a pet food that meets our high standards. They have earned our trust and respect and we enjoy working directly with them every day.

Cheers to CVPF 

[Tommyboy]

Mike, whatare the natural flavorings listed in the ingredients? How do you come to have natural flavorings?

[Beowulf]

Here is an exact description of our Natural Flavorings as submitted by Chenango Valley Pet Foods on August 24th, 2006 (no changes have been made since then).

"The Natural Flavors that are used on the products produced by Chenango Valley Pet Foods, Inc. are comprised of a mix of various chicken flavors derived from fresh, clean, part sof slaughtered chickens that are normally sold into the human food segment, such as hearts and livers. These flavors come from USDA inspected facilities."

Natural Flavors are added to increase the palatbility fo the food. While we use only wholesome ingredients to create the kibble, the cooking and drying process often dampens the taste.

Much like cooking for for yourself, the extrusion process will naturally reduce palatibility, digestibility, and nurient content. This is easily compensated for by adding chelated vitamins and minerals, digestive enzymes, and of course natural flavors (note: not ALL companies make this extra effort). The result is a dry food with an extended shelf-life (naturally preserved of course) that has all of the benefits of a raw food, plus the balance of ingredients that raw foods cannot (often) match.

I welcome any further questions about our ingredients or natural additives.

-Mike

[mgt818]

Hello Mike,
I had a question about the Herring in the dog B2B chicken formula.  On your website it states:

HERRING
Our herring comes from a domestic hatchery on the Pacific Coast where the fish have proven to be free of Ethoxyquin (a known carcinogenic).

My question is are you aware of what feed they supply to the fish.  In light of the Melamine in feeds (especially in fish farms)...  I guess same question can apply to the chicken..
Thank you!!

[Tommyboy]

Thanks Mike.