Another pet food manufacturer bought the wheat gluten and they make wet & dry food!

sharky · Mar 30, 2007

Opps forgot cal natural( how could I love the stuff)
add felidea

Wheat gluten in a dry food I would question as there is no logical reason for it ...

Moggie and I agree that wheat for many should be avoided... I am avoiding Nautra just because they didnt give a straight answer ... 4 people four very different answers ....

laureen227 · Mar 30, 2007

Originally Posted by LuckyGirl

I am taking them off Nutro dry tonight....this is just too much.

I am about 2 thoughts away from cooking them their own home made food.....

Sharky - you said you had a recipe for home-made food? would you mind posting it here?

jellybella · Mar 30, 2007

Originally Posted by caterpillar

It's outrageous that they refuse to disclose the product's brand name.

Can you imagine if this was human food? "well, there's some poison cereal out there, try to guess which one"

I was at the gym when that press conference came on. They must have thought I was crazy the way I was peddling, but I just couldn't believe they would say that without telling us who it was!

pat · Mar 30, 2007

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...-home-business

Good article, what is scary is the FDA saying if they find this wheat gluten was used afterall in any for human consumption products, they'll let us know. Humph..well that's reassuring

Please note that in this article, a representative for Menu (don't recall his position) does state the company will be compensating, and that they have received over 300,000 calls.

jean44 · Mar 30, 2007

Refusing to disclose the name of the dry food manufacturer is absurd. Would that be the response if a company making food for human consumption was known to have bought the wheat gluten? I doubt it.

Plus another contaminant has been found in the food-melamine. I wonder how many other contaminants will be found before this is over?

I've been avoiding any cat food containing wheat for a while now since learning it is a potential allergen. (thanks for that information sharkey) Also, as carnivores cats really don't need all that grain in their diet. So, I think the best and safest response to the latest news it to avoid all foods containing wheat. I'm so happy my cats like Natural Balance wet food. That's their basic diet now.

beandip · Mar 30, 2007

Well it looks like we might know who that "unnamed company" is now...

Hills is recalling it's M/D Rx dry food...

http://www.hillspet.com/menu_foods/M...2007_en_US.htm

pat · Mar 30, 2007

Originally Posted by beandip

Well it looks like we might know who that "unnamed company" is now...

Hills is recalling it's M/D Rx dry food...

http://www.hillspet.com/menu_foods/M...2007_en_US.htm

thank you for finding that...I had just checked my one prescription food (Denebola is on Hills W/D dry) to be sure it had no wheat gluten in it, which it doesn't. Ugh..this whole thing is such a nightmare for so many

renovia · Mar 30, 2007

so is it just Hills or it's manufacturer? and it's the dry right?

beandip · Mar 30, 2007

I *think* that Hills produces it's own dry food...and their precription M/D food is their only DRY food with wheat gluten in it, AND they bought the same tainted wheat gluten that Menu did. That's just my understanding at this point.

white cat lover · Mar 30, 2007

That's sad, very very very sad. Maybe this will get vets to quit pushing it?

goldenkitty45 · Mar 30, 2007

From the Royal Canin website:

Royal Canin USA wishes to assure pet owners that our dry and wet pet food products are not involved in the ongoing FDA investigation related to the recent nationwide pet food recall initiated by Menu Foods and other companies.

We want to make it very clear to pet owners that the nationwide pet food recall does not include any Royal Canin USA dry or wet pet food products.

All of our brands, including Feline Health Nutrition, Canine Health Nutrition, Royal Canin Veterinary Diets, Sensible Choice, and Kasco, continue to be available nationwide.

The safety and nutritional quality of our pet food is our top priority because for many people, their pets are their top priorities.

For details about the recall and affected brands and products, please call Menu Foods at 1-866-895-2708, 1-866-463-6738 or visit the company’s web site at www.menufoods.com/recall for more information.

I looked at the list of ingredients - they do use the wheat gluten but its the 8th ingredient listed. It uses more of the rice and corn besides the chicken base.

jean44 · Mar 30, 2007

The vet prescribed M/D dry for Eric when his diabetes was diagnosed in January. He refused to eat it. Did he know something was up with it or did he just have good taste?

All kidding aside, this is another very sad situation.

It's becoming more and more difficult to find a food we can safely feed to our cats.

angie8 · Mar 30, 2007

Thank you for posting this! I read the previous post about the m/d and my heart was in my throat. My Gabby eats w/d also & I don't have the empty bag anymore to check the ingredients. Grrrrrrrrrrrr..........what a horrible feeling

. Thank you...

Originally Posted by Pat & Alix

thank you for finding that...I had just checked my one prescription food (Denebola is on Hills W/D dry) to be sure it had no wheat gluten in it, which it doesn't. Ugh..this whole thing is such a nightmare for so many

abigail · Mar 30, 2007

wellness brand moist food does not include wheat gluten.

sharky · Mar 30, 2007

Originally Posted by Abigail

wellness brand moist food does not include wheat gluten.

Most wets with wheat gluten are chunk or slices in a gravey... That is why in the recall so many brands were still on the shelf just not all the cans

pat · Mar 30, 2007

Originally Posted by sharky

Most wets with wheat gluten are chunk or slices in a gravey... That is why in the recall so many brands were still on the shelf just not all the cans

Folks...just read every label. The shredded varieties of Fancy Feast (their shredded trout, chicken and tuna etc.) all have wheat gluten, even though these are not "with gravy" foods.

starryeyedtiger · Mar 30, 2007

Uhhhhh! I am soo frusterated! Just a moment ago a "commercial" for our local news at 10 said "More pet foods added to the recall list- this time it's dry! Stay tuned to find out more at 10!" What? This is just crazy! Now the darn news stations are "teasing us" with this info! I'm really frusterated. Not only does this affect my animals- but also my foster kittens and puppies as well as ALL the animals at our animal shelter

We get food donations on a daily basis- we've had to go through the recall list several times already and take out over 1/2 of our food

Now we're going to have to go through it again for the dry. I just pray none of them get sick. We get sooo many varieties into the shelter that i'm not sure what they've had and what they haven't had. At least at home i know what my animals and furbabies have had. Could anyone tell me if these are on the new dry recall list? This is what my babies eat:

Fosters & Whiskey- Pedigree Large Breed (dry)
Ginger- Iams Mini Chuncks (dry) / Pedigree wet dog food in a can
Velvet, Isabella, Abilene, Jasmine - Purina Indoor Cat Formula (dry) / Fancy Feast (wet)
Kojak and other foster kittens- Purina Kitten Chow (dry) / Wiskas pouches (wet)

here's the thing i'm REALLY worred about though- a few weeks back we tried Jasmine, Abilene, and Isabella on the hills science diet prescription feline formula that's on the new dry recall. I'm just praying they are going to be ok- They didn't like it at the time so we switched them back onto their purina indoor cat formula.

Tomorrow after work if if my pet foods are on the recall list i plan to immediately go to the store and get some of the foods others have listed that are gluetin free. Thankyou sooo much for those of you who posted foods made without gluetin.

hitesmites · Apr 6, 2007

Just came from local pet shop. Went there with intent to purchase only wheat gluten-free varieties and only the brands that were never part of the recall. What I purchased was: WELLNESS, and MERRICK Gourmet Entrees - both in the 3oz. can. No by-products, no grains, no wheat gluten. I'll be reading labels from now on, whether I buy the high end stuff or the store brands. This whole thing has been an education for me. Thought I was giving my cats the best with Iams, Eukanuba and Nutro, but found out those brands are all crap. Was feeding my babies all the wet pouch varieties of those brands during the months of Jan/Feb/Mar. By the grace of God, none that I had here were tainted. Might try Life's Abundance. Has anyone used this brand?

sharky · Apr 6, 2007

Originally Posted by hitesmites

Just came from local pet shop. Went there with intent to purchase only wheat gluten-free varieties and only the brands that were never part of the recall. What I purchased was: WELLNESS, and MERRICK Gourmet Entrees - both in the 3oz. can. No by-products, no grains, no wheat gluten. I'll be reading labels from now on, whether I buy the high end stuff or the store brands. This whole thing has been an education for me. Thought I was giving my cats the best with Iams, Eukanuba and Nutro, but found out those brands are all crap. Was feeding my babies all the wet pouch varieties of those brands during the months of Jan/Feb/Mar. By the grace of God, none that I had here were tainted. Might try Life's Abundance. Has anyone used this brand?

I wont say anything on two of the mentioned but NUTRO aint crap ... it just happened that the 10% not made by Nutro was the pouches ..

Wellness is MADE IN THAT plant by MENU

Merrick is good and mine are dining on it

jpawz · Apr 6, 2007

StarryEyedTiger--

I was just thinking of what is happening with those who deal in rescue work, fostering, or anyone who is feeding colonies/groups/ shelters, etc. I would be in such a panic

These manufacturers should send 'safe' foods to all of the group feeding establishments. It's tragic enough a family loses a pet but those who are caring for tens of hundreds....This is unacceptable. Just NO words.

I tried to start a 'positive note' thread earlier but this new thread is actually doing what I had hoped that thread would do. Call more attention to exactly what we are feeding our cats.

Knowledge is power.

Another pet food manufacturer bought the wheat gluten and they make wet & dry food!

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