Friday evening I emailed our Dog Food Company (Blue Buffalo). You can see my email below. Saturday morning (a holiday weekend) I received a response that was better than I could have expected. See below. If you want to know that your pet is safe from all this Pet Food Crisis, Choose Blue Buffalo.
~Cheryl. (I have nothing to do with this Dog Food Company, just a concerned Pet owner who wants to share with others)
Best wishes to all our beloved furry ones.
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From:
info@bluebuffalocompany.com [mailto:info@bluebuffalocompany.com]
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 4:49 PM
To: Info
Subject: Contact Form Blue Buffalo Company Site
Importance: High
Name: Cheryl Adams
Email Address:
Email Subject: Comment
Message: Thank you. Thank you for providing a wonderfully nutritious food for my dog. He's part of our family and I'm so thankful that in the midst of this horrible "National Pet Food Crisis" I can rest assure that my puppy is safe. I’m a massage therapist and therefore I come in contact with a lot of people who trust my opinion. I have referred numerous pet owners to switch to Blue Buffalo and have found their pets to be pleased with the results as well. Our Gizmo loves his blue buffalo and it makes me feel good to know he’s getting the very best. From everything I’ve read it seems your company is very conscious of its ingredients and hopefully knows where each one is coming from. As more and more pet foods are recalled, so many pet owners right now are confused and lost with what to feed their beloved pets. I will continue to strongly recommend Blue Buffalo. Thank you for that privilege.
~Cheryl Adams (Gizmo’s Mom)
(My best to all the animals that may have consumed the contaminated food, somehow wishing them health in their future).
~Cheryl Adams
Massage Therapist
"Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity, we have only this moment-Sparkling like a star in our hands and melting like a snow flake'. ~Marie Beynon Ray
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From: Info [mailto:Info@bluebuff.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 2:07 PM
To: Cheryl
Subject: RE: Contact Form Blue Buffalo Company Site
Dear Cheryl,
Thank you for taking the time out to write us. And thank you for your interest in BLUE. B BLUE products have never been produced by Menu Foods and we are not affiliated with them in any way. In addition, all of our formulas are gluten free and we do not use wheat in any of our products either. Our manufacturing partners are all USDA inspected and approved. Our ingredients are sourced only from the finest suppliers of human grade food ingredients. All ingredients are tested for quality and safety by our manufacturing partners before they are accepted and all finished products are also tested for safety on a regular basis. The machines are cleaned after each run as well. We do not get any of our ingredients from China or overseas. All of our ingredients come from US suppliers.
Both our manufacturing partners are approved by AIB (American Institute of Baking) which is widely recognized as the best and most highly respected safety and sanitation inspection firm in the human food business. BLUE is involved from the start in the selection of ingredients that go into our formulas. Each supplier must certify the origin of the ingredients by USDA requirements. So, we will know if the ingredient is native or imported.
Product quality is our #1 priority. We have strict controls in place to make sure that our ingredients meet the highest quality standards. These controls include the following:
Certificate of origin for all ingredients
COA’s (certificates of analysis) on all our ingredients prior to accepting
Testing of each ingredient for known toxins prior to accepting
Testing during production to insure that our formulas meet our nutritional specifications.
Testing after production to insure product stability and freshness.
We use a government certified lab(Midwest Labs) to test for normal analyticals, toxins, bacterial contamination, and spoilage.
All of our products are free of all steroids, hormones, antibiotics and by-products. BLUE life Protection Formula with LifeSOurce Bits is a revolutionary food that combines the superior nutrition of Human Grade Ingredients with the protection of active nutrients and antioxidants. The first ingredient is Real Chicken, Lamb, or Fish. BlUE focuses on Whole Grains like Whole Ground Brown Rice and a Whole Ground Barley. We do not use Processed grains like White Rice, Brewers Rice or Rice Bran as they don't retain all their Nutrients once processed. We use fresh Vegetables and fruit instead of corn, wheat and soy which are linked to common animal allergies.
What separates BLUE from other premium brands would be our LIfeSOurce Bits. Our Life Source Bits are processed using a cold press that does NOT subject the essential vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants to the extreme heat necessary for cooking the proteins. In other foods these ingredients are processed along with the protein source (chicken, lamb, etc.) and are heated at temperatures over 250 deg. F. This heating causes vitamins and minerals to lose up to 70% of their potency. The vitamins and minerals (LifeSource Bits) are then dry blended with our highly nutritious base food to deliver the two-part food you see in our bags. These LifeSource Bits are specifically formulated to provide three key functions...1) Immune System Heatlth 2) Life Stage Nutrients 3) Defense against Environmental Toxins.
" The AAFCO Dog and Cat Food Nutrient Profiles and the AAFCO Feeding Protocols are the only AAFCO recognized methods for substantiating the nutritional adequacy of 'complete and balanced' pet food."
BLUE meets all of, and exceeds most of, the Nutrient Profiles set by AAFCO. In addition, this is accomplished with quality ingredients unmatched by any other brand on the market.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me. Once again, thank you for your interest in BLUE.
Best regards,
Samantha Wuhrer
The Blue Buffalo Company
