Purina v Blue Buffalo update

dturm wrote:
Sorry, Blue Buffalo has NO credibility in my book. It is a company built on advertising and profit and claims about nutrition are just without merit.

If you check their web site, they list all their top executives, board of directors and nowhere is a veterinary nutritionist.

Do they ever do food trials that are based on anything other than palatability as do many reputable food companies including Purina, Mars/P&G (Iams, Eukanuba), Hill's, Royal Canin?

Their whole schtick is that they provide a natural, holostic diet with things you'd eat with no "objectionable" ingredients. Their premise that byproducts and meat meal is objectionable is just false. Quality byproducts and meal (and even grains) can provided needed nutrients and can be excellent sources of valuable nutrients.

They got caught.

Doug, DVM

BB has never been a favorite among the truly geeky dog food crowd. There were too many things they wouldn't disclose. Of course all companies are going to keep some things private, but BB wouldn't disclose a lot of the fairly basic stuff that other pet food companies will usually readily tell when customer service is contacted. I think their appeal has been to the average pet owner who just wants to feed their dog something better but doesn't want to bother with any real research. Those people are sucked in by slick advrtising, and of course that covers a LOT of people.