Purina v Blue Buffalo update
Blue Buffalo admits to byproduct meal Purina has issued a response to Blue Buffalo’s admission in court on May 6, 2015, that a “substantial” and “material” portion of Blue Buffalo pet food sold to...
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rockhillmanor wrote:
I saw the inconsistencies first hand over the past year.
I grind down my BB dog food to a powder for the old timer. Which is one of the first steps when testing in labs.
I found a HUGE dependencies in the content of the food from bag to bag. Sometimes there were a high amount of fibrous material and bone chips other times not. And just the size and look of the kibble changed often as it was supplied by the various different manufacturer they were using.
They just purchased/built a $35 million dollar manufacturing plant. Let's hope that they will now have better control of the suppliers of their ingredients.
IMHO, if their claims can't be guaranteed for all but a small margin of error, then they are a company without scruples. It's great to say "our demand is so high that we've had to use additional suppliers", but they don't get off the hook for not meeting their OWN advertised standards because of it.
