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Originally Posted by Britster  Farmina is made in Italty and has been around for years. They make RX foods over in Europe.
As for the reason I like them though? They have 6 staff veterinarians and 20 other professionals with advanced scientific degrees working for them. Two of their people are fellows to the European equivalent of the AVMA. They do extensive testing with the University of Milan and Naples and been around since 1965 and is owned by the Russo family. The food is tested for 24 months in three published studies for safety before they are put on the market. bags before this too) and all is running very AND I am happy with the ingredients. To be honest I'd be feeding a food from Hills or RC or Purina if they had foods that ... worked for Jackson. The food he did pretty good on was Purina One Beyond, but otherwise, whenever there is lots of rice, corn, and tons of grains, etc, he just gets too flabby for my liking and dull hair and softer poop. But I was in a catch-22 because of my lack of trust in most dog food companies but also not really wanting to feed him certain things. So Farmina has been working for us. We're on our 3rd 5.5lb bag (but had been feeding many samplesmoothly this far.
Not sure why some think that RC is the end-all-be-all food. Yes they do a lot of research and have good quality control -- that is why I DO like them, but RC has some of the most excessive mineral levels out there! Some even higher than grocery store foods. They are not perfect. I actually liked RC the best out of the 3 more popular brands of food, but I have always said they are over-priced for a lot of their foods. One of their RX foods I looked at a while back was like $40 for an 8lb bag. |
The production/testing/research done along with the staff that is involved with the production of Farmina, apparently follows the same template the RC facility follows. I think the issue is not that people think RC is the "end-all-be-all" food....I think it has more to do with the "think tanks" that see the words "corn" and "by-products" and "meal" and immediately castigate RC as junk food that is "nothing of value" and "over priced". People that have actually researched the food, nutritional requirements for dogs, and are familiar with the nutritionally sound research that goes into producing the food, and those that have actually fed RC for over 40+ years with "sound, evidenced based outcomes" in our own pets/breeders, we may get..... a little indignant with the "across the board" condemnation of RC. For MY dogs, it has always been the best choice for them and their off spring, it is highly palatable and they all LOVE it! I have never had a dog with any allergies to the food, or inability to digest the food...if there were any issues, then for THAT individual dog, I would be trying to find something my dog could eat and thrive on. Thank God, to date, I have not had that issue!