Comments on: New Food for Fido

By: Debbie Zeman

Debbie Zeman — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:25:18 +0000

Hi, I would like to order some 365 puppy dry food. My local Whole Foods doesn’t carry it and they don’t seem to know if they can order it or not.

Thank you,
Debbie Zeman

PS, my adult dog loves his 365 dog food and so does the puppy but it isn’t the right food for her.

By: Willow

Willow — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:25:58 +0000

Has the 365 Holistic puppy Kibble been discontinued? I haven’t been able to find it in my local WFM in Washington state.

By: Winnie Hsia

Winnie Hsia — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:13:10 +0000

Hi Sinewave,

I’m checking in with our Private Label team to see if we can disclose the manufacturer. In many cases, we have signed disclosure agreements with our Private Label vendors, but I’ll see what we can tell you. Be assured that all products do meet our Quality Standards, regardless of manufacturer. Thanks!

By: sinewave

sinewave — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:00:51 +0000

What company manufactures the 365 pet food products?

For some reason my previous question regarding this issue was “moderated”.

By: ferdinand

ferdinand — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:21:47 +0000

do you know how long the 365 canned dog food will stay fresh in the fridge once it’s opened. i probably get 4 feedings from one 13 oz. can. i wish it came in a smaller size for my small dog. thanks!

By: Opp

Opp — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:16:29 +0000

Seven Burke, the WFM 365 ‘Holistic’ brand pet foods do not contain any by-products. Only their ‘Everyday Value’ marked foods contain by-products. While there is plenty of evil out there in some pet foods, know that ‘by-products’ aren’t necessarily one of them. It simply means its not muscle. As was mentioned on this page, its stuff animals in the wild eat first, the organs and such that most humans won’t eat.

When you think about it, this is a very green approach. Instead of throwing out all the other bits that humans won’t eat, pets that prefer these items get them. The WFM 365 pet foods only contain components from ‘human-grade’ animals from the US.

By: Eight Burka

Eight Burka — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:27:37 +0000

In response to Seven Burke: Wrong, Seven.

Some of us are enlightened enough to realize that by-products are not manufactured or artificial or wrong for animals to eat. They are in fact likely the best, most naturally desired part of the animal to be eaten “in the wild.” When carnivorous animals begin to eat the first mouthfuls of chewy yummy flesh are usually… by products, like the intestines, or the organs of the abdomen. The enlightened of the mamel world (bears coem to mind) even reserve this portion for their cubs.

So despite your wrong-headed position, this WFM customer is greatly pleased over the ingredient list of the 365 brand food he has bought his cats for years. The cats are healthy, mentally intact, despite my abusing them with actual carnivorous diets.

Kudos to WFM for putting up with such ridiculous demands for pet food and providing us with an affordable very healthy product. Some of the damnds make me laugh out loud: it should mimic wild animal food (Uh our animals are domesticated, people… not wild), it should be vegan (LOL!), vegitarian, contain ONLY meat, contain only meat *I* would consider eating- not by products, blah blah blah…

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:58:13 +0000

I’m learning that the vast majority of pet food on the shelves at petsmart, etc. are testing their products on lab animals and there are some mind blowing stories out there. I have researched a product called Artemis that is cruelty free; do you carry it? Furthermore, is your brand cruelty free? Thank you.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:54:27 +0000

I recently adopted two kittens, and everyone I’ve spoken with told me to buy only food that is grain free. I saw the 365 brand today at my local Whole Foods and did not see any grains listed in the ingredients. But I see in the responses here that there is rice and other grains. What is the case about grains in this food? The price is wonderful, if there is no grain.

By: Seven Burke

Seven Burke — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:21:00 +0000

You guys (Whole Foods) apparently fail to understand something fundamental about your dog and cat customers – we don’t want ANY meat “by-products” in our animals’ food products. NONE. If that’s what we wanted we’d just buy Purina or Nestle or that awful Science Diet stuff.

If this is your idea of quality pet foods, you guys need to start from scratch.