The word "Made in China" doesn't appear on any human or dog/cat food that comes into our house. I even question things that say don't say they are "Made in China" but say something like "Distributed by So and So company, anyplace". I need to know the maker of the food is getting the ingredients from North America and that the food is manufactured and packaged in North America. More recently I am not buying other products Made in China (e.g. drinking glasses, plates, coffee cups, food containers, etc.) but this can be way more difficult. 😞
Overall Eco-Friendly Pet Food Ratings
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Interesting pet food rating chart from Greenopia, "Experts on Green Living." Ranking criteria based on 1) ingredient and environmental reporting, 2) quality of ingredients, 3) animal testing 4) eco-friendliness of packaging 5) supply chain (how the products are transported and whether locally or internationally-sourced ingredients are used), and 6) green building design at the company.
"It is worth noting that, as a whole, the pet food industry has very poor environmental reporting. Thus we could not assign weights based off the product's life cycle impacts (there was not enough data), but instead focused on the product itself and considered the impacts from the rest of the life cycle as supplementary information."
