To celebrate 20 years of smallbatch, we're been working hard on some beautiful new packaging for all of our diets. With these packaging updates we've also taken the opportunity to review and audit our recipes and will outline notable updates below. These recipes closely follow our original flagship recipes and as always only use humanely raised and harvested meat, bone and organ, 100% certified organic produce and naturally sourced supplements where needed.
Frozen Raw Sliders for Cats - Making their way to stores now!
| Old Packaging - 3lb sliders | New Packaging -3lb sliders |
Notable updates:
Now all recipes are 98% meat, bone and organ! - previously were 97% meat, bone and organ with 3% product and natural supplements.
Sardine Oil --> Pollock Oil - Pollock Oil is a sustainable, wild caught option, low risk for heavy metal contamination and works well for most pets. The efficiency of aligning with our other diets is an added benefit; less shipping = less environmental impact!
Some ingredients are relabeled or reordered for compliance and/or accuracy - All meaty parts use meat + bone - this hasn't changed, just how they are listed in the ingredient panel. Natural variation of raw materials can sometimes requirement slight adjustments to recipes. To maintain accuracy, some ingredients have been reordered within the list, as needed.
DuckBatch GAs update to reflect new, lower fat raw material - We were using a different supplier for a bit but the raw materials were increasingly high in fat lending to poor texture and palatability. We are back with our original supplier so the GAs have been updated to reflect new raw materials!
Rabbit Liver added for accuracy - Liver has always been included in this recipe, with the "whole rabbit" but is now listed as it's own ingredient for accuracy and labeling compliance.
Freeze-dried Sliders for Dogs - Making their way to stores now!
| Old Packaging - 14oz and 25oz sliders | New Packaging - 14oz and 25oz sliders |
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*14oz only |
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Notable Updates:
Eliminated zinc, copper and manganese glycinates - these were always a temporary addition after some minor changes within the raw materials we use. Recipes have been tweaked and updated so they are no longer needed!
Eliminated Garlic - Don't get us wrong, we love the benefits of Garlic but it's a tricky ingredient to include in pet foods so after customer feedback, we've opted to remove it. Feel free to continue to supplement on your own if you're a garlic- lover too!
Some ingredients are relabeled or reordered for compliance and/or accuracy - All meaty parts use meat + bone - this hasn't changed, just how they are listed in the ingredient panel. Natural variation of raw materials can sometimes requirement slight adjustments to recipes. To maintain accuracy, some ingredients have been reordered within the list, as needed
Organic Squash --> Organic Zucchini - This only applies to the Beef and Chicken recipes - just boils down to a need for some slightly different nutrients in these recipes.
Lightly Cooked Sliders for Dogs - Heading to stores now!
| Old Packaging - 2lb and 5lb sliders | New Packaging - 2lb and 5lb sliders |
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Notable Updates:
Coconut Oil --> Cod Liver Oil : Cod Liver Oil provides a more abundant source of vitamin D in a much smaller quantity. This improves overall texture and palatability and the alignment with the updated raw diets means less shipping = less environmental impact!
Some ingredients are relabeled or reordered for compliance and/or accuracy - All meaty parts use meat + bone - this hasn't changed, just how they are listed in the ingredient panel. Natural variation of raw materials can sometimes requirement slight adjustments to recipes. To maintain accuracy, some ingredients have been reordered within the list, as needed
Organic Chia Seeds added - Chia Seeds are an excellent source of omega 3 fatty-acids, fiber and other trace minerals.
Glycinates --> Amino Acid Chelate : These are the exact same premium quality, natural source supplements that have been used since launch in 2019, just relabeled for accuracy. They are included at a rate of less than 0.012% of the total recipe.
Feeding guidelines amended to follow metabolic needs vs. percentage of body weight - The metabolic style guideline more appropriately accommodates the caloric needs of smaller dogs with ranges catering to lower activity to higher activity pets.
*Note: if your pet is currently maintaining a healthy weight with the original feeding guidelines, please continue feeding as normal. But as always, remember to adjust as needed for weight or activity level changes
Frozen Raw Sliders and Patties for Dogs - Coming soon!
| Old Packaging | New Packaging |
Notable Updates:
Some ingredients are relabeled or reordered for compliance and/or accuracy - All meaty parts use meat + bone - this hasn't changed, just how they are listed in the ingredient panel. Natural variation of raw materials can sometimes requirement slight adjustments to recipes. To maintain accuracy, some ingredients have been reordered within the list, as needed
Pollock Oil --> Cod Liver Oil - Cod Liver Oil provides a more abundant source of vitamin D available in a smaller quantity. This improves overall texture and palatability and the alignment across all frozen diets means less shipping = less environmental impact!
Organic Squash --> Organic Butternut Squash - Historically we've always used seasonally available squash - either Butternut or Acorn. But, to provide more consistency and nutritional integrity, we've opted to stick to Organic Butternut Squash, year-round!
All updates noted are very minor and should not greatly affect the palatability of the recipes you know and love. As always, natural variation is normal and expected in our foods made with fresh, whole ingredients. We always appreciate feedback, so please feel free to reach out to us at: ask@smallbatchpets.com