News — natural pet food

Many pet owners have heard of the terms “natural pet food”, “organic pet food”, but what do they mean?  Does “natural” mean “organic”? The definition of "natural" pet food actually varies among different countries.  According to AAFCO  (Association of American Feed Control Officials), their official definition for “natural” is:  NATURAL - A feed or ingredient derived solely from plant, animal or mined sources, either in its unprocessed state or having been subjected to physical processing, heat processing, rendering, purification extraction, hydrolysis, enzymolysis or fermentation, but not having been produced by or subject to a chemically synthetic process and not containing...