Addiction Foods

Addiction Foods

Type	Private
Industry	Pet food
Founded	Te Puke, New Zealand
Headquarters	Te Puke, New Zealand, Singapore, USA
Area served	Canada, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, USA
Products	Dog food and cat food
Owner(s)	Addiction Foods
Website	http://usa.addictionfoods.com

Addiction Foods is a manufacturer of hypoallergenic dog food and cat food based in USA, New Zealand and Australia. Addiction is a world renowned as the leader in hypoallergenic pet nutrition, offering the widest and finest range of pet foods made from premium proteins and antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables. Free from harmful additives and by-products, Addiction has amassed a passionate following among discerning pet owners seeking the ultimate in Holistic Nutrition.

History

Addiction Foods was founded by a leading holistic veterinarian and clinical nutritionist who saw thousands of disease -stricken cats and dogs plagued with skin and gastrointestinal conditions caused by allergies to beef, chicken, lamb and artificial preservatives as well as additives.

Belief

Addiction aims to provide what Nature intended for the pets.

Enlightened by the belief that pet food should be natural and free from harmful additives, the Addiction range uses only natural, wholesome, highest-quality ingredients packed with nutritional benefits to enhance health and well-being. Addiction's food contains no artificial preservatives, flavors, fillers or by-products commonly found in many of today's pet food. The result is food as close as what nature intended, allowing pets to achieve highest levels of optimal health possible.

Production

Addiction owns a manufacturing plant in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand where the lush forests, clean lakes and stringent agricultural and manufacturing standards ensure the highest quality food made in a pristine environment.

Ingredients

Addiction Foods makes products for both dogs and cats using novel protein sources not found in other food brands such as wild kangaroo, New Zealand brushtail, free range venison, and king salmon. Addiction is proud to have innovated the concept of using Premium Proteins to prevent allergies and promote long-term health in pets. Free-range premium proteins are hypoallergenic to pets not previously exposed to them, therefore providing a healthier, natural solution to prevent allergies.

Eco-friendly

Addiction Foods is the pioneer pet food manufacturer to use the NZ Brushtail / Possum and Australian kangaroo. The reason is two-fold. In New Zealand, the brushtail possum was introduced in the 20th century from Australia where they became a major pest species. In Australia, farmers and ranchers view the kangaroo as a pest and nuisance that impedes cattle ranching. By using brushtail possum and kangaroo, the Addiction Foods company utilizes two pests to help stabilize a small but important part of the ecology of both countries and create foods which contains higher levels of Omega 3 & Omega 6 fatty acids than other red meats and fish.

Various Products

Addiction has a wide range of products from Raw Dehydrated Food to Meaty Bites Treats. Its Wild Kangaroo & Apples was rated "Top Approved Dry Food" by internationally respected Whole Dog Journal, USA in 2007, and its NZ Venison & Apples was rated "Top Approved Wet Food" for the same year. Its other products like Viva La Venison and Salmon Bleu were rated "Top Approved Dry Food" for two consecutive years on 2009 and 2010.

For cats, dry food and canned food are available. For dogs, raw dehydrated food, dry food, canned food and meaty bites treats are available. There are also wildlife gourmet canned food (for cats and dogs) and puppy dry food recently available.

Others

Addiction has its own Facebook Fanpage and Twitter account (active for US). Also, US customers can shop online.

External links

• Addiction Foods Pte Ltd.