OUR WHOLESOME INGREDIENTS
Ingredients: All of the ingredients are purchased from the Amish farms and stores in east-central Illinois. It is the fifth largest Amish community in the world.
Carefully chosen ingredients. Each of the biscuits and groumet treats are made with human food-grade ingredients, but with some very important considerations for you puppies and dog(s). Following ia a list of each of our wholesome, healthy, dog-friendly ingredients.
Blackstrap Molasses is significantly higher in calcium than regular baking molasses, and is a better choice for your dog.
Pure Honey from local Amish country apiaries provides the sweetness that dogs love without using sugar.
Colored Sesame Seed Sprinkles are used in place of sugared spinkles that you will find on many other dog treats.
Colors from foods such as the creamy pink, smooth yellow and luscious green, all come from food, not from artificial food coloring. Red beets are used for pink, spinach for green and tumeric for yellow, red currant for red and blueberries for blue.
Carob is Mother Nature's alternative to chocolate. Carob grows on trees in pod form, but is still classed as a legume. Carob is a natural cocoa substitute for those who cannot eat chocolate, including our four-legged friends. Carob has no caffeine, which is the ingredient in chocolate that is most harmful to dogs. Carob is also virtually fat-free, and is a rich source of protein, fructose, and vitamins A and B. Carob is purchased in large blocks for melting, in powder form as a dry ingredient, and in unsweetened carob chips.
All-natural peanut butter with no added sugar or salt. The manufacturer purchases a German brand supplied by the Amish stores and finds it to be an outstanding product. It's important for your dog that the peanut butter have no added sugar since they use other sweetening ingredients in the peanut butter recipes.
The Flours and Powders. Stone-ground whole wheat flour is purchased in two varieties. Medium-ground provides added fiber and a "crunchier" crunch to the biscuits, and the fine-ground flour gives a lighter finish to the cupackes, donuts, and birthday/special occasion cakes. Naturally white, unbleached flour is also used in the cake recipes, plus unbleached flour is a better choice for your dog.
Yogurt coating is the white "icing" you will find on many of the gourmet dog treats. Yogurt is also colored with the all-natural food colors mentioned above.
Non-fat dry milk is used in the biscuit gourmet treats versus regular or skim milk to be sure no more fat is added from the milk.
All-vegetable shortening made of hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oils is used in all of the biscuit dog treats except for the cakes, cupcakaes, and brownie formulas.
Liquids for flavor and processing include beef broth and chicken broth - both are used for flavor and for processing, as well as water is used for processing.
Organic low-sodium tomato sauce and parmesan cheese are the savory toppings on our cheese pizzas, BBQ Bones and BBQ Ribs gourmet dog treats. As a "certified" organic product, the tomato sauce must also be made up of ingredients, each of which must also be certified organic, such as garlic. The sauce has no added salt, which is a good choice for your puppies and dogs.
New product development. Wheat-free, corn free, soy-free gourmet treats, and a couple flavors of dog ice cream are currently under development. We all look forward to these new offerings, and other fine gourmet dog treats to our customers in the near future.
Thank you for your interest in our gourmet dog treats. We appreciate the opportunity to serve you - and mostly to make your four-legged loved ones very happy with this great variety of wholesome, healthy puppy and dog snacks and treats.
