Innova Dog Food
Brief Overview
Innova is a brand of dog food that markets their products as natural, wholesome, and holistic. Founded by Natura Pet Products, Innova offers various dry and canned dog food formulas for dogs of all ages, breeds, weights, and special needs.
Who manufactures Innova?
Natura owns and manufactures Innova dog food. However, Natura was bought out by Procter & Gamble in 2010, so Innova dog food is technically manufactured by Procter & Gamble now. A lot of dog owners are disappointed, because they feel that Natura sold out to a giant corporation that does not have a good track record when it comes to the quality of the ingredients they use.
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Innova Recalls 2017
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Latest Recalls List (From newest to oldest):
- In March 2013, the Michigan Department of Agriculture performed routine testing on a batch of Natura dog food and found Salmonella. They notified Natura, and as a precautionary measure, Natura issued a voluntary recall for all the dog food produced in the production facility where the Salmonella contamination was known to have originated. All of Innova’s dry dog foods and treat varieties with the best-by dates of between 12/12/13 and 03/24/14 were involved.
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Innova Dog Food Coupons 2017
Innova Reviews
Innova dog food does not contain any by-products, fillers, or artificial flavorings. It contains fiber, protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and other necessary nutrients. However, some dog owners take issue with the fact that most of Innova’s formulas are grain-based.
As we mentioned before, Procter & Gamble acquired Innova dog food in 2010. The pet food giant is notorious for switching formulas without letting anyone know. They even did it with Eukanuba after buying the brand. They replaced quality ingredients with inferior ingredients, added unnecessary chemicals, reduced the size of the bags, and hiked the prices. A lot of dog food owners were afraid that they’d do the same thing with Innova dog food, so they either stopped buying Innova dog food or avoided it for at least six months (the amount of time a pet food manufacturer is allowed to have before updating their labels).
Fortunately, there’s a clause in the contract between Natura and Procter & Gamble that does not allow Procter & Gamble to alter the formula. However, the pet food giant was allowed to change how the ingredients were sourced, manufactured, and distributed.
According to Natura’s website, they will continue to produce all of their dry kibble formulas at their manufacturing plant in Fremont, Nebraska. There’s no mention of where their wet food is manufactured, though. They’re also adamant on the fact that Procter & Gamble won’t downgrade the ingredients, test on animals, and continue their policy on green and environmentally-friendly efforts.
As for where they source their ingredients, Natura has a website, See Beyond The Bag, where you can select Innova dog food formulas and specific ingredients to see where they come from. We don’t know if Procter & Gamble has acquired that website, or if they made any changes to it.
Given Procter & Gamble’s bad reputation, excessive cruelty to animals, and habit of switching quality ingredients to subpar ingredients, we’re pretty certain that this company won’t keep their promise of upholding Natura’s original beliefs and standards. Quite honestly, we won’t be the least bit surprised if Procter & Gamble ends up making some changes to Innova dog food in the near future.
As of now, given that the top five ingredients of Innova dog food are turkey, chicken, chicken meal, barley, and brown rice, we would rate Innova as an above-average brand of dog food. However, we strongly suggest you to keep an eye on the brand in case Procter & Gamble decides to switch the formulas, change their practices, or downgrade the ingredients.
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Our Innova Large Breed Adult Review:
One of Innova’s popular formulas is the Large Breed Adult Dry Dog Food. Let’s take a look at what’s in it:
Turkey, chicken, chicken meal, whole grain barley, whole grain brown rice, whole grain oats, peas, chicken fat, pea fiber, flaxseed, and some more wholesome ingredients. We like that the ingredient list is short and sweet (not literally, though!)
This formula contains a good amount of protein, fiber, and nutrients (and absolutely no unnecessary fillers). The first five ingredients are chock full of protein (turkey, chicken, and chicken meal), fiber (whole grain barley), and carbohydrates (rice and oats). We’re confident that this formula has all of the nutrients your dog needs, and then some more. However, we can’t really comment on the quality of the ingredients.
According to SeeBeyondTheBag.com, all of the ingredients are sourced from local farmers and producers in the United States and Canada. However, like we mentioned before, we don’t know if Procter & Gamble switched to outsourcing to cheap countries overseas without mentioning it on SeeBeyondTheBag.com. They have done this with all of the other brands they’ve acquired in the past (especially Iams).
While the ingredient list looks good, we wouldn’t readily trust the quality of the ingredients Procter & Gamble puts in this formula. You can try feeding this to your dog and observe him closely to see if he reacts positively to this formula.
Where can you buy Innova?
As far as we know, Innova dog food is not available in most big-box stores like Walmart, Petco, Target or PetSmart. However, it can be found in a lot of independent pet stores across the nation. If you want to find the nearest retailer, you can use the retailer locator on their website. They strongly suggest to “call a location first to be certain they stock the product you’re searching for.”
As of July 2014, Innova is sold at PetSmart 🙂
As of Feb 2015 PetSmart has been discontinued selling Innova where I live. 🙁 My girls loved it, now I have to find a new food to feed them. 🙁
Yes – much to my dismay, Petsmart here also discontinued the product I regularly purchased (Nature’s Table). Then when I sourced online from one of the large pet supply stores to ship, the Beef and Red Lentil my three pups all agreed on was discontinued without explanation. My last bag was shipped a month ago, and now I am slowly switching them to the chicken blend.
I contacted the company but basically got an SOL email. Not terribly helpful, seemed completely unconcerned.
If this keeps up, I’ll have to try them on small kibble BilJac again, if that’s still available.
This used be a great dog food along with California Natural. I stopped(Used from 1993 to 2001 before Kirkland which I stopped using as well in 2014) using it after Proctor and Gamble took over. When I was a teen I used to visit the Natura plant to watch them make kibble when I was a teen. Yep! I lived(Born and Raise in San Jose) and I lived only 20 mins from the plant. It was sad that Natura sold out to P & G that known animal abusers. Before I became an Animal Control Officer,…I was planed to work for Natura!
I used Innova for my 2 dogs and cat. I stopped using after Proctor and Gamble took over-don’t trust the company and was afraid of ingredient changes. After hearing of the 2 recalls, I was very happy that I trusted my instincts.
I went to buy Innova at PetSmart and they said they don’t have it anymore….she said something about the company phasing it out.
My dog eats Innova sr.can 5 oz…. ..but they stopped making the small cans. Now I have to purchase the 13 oz…….he is 18 and has always been on Innova and I don’t really want to change him now.
My dog loves the Innova senior type, but they discontinued it at PetSmart. Does anybody knows where else in Miami Florida can I find it?
Looks like the phased out the entire Innova line… What is everyone switching to now?
Innova has been discontinued by P and G. After it vanishing from my local shops, I emailed the company for a list of retailers. They reply was it has been discontinued so P and G can increase and expand the Eukanuba inferior line. So yet another example of how P and G killed off a product that they could not cheapen for bigger profits ( they had a clause when purchased that made them use the same ingredient sources thus preventing them from using inferior products.).
I planned to switch to Merrick as my dogs do well on it. But Nestle just bought Merrick. There goes another quality food…..
I was astonished to find that Innova was no longer carried by my local pet food supplier. He was told by the distributor that it didn’t sell well so the company had decided to discontinue it. My supplier said that it sold well in his store and he hadn’t heard that it was not doing well elsewhere. I now have to find a substitute diet for my 151/2 year old dog who has been eating Innova dog food for most of his life. I have purchased several different kinds of food and everyday is a struggle to get him to eat the substitute brands that just don’t have the consistency or flavor he had grown to love. In reading the comments about the new owners (Proctor and Gamble), I am troubled that some of the quality
ingredients and brands might be disappearing to bolster up their bottom line at the expense of the pet population.
Mars now owns Natura
In its largest divestiture in five years, Procter & Gamble announced in April 2014 that it would sell its Iams, Eukanuba and Natura pet food brands in all markets except Europe to Mars, Incorporated for $2.9 billion in cash. P&G said the deal would allow it to lose a slow performer and generate cash to grow core businesses.[9] The deal for P&G Pet Care’s operations in North America and Latin America was completed in August, 2014. Mars, Inc also exercised options to acquire P&G’s pet food business in some parts of Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, including Australia, Japan and Singapore.[10] P&G sold its European pet care business to Spectrum Brands in December 2014.
i used Innova from the day i adopted my dog, worried when proctor and gamble bought out Natura, i continued to use Innova for about six to 8 months after the sale, then i noticed that her hair had become very coarse, rough and standing on end, as it was when i adopted her, switched to Wellness and her hair became smooth and shiny again, have since moved on to Acana, which we are very pleased with this food…
Inova has rice & that is not good or bad for a dog, their systems don’t digest it well and so it’s serves as non nutritive &it just gets pooped out. Best diets are raw & or freeze dried raw food with only meats and things like the kidneys hearts & livers veggies , potatoes rice and peas are all fillers .