JWB sachet

[Anonymous]

maybe they arent allowed to  :-\

Mars
James Wellbeloved were bought by Mars in 2002 but since then we have continued to run as an independent company. This was reinforced with the recent change of all Mars owned companies to the Mars name, with the exception of James Wellbeloved and our sister company Royal Canin.

We continue to have our own committed and dedicated staff, our own pet-focused research and development, source our own materials and are about to open our own UK factory. Our motto of “Knowledge and Respect” continues to be the way we work, putting your pet and its needs at the heart of all we do.

Company Statement

1.We undertake no testing on animals other than that which is concerned with the palatability of our foods. Much of our palatability testing takes place on pets owned by members of staff at home. Because the tests involve the animals concerned in trying a number of different and tasty foods,they normally enjoy the tests very much! 2.No test interferes in any unnatural way with the physiology of the animal nor produces any distress in that animal.
3.During the palatability tests, we take scientific measurements concerned with the quantities eaten and the speed and eagerness of eating. We also make subsequent analyses of naturally excreted stool and urine to ensure that our foods are as healthy as possible. These are the only scientific measurements that we undertake.

We are a company of animal lovers and most of our staff have pets themselves. We view the welfare and happiness of pets as being of the greatest importance. The thought of harming any pet for commercial reasons is therefore abhorrent to us and would be totally contrary to the ethic of the company.

[kizkiznobite]

maybe not jay but it makes one wonder why  :-\

[GSPmad]

[quote author=kizkiznobite link=topic=11928.msg228395#msg228395 date=1215210933]
yep but they refuse to sign the agreement so what they hiding – the parent company does test

http://www.uncaged.co.uk/petfood.htm
[/quote]

just about every large company has dubious ethics though – is why i don’t like them.

was not happy about jwb being taken over by pedigree et al.  ::)

purina is part of nestle and they also produce bakers.  ::)

am reasonably sure eukanuba\iams animal test.

etc etc…

[GSPmad]

if i was feeding just their wet stuff they would each be on 16-18 sachets per day – i would be bankrupt.  😀

turkey and rice ones – have recognisable bits of rice, carrot and peas in, and lumps of meat – well hard to tell with those.  :-\

[Kerry_and_Beau]

just out of curiosity does it state whether the rice is white or brown?  it seem smost pet foods use white? is that a cost thing?

[Anonymous]

natures harvest has brown 🙂  another reason for moving away from ND as i believe collie type dogs dont do well on white rice it hyper for them.

nestle well … some ppl i know boycott it because they provide milk powder to developing countries and discourage breastfeeding (not good as not all have pure water).  me – i like cherio’s too much 🙂

JWB say they dont animal test but they cannot sign up as Pedigree do.  EK / I – do animal test still.

claire x

[Anonymous]

[quote author=piglet link=topic=11928.msg228938#msg228938 date=1215439260]

JWB say they dont animal test but they cannot sign up as Pedigree do. 
claire x
[/quote]

maybe when they’ve opened up their OWN uk factory then they will  :-\ watch this space!

[xtine]

[quote author=zerlinda link=topic=11928.msg228936#msg228936 date=1215438949]
just out of curiosity does it state whether the rice is white or brown?  it seem smost pet foods use white? is that a cost thing?
[/quote]

will have a look and get back to you.. unless we thrown it out  :-\

[xtine]

nope – doesn’t say whether white or brown  :-\

[GSPmad]

[quote author=zerlinda link=topic=11928.msg228936#msg228936 date=1215438949]
just out of curiosity does it state whether the rice is white or brown?  it seem smost pet foods use white? is that a cost thing?
[/quote]

looks like white.

[GSPmad]

[quote author=piglet link=topic=11928.msg228938#msg228938 date=1215439260]
nestle well … some ppl i know boycott it because they provide milk powder to developing countries and discourage breastfeeding (not good as not all have pure water).  [/quote]

i know – that’s why i don’t like them.

and also it doesn’t have the antibodies etc in breast milk.

[Sweetypye]

I could never boycott a firm that makes such great chocolate.

[Sweetypye]

There is absolutely no difference between white rice and brown rice except one contain its outer jacket (bran) and one does not

Bran is fibre.

It is used a bulking agent

therefore no dog should be more or less hyper on one kind or rice than the other surely?.

[xtine]

[quote author=Sweetypye link=topic=11928.msg229011#msg229011 date=1215458159]
I could never boycott a firm that makes such great chocolate.
[/quote]

kitkats… fair enough.. but am a Cadbury’s girl  ;D

[GSPmad]

my house is full of cadburys at the moment, i could probably pass it off as the factory. is chocolate not what you are meant to eat for dinner then?  :-\

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