Nutrisource Super Premium Pet Food line was developed in January 2003 by Tuffy’s Pet Foods. Tuffy’s Pet Foods produces a variety of products, producing approximately 85,000 ton of pet foods per year. The flagship products are dry dog and cat food under the Tuffy’s Pet Foods label. Natural Planet Organic Dog Food was launched in the summer of 2007, followed by Natural Planet Organic Cat Food in January of 2008. Pure-Vita, pure and natural holistic dog food, was launched in July of 2008.
1947 – Darrell “Tuffy” Nelson started his business as a livestock and poultry feed manufacturer making Du-Mor Feeds. Tuffy also operated a hatchery at the same site in Perham, MN. The company later became known as Pine Lakes Feed Company.
1964 – “Tuffy” and his son, Kenny Nelson, developed a dog and cat food product called Tuffy’s. As pet food sales grew, livestock and poultry feed were discontinued. The hatchery was closed.
1971 – Tuffy sold the business to Star-Kist Foods. Star-Kist Foods was eventually sold to Heinz Pet Products. At this time, the plant in Perham was making the Tuffy’s dog and cat foods as well as 9-Lives Cat Food. Over 400 people worked at Tuffy’s during the early 70′s.
1996 – Windy Hill Pet Food purchased the Tuffy’s manufacturing facility and the Tuffy’s Pet Foods label. Windy Hill Pet Food merged with Doane Pet Care in 1998.
2001 – In 2001, Doane Pet Care made a decision to close the pet food factory in Perham. Kenny Nelson, the son of the original founder, purchased the plant and the Tuffy’s and Supreme pet food labels. Kenny’s son, Charlie Nelson, grandson of the original founder, is now the Vice President of Sales for Tuffy’s Pet Foods, bringing the company full circle.
Tuffy’s has more than 40 years of pet food manufacturing experience behind it. Tuffy’s Pet Foods has an excellent reputation for manufacturing high-quality products, and this is due, in no small part, to a specially-trained work force and management team, along with high quality customer service that comes with a family-owned business. Approximately 100 people are employed at the Perham plant.
Many of the ingredients used in making pet foods are purchased from local growers. Tuffy’s uses state-of-the-art equipment to develop and produce a carefully formulated product that provides sound nutrition backed by extensive research and quality testing. The Tuffy’s manufacturing plant in Perham, Minnesota, produces ONLY pet foods and the facility is the ONLY manufacturing facility that produces our branded products. This allows Tuffy’s to deliver a consistent, high-quality product.
I am trying to find where to buy Healthy Max Treats for adult dogs..
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Any help you can provide will be appreciated…
Hip and joint dog treats with Glucosamine and Chondroitin..
Pat,
Where do you live?
Jonnie Schmitz
hello.
i’m from indonesia, i want to be a dealer for nutrisource product. i have petshop in jakarta
do you have a contact number for distributor in indonesia?
thank you very much
I feed my large dog your adult chicken & rice and I see that it contains glucosamine and chondroitin. My vet has advised me to give her 1000mg of glucosamine and 800 of chondroitin daily. Should I decrease that because she is getting them in her food (3 cups daily)?
Ruth,
If you would please contact our customer service department at 800-535-9155 we will be able to assist you!
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hi…i’m very interested in switching my dogs over to pure vita grain free salmon food. wondering where you get the salmon used in this product. wild, or farmed? etc.
thanks!!
Mel,
Our Salmon is Wild caught. Let us know if you have any further questions!!
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NutriSource Pet Foods
Your 33# bag of adult chicken and rice has changed the look of your bag. The food inside looks little darker. Has your formula changed?
Dian,
We have NOT changed our formula at all! It’s still the same great formula as in the old packages!
Let us know if you have any further questions!
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NutriSource Pet Foods
I would like to know, where the ingredients come from (what country)..the food I use is Nutri Source Senior..I am finding out that more and more ingredients for our pets food and human food is from every other country but our own and especially they are coming from China..yuck…Please respond..
thank you in advance..
Joan Gingeresky
Joan,
Most of our products come from the Midwest! If you would like to contact our customer service department we would love to go through all our ingredients with you!
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NutriSource Pet Foods
I started using the Salmon Grain Free product. I have a rottie and shelties. The shelties are doing fine but the Rottie has lost about 9 lbs. I feed the same amount as with other grain free products. Do you recommend supplementing with rice, sweet potatoe or something to provide carbs??
Pat,
Are you using the NutriSource Grain Free Seafood Selct or the Pure Vita Grain Free Salmon? If Pure Vita I would recommend try the regular Pure Vita Salmon & Potato. If NutriSource Seafood Select, I would suggest either the Chicken & Rice (Adult) or if not wanting Chicken then try Lamb & Rice.
Let us know if you have any further questions!
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I just recommended PureVita Chicken and Rice and grain free blend on my blog. I have a 6 year old Scottish Terrier who we have been feeding Nutro Source and PureVita for several years now and I think his overall good health, healthy skin and coat, and teeth are all because of your high quality dog food blends. I switch between the rice and grain free for his 2 daily feedings. He gobbles it down! Now that’s a dog testimony! Thanks.
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I have been feeding my dogs NutriSource large breed grain free for several years. One of my dogs gets a severe allergic reaction to wheat. The result is a very runny bowl movement that he can’t control. After buying a bag of large breed lamb grain free last week, he had a severe reaction which leads me to believe there was grain in the batch of dog food. It doesn’t have to be much for him to have this reaction. He has gotten this reaction from a small dog biscuit. I returned the bag to my place of purchase and they gave me a bag of PureVita Bison grain free and the symptoms have disappeared. My question is, do you guarantee that if it is labeled “grain free” that the food is truly grain free?
All of our “Grain Free” Products are truly Grain Free!!! There could be a possibility that your dog is allergic to Lamb? Please let us know if you have any further questions!!
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