EVANGERS DOG FOOD
Evangers brand dog food is marketed by Evangers Dog & Cat Food Company. The company was first founded in 1935, by a man named Fred Evanger. Fred Evanger raised Great Dane Dogs, and wanted to develop a food that was healthy and suitable for championship dogs. After being in business around 75 years, Evangers has currently avoided ever being included in a pet food recall. However, they did have their pet food license suspended temporarily by the FDA, since it was discovered that the methods that they used could possibly cause residual bacteria to be left in their food formulas. This matter has supposedly been resolved.
EVANGERS DOG FOOD REVIEW
Evangers brand dry dog food formulas are available in a small 4.4 lb bag, as well as a large 16.5 lb bag. The 4.4 lb bag can cost from $7.50 - $9.00 for the Chicken formula, from $8.40 - $10.20 for the Pheasant formula, and from $8.40 - $10.20 for the Whitefish formula. The 16.5 lb bag can be priced from $25.00 - $32.00, depending on the specific formula. Evangers is often referred to as a "super premium" dog food formula. None of their formulas contain corn, wheat or soy. Since one of their formulas is designed with pheasant meat, it can sometimes be used for dogs that have protein-specific allergies.
EVANGERS DOG FOOD FORMULAS
- Evangers Chicken with Brown Rice Dog Food is suitable for dogs in all life stages. The first five ingredients in this formula are chicken, ground brown rice, chicken meal, potato product and pearled barley. Other ingredients include carrots, celery, lettuce, watercress, spinach, chicken fat, catfish meal and flax seed meal. The Guaranteed Analysis of this formula contains 26% protein and 15% fat.
- Evangers Pheasant & Brown Rice Dog Food is suitable for dogs in all life stages. The first five ingredients are fresh pheasant, duck meal, brown rice, salmon meal and pearled barley. Other ingredients include canola oil, oatmeal, turkey liver, millet, sweet potato, salt and dried whole egg. The Guaranteed Analysis of this formula contains 24% protein and 14% fat.
- Evangers Whitefish and Sweet Potato Dog Food is suitable for dogs in all life stages. The first five ingredients of this formula are whitefish, sweet potatoes, venison meal, peas and ground whole ryle. Other ingredients include beets, lettuce, parsley, dried apple pomace, celery, canola oil and carrots. The Guaranteed Analysis of this formula contains 30% protein and 12% fat.
EVANGERS CONSUMER RATINGS
Customer reviews about Evangers brand dog food formulas are mostly positive. Though they did get some bad press when their license was suspended by the FDA, most of their customers seem to be unaffected. Since their food is free from corn or soy, many pet owners cite it as a high quality dog food formula. Some customers stated that they would like to see more probiotics added to Evangers formulas, while others liked the variety of meats available in Evangers dog food formulas. Both dry and canned Evangers formulas were subjected to mostly positive pet food reviews.
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May 5, 2011
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sends another Warning Letter to Evanger’s, claiming that samples of two of their dog food products had been analyzed and found to be ‘adulterated’ and ‘misbranded’.
“From December 2, 2010 through February 10, 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted an inspection of your low-acid canned food manufacturing facility located at 221 Wheeling Road, Wheeling, Illinois. In addition, on August 19, 2010, FDA received samples of (b)(4) Lamb and Rice Dog Food from the distributor, (b)(4). This letter notifies you of the violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) that we found during our inspection and from the samples we received from the distributor. You can find the FD&C Act and its associated regulations on the Internet through links on FDA’s web page at http://www.fda.gov.
We found that you offered for sale (b)(4) Lamb and Rice Dog Food which was adulterated. Under Section 402(b)(2) of the FD&C Act, 21 U.S.C. § 342(b)(2), a food is deemed to be adulterated if any substance has been substituted wholly or in part therefore. Our analytical sample results of this product revealed that a substance (lamb) was not detected in the product and another ingredient (bovine material) detected in the product was substituted therefore. Furthermore, this product was misbranded. Under Section 403(b) of the FD&C Act, 21 U.S.C. § 343(b), a food is deemed to be misbranded if it is offered for sale under the name of another food. This product was offered for sale under the name of “(b)(4) Lamb and Rice Dog Food.” However, the analytical sample results did not detect the presence of lamb, but detected the presence of bovine material.
On December 14, 2010, FDA collected samples of your Evanger’s Grain-free Duck Pet Food during the inspection of your facility. We found that the Evanger’s Grain-free Duck Pet Food product was adulterated. Under Section 402(b)(1) of the FD&C Act, 21 U.S.C. § 342(b)(1), a food is deemed to be adulterated if any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom. Our investigation revealed that a valuable constituent (duck) was not detected in the product and had been omitted or abstracted therefrom. Furthermore, this product was misbranded. Under Section 403(a)(1) of the FD&C Act, 21 U.S.C. § 343(a)(1), a food is deemed to be misbranded if its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. The labeling indicates that Evanger’s Grain-free Duck Pet Food contains duck, but the analytical sample results did not detect the presence of duck in the product.
In addition, your firm was not able to provide processing and production records upon written demand, as required by 21 C.F.R. 108.35(h), for products manufactured in 2009.”
I don’t believe that to be true, Steph I think it’s always been the same owners, but I’ll check into it.I liked their concept at first they were doing canned raw’, which is a life saver if you feed raw and travel (say, to shows). But, I recall there were FDA related issues with this, namely, that canned products have to maintain a certain rate of acidity to be safely canned, and they weren’t managing it. After that, I crossed them off my list.
Update on Evangers. FDA warning letter reporting that there was NO LAMB in the lamb dog food, and NO DUCK in the duck dogfood!
This is an unethical company. Don’t feed their garbage to your dog!
http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/ucm255000.htm