RYE, NY. — Raised Right has teamed up with veterinarians Barbara Royal, DVM, and Karen Becker, DVM, to create a line of veterinary support recipes that are formulated to help pets with specific health issues.
“Many people have asked us to create recipes that support pets battling chronic illnesses like kidney disease as they want their pets to be eating whole food recipes that meet human-grade standards,” said Braeden Ruud, co-founder and chief executive officer of Raised Right. “While our original recipes have been helping pets with a variety of health issues, there are some pets who require a special diet and it’s time for us to provide this to them as most of the veterinary diets available are either kibble or canned food.”
Like the company’s original recipes, the new veterinary support formulas are produced to human-grade standards and gently cook in a USDA-inspected facility. After each batch is produced, samples are sent to a third-party laboratory to be tested for pathogens like E. coli, Listeria and Salmonella. Raised Right has a hold-release program through which its food must pass the lab safety test before shipping. For transparency, the company posts the test results of every batch on its website for consumers.
The new veterinary support line includes formulas with low phosphorus content for pets with kidney issues.
“While it’s important that growing puppies and kittens consume adequate amounts of dietary phosphorus for healthy development, pets with kidney disease can’t filter or excrete waste products efficiently, and since they can’t effectively remove phosphorus from their bloodstream, it can build up, further damaging the kidneys and accelerating the progression of the disease,” Becker said. “This is why pets with any kidney stress do best consuming a minimally processed diet that’s low in phosphorus.”
The company also created low-fat recipes formulated for pancreatic support.
“Pancreatitis causes swelling and inflammation of the pancreas,” Royal explained. “Since a major role of the pancreas is to produce digestive enzymes, the goal is to reduce the amount of work the pancreas needs to do as this gives it time to heal. Eating a highly digestible, fresh diet with lowered fat content not only decreases the workload for the pancreas, but it also decreases inflammation in the body. These are both essential components in recovery from pancreatitis. This is why pets with pancreatitis can benefit from a high-quality, low-fat diet until the condition resolves.”
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