Why Freeze Dried

Minimally Processed Food is Better Food

We believe one of the keys to healthy eating is to buy the very best ingredients you can find and to do as little to them as possible. We chose freeze drying because it’s the best way to achieve this goal and provide pets with minimally processed food and treats without preservatives or additives. Instead of cooking, freeze drying uses sub-zero temperatures in a vacuum chamber to gently pull moisture out without the loss of nutrients cooking creates. Freeze drying locks in freshness and intensifies natural flavor. It also keeps food from shrinking or becoming tough as with other drying processes.

Slower is Better

It takes 18-20 hours to freeze dry foods, as compared to high heat quick cooking methods that can take just minutes. It’s this long, slow, gentle process that allows us to make the healthiest treats possible.

How the process works

- Food & treats are first flash frozen

- They are placed on trays and put inside a vacuum chamber

- Low heat is applied to trays only which causes the ice crystals inside the food to turn into water vapor outside it

- Cold plates attract & collect this water vapor like metal to a magnet

- Once foods reach a low enough moisture content (generally between 1-4%), they are freeze dried & shelf stable