Home Made Pet Cuisine

Home Made Pet Cuisine™ was created) to fill a growing desire among pet owners to find pet foods made only from premium human grade ingredients. So often we hear “I don’t have time” [to prepare home made diets for my pets] or “I can’t afford it,” or “It’s too much trouble.” Are these “bad” pet owners? Absolutely not! They, perhaps like you, are busy people who want the best for their pets yet are not able to invest the time and effort that goes into feeding a home made pet food.

Surprise! You can have it both ways: superior meals for your pets, and convenience for you. Now you can relax and leave the hard part to us, giving you more quality time to spend with your pets!

Why Create Another Pet Food?

We care. It’s as simple as that. We feel that too many pet food companies are providing inferior nutrition for our pets, leading to the alarming rise in health problems such as itchy skin, excessive gas, diabetes, pancreatitis, hip displaysia, and all types of cancers. This translates into shorter, poorer quality lives for beloved pets, and higher vet bills for their caretakers.

You can rest assured that Home Made Pet Cuisine has been carefully formulated and analyzed by qualified, degreed, experienced animal nutritionists not only to meet but to exceed CVMA, NRC, and AAFCO requirements. The ingredients used have been carefully selected to provide superior, essential nutrition for your pet(s). All ingredients are human-grade and are personally inspected for freshness and quality to ensure that your pet will receive optimal nutrition from our product. Our very own pets receive nothing but the best, and Home Made Pet Cuisine is it! We believe your pets deserve the best, too.

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How is Home Made Pet Cuisine better?

In the increasingly crowded pet food market, Home Made Pet Cuisine stands above its competition for several important reasons. Our superior pet food is prepared using carefully selected, [USDA] inspected, certified human-grade ingredients that are pure and whole. We do not use so-called “approved for pet food” ingredients such as “offal” or “by-products.” We do not “denature” the food, for example by adding charcoal or other inactive ingredients. We do not “water down” the nutritional content of our food by packing it full of grains that carnivores do not need and cannot fully utilize. Home Made Pet Cuisine contains NO PRESERVATIVES, NO ADDITIVES, NO SALT, NO SUGARS, NO CHEMICALS, NO FILLERS. In short, there is nothing “unnatural” about this pet food. And of course we use proper HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point - food handling) procedures.
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What’s in Home Made Pet Cuisine?

We offer five varieties: Lamb (not available for cats), Chicken, Beef, Rabbit or Turkey. New: Duck & Wild Salmon for cats & dogs

Lamb (not available for cats) - In addition to human-grade, ground meat, our recipe contains organ meat (heart and liver); finely ground, real, raw bones; whole carrots; ground broccoli; ground, whole cabbage; ground, whole sweet potatoes (yams); powdered organic alfalfa; powdered organic kelp; farm-fresh whole eggs (including shells); ground whole apples; fresh, minced garlic; raw, unpasteurized honey; ground organic flax seeds; and Grapefruit Seed Extract.

Chicken - In addition to human-grade, ground meat, our recipe contains organ meat (heart and liver); finely ground, real, raw bones; whole carrots; ground broccoli; ground, whole cabbage; ground, whole sweet potatoes (yams); powdered organic alfalfa; powdered organic kelp; farm-fresh whole eggs (including shells); ground whole apples; fresh, minced garlic; raw, unpasteurized honey; ground organic flax seeds; and Grapefruit Seed Extract.

Beef - In addition to human-grade, ground meat, our recipe contains organ meat (heart and liver); ground, ground, whole celery; ground, whole mixed greens;ground, whole mixed squash; powdered organic alfalfa; powdered organic kelp; farm-fresh whole eggs (including shells); ground whole apples; fresh, minced garlic; raw, unpasteurized honey; ground organic flax seeds; ground whole parsley; unpasteurized apple cider vinegar; and Grapefruit Seed Extract.

Rabbit - In addition to human-grade, ground meat, our recipe contains organ meat (heart and liver); finely ground, real, raw bones;ground, ground, whole celery; ground, whole mixed greens;ground, whole mixed squash; powdered organic alfalfa; powdered organic kelp; farm-fresh whole eggs (including shells); ground whole apples; fresh, minced garlic; raw, unpasteurized honey; ground organic flax seeds; ground whole parsley; unpasteurized apple cider vinegar; and Grapefruit Seed Extract.

Turkey - In addition to human-grade, ground meat, our recipe contains organ meat (heart and liver); finely ground, real, raw bones; ground, alfalfa sprouts; beans; ground, whole mixed greens; ground whole sunflower seeds; ground whole almonds; ground whole walnuts; whole cranberries; whole papaya; unpasteurized and Grapefruit Seed Extract.

Duck - In addition to human-grade, ground meat, our recipe contains organ meat (heart and liver); finely ground, real, raw bones; Mustard Greens, Turnip Greens, Green Beans, Alfalfa Sprouts, Papaya, Cranberry, Sunflower Seeds, Almond Meal, Walnut Meal and Grapefruit Seed Extract.

Wild Salmon - In addition to human-grade, ground meat, our recipe contains Salmon Bones; finely ground, Kale, Collards, Sunflower Seeds, Flax Seeds, Eggs, Cabbage, Carrots, Apples, Alfalfa Meal, Kelp, Garlic, Almond Meal, Grapefruit Seed Extract.

Our emphasis is on whole, fresh, raw meats and produce, suitable for human consumption.

Home Made Pet Cuisine pet food will fit easily into your busy life.  Available in two convenient sizes for dogs: 1 lb and 3 lbs. For cats, Home Made Pet Cuisine is packaged in a 1/2 lb size. Although feeding Home Made Pet Cuisine raw is highly recommended, our product may also be fed cooked.

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Where can I get Home Made Pet Cuisine? Store Locator!

We are proud to present Home Made Pet Cuisine as the first internationally available pet food of its kind, with its creators located in Ontario, Canada and Maryland, USA. Canadian pet owners can email or call Pets4Life at 519-372-1818 to find a store near them..

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Packaging info

The Home Made Pet Cuisine is packaged in food-grade environmentally sensitive packaging. The packaging is suitable for keeping the food preserved with minimal loss due to freezer burn.  Our packaging is designed to reduce the normal excessive freezer burn that can occur in patties and other loose formats. We also use no fillers or additional binders usually found in pre formed products. The packaging is great for storing Home Made Pet Cuisine left overs in the refrigerator.  To be absolutely certain to contain the natural juices from ingredients PLEASE thaw all raw pet food in a plastic or glass container. You may choose from a 1 pound or a 3 pound size for dogs. If you have a small dog, the one pound size is probably best for you. If you have large or multiple dogs in your house, the three pound size may be more suitable. Please ask your retailer about our “BULK” 10 Lb and 25 Lb. made to order options.  We offer a convenient 1/2 pound size for cats and ferrets. We generally suggest feeding 1/2 pound of food daily per 25 pounds of animal body weight. Please view the chart below to see how much your pet may eat daily. Consumption will vary depending on the activity level of your pet. If you need help deciding what to feed, please email us

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Frequently Asked Questions

 Do you use organic, pesticide-free veggies?
Nothing is pesticide-free unless grown in a bubble. We wash our vegetables down which is the next best thing to having them pesticide-free. Our vegetables are federally inspected but not organic. However, the flaxseed and other fine ingredients are organic. Many organic growers do not go through the government food inspection agency because they tend to sell direct or do not grow enough to warrant the ‘red tape’ of the government. Organic growing does not produce enough food as of yet. As well, you can still have 5% pesticides on organic food and still label it organic. Many do this in order to have higher yields. We not only wash the vegetables but also use a form of citric acid to kill germs (aka Grapefruit Seed Extract).aka Grapefruit Seed Extract).

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 Are the meats organic, steroid-free, hormone-free and antibiotic-free?
The meat that we use is federally inspected. We would not have it otherwise. The quality of meat is better than what is found in most grocery stores. In my opinion it is organic without putting the organic label on it. The suppliers are not organic certified but are close enough to being organic. We purchase our food direct from the suppliers. We spent 2 years researching thoroughly before purchasing our meats and vegetables. Upon starting the company we had pages and pages of suppliers. Each supplier was called personally and several questions about quality, hormones, antibiotics, freshness, inspection, etc. were asked. One by one the suppliers were stroked off the list until there was only a handful. We are very diligent when it comes to quality and food safety. By the time we were left, we had suppliers who informed us that meat we will purchase is antibiotic free and hormone free.

To give an example, it is illegal to sell poultry that has been treated with hormones in Canada. As well, stringent testing is instructed by the Federal Government to ensure the meat is antibiotic free and hormone free for the Canadian public. This is why we have our meat come from federal plants. We have had various Good Manufacturing Procedures put into place for our plant. As well, we have followed the HACCP guidelines to ensure our food is of the utmost quality.

We do not like to say organic because number one it should be certified organic to be organic. As well, it is mostly wording. As mentioned previously certified organic still can be 5% pesticides and pass. Home Made Pet Cuisine is natural and consists of whole foods. It is made from foods that we consume ourselves. Home Made Pet Cuisine is as close to organic as possible without the organic name or certification.(back to top)

 My dogs love Home Made Pet Cuisine but I find that some of the veggies are not ground fine enough. I find bits of carrot, seeds and egg shells. I am worried that they are not getting the nutrients that they need. Would it not be better if you juiced the vegetables?
As far as the veggies go there are several important factors to consider:

The vegetables in the Home Made Pet Cuisine diet consist of both pulp and juice. The juice is what contains the vital nutrients. The pulp is necessary for fiber which helps to promote gut sweeping and cleansing. They are both very important and you can not have a healthy bowel without fiber. The other important part of the equation is that dogs generally get better at digesting the pulp over time and you will not see the pulp in the stool. In fact, in my own dog’s, who has been consuming Home Made Pet Cuisine for over 4 years now, stool there are no visible ingredients. I would encourage you to give it time and use probiotics to enhance absorption and digestion of the nutrients. Juicing the vegetables would mean nutrient loss and we would end up with a very messy product.

The seeds are important too in the diet. They contain nutrients, fiber and some also possess anti-parasitic components in treating worms. The egg shells are very fine. There may be the odd one that is larger than the end of your pen but for the most part they are fine.

We have to have a bit of bulk in the food in order to make the body work a bit. If we were to just give food in liquid form then the digestive system would not have to work anymore and you would just give your dog IV.

Note: Since August 2003, we started grinding the vegetables finer. Cats, smaller dogs and older or ill pets will benefit with enhanced digestibility and absorption of nutrients.

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