- Brands include Orijen and Acana.
- Own and operate their own production facilities in Morinville, Alberta, Canada.
- They make their own foods exclusively - their mandate is to produce world-class foods from fresh regional ingredients. That means almost all of their ingredients (over 90% for ORIJEN) are raised, fished or farmed within western Canada.
- Only imported ingredients are lamb from New Zealand and rice from California - these are used in their ACANA brand foods.
- They do not, and never have, had their brands produced or co-packed by any other pet food producer.
- They do not use glutens or other vegetable proteins in any of their foods.
- ORIJEN and ACANA foods are not on any recall list.
PET FOOD OF THE YEAR AWARD, 2011-2012
Glycemic Research Institute of Washington DC.
The Glycemic Research Institute in Washington, DC. selected ORIJEN from Champion Petfoods™ as the PET FOOD OF THE YEAR 2011-2012.
The Medical Advisory Board, Senior Staff, and Associate Research Fellows of the Glycemic Research Institute® (GRI) provide Independent Pro Bono Certification for products that pass the strict GRI Protocols, by authorization of the United States government, the Canadian government and the United Kingdom government.
The Glycemic Research Institute (GRI) conducts Independent Clinical and Analytical research on Pet Foods and Pet Treats. GRI has examined hundreds of pet foods from 2004 to the present in order to determine the healthiest overall products, focusing on anti-aging, diabetes, arthritis, glycemic, and blood glucose and insulin response, in the canine and feline.
The Pet Food of the Year is a global award presented by the Glycemic Research Institute®, for the Best Overall Healthiest Pet Food. This year, ORIJEN was selected against all other pet foods on the market. ORIJEN pet food is manufactured and owned by Champion Petfoods LP in Alberta, Canada (ChampionPetFoods.com).
The strict Award criteria involves in-depth analysis of the product and its suitability, based on ingredients, glycemic-response, diabetic-response, anti-aging factors, and biochemical requirements of the species.
