Would you like to know how Happy Dog dry food is made?
Do you feed your pet Happy Dog dry food every day and are you interested in how our high-quality dog food is prepared? Here we explain step by step how our croquettes are made: from the natural ingredients to the delicious dry food.
Take the right portion of meat and nutrient-rich offal and combine them with valuable plant-based nutrients and healthy carbohydrate sources, such as potatoes. We achieve a particularly gentle preparation with the Thermostufenmix® . This is how tasty Happy Dog dry food of the highest quality is produced in Wehringen, Bavaria.
Farm yard
Natural raw materials from farmers from our Bavarian homeland
We place the rearing of animals and the cultivation of plant-based raw materials in the hands of our carefully selected agricultural partners. Animal welfare-friendly rearing is extremely important to us when it comes to our meat suppliers. We also attach great importance to sourcing as many of the plant-based raw materials as possible, such as grain, potatoes and local herbs, from predominantly regional agriculture.
delivery
Short delivery routes for more freshness
The majority of our ingredients come from the region around Augsburg. Because of the short travel distances, we always receive fresh produce straight from the fields. This way we protect the environment and support the farmers in our homeland.
mill & mixer
Grinding & mixing
All raw materials for our premium dog food are checked for foreign bodies using several vibrating screens and magnets so that your pet only gets perfect food. The ingredients are then ground and mixed in a mill. This process takes around 4 minutes.
Thermostufenmix®
Gentle preparation: this preserves vitamins and nutrients
The feed mixture is first gently pre-treated with steam and heated for about an hour. In the second stage, the mixture is kneaded in the extruder tube at a minimum of 90 degrees Celsius and then shaped into croquettes.
Drying & refining
Carefully dried & refined with oil
The croquettes are dried for 22 minutes at 125 degrees Celsius. After that, they only have a maximum moisture content of 12%, which ensures a longer shelf life. Finally, the dry food is refined with high-quality oils and antioxidants and cooled to ambient temperature.
Check & Pack
Quality control: Because only the best ends up in the bag
The croquettes are put through a metal detector again, because the highest quality is our top priority. That is why the finished croquettes are also carefully checked in the laboratory. Only when we are completely sure that our premium dog food has been produced in the best quality using natural ingredients and the perfect recipe, are the croquettes packed in bags of different sizes. This is quality made in Germany.
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