DogStar Kitchen

As the brightest star in the earth’s sky, and known in ancient cultures as ‘heavenly wolf’, the Dog Star represents steadfastness of purpose, symbolizing our commitment to food innovation and earning the trust of Pet Lovers everywhere.

Purpose-built from the ground up, our state-of-the-art Kentucky DogStar Kitchen dramatically enhances our Fresh Regional Ingredient and Biologically Appropriate capabilities, demonstrating our passion for innovation and leadership at every level.

Situated on 85 acres of farmland in Kentucky and designed to make the best and safest dog and cat foods on earth, our DogStar Kitchen utilizes track-and-trace capabilities to follow and record ingredients throughout the kitchen at every location of use, storing the information in a two-dimensional package code which can be traced back to an individual supplier.

And to Pet Lovers who celebrate authenticity, our DogStar Kitchen will prepare ACANA and ORIJEN exclusively; no other brands, no private labels.

We wouldn’t have it any other way. We believe you wouldn’t either.

The Best Kitchen

Purpose-built from the ground up to advance our Biologically Appropriate, Fresh Regional Ingredient, and Never Outsourced mission, our DogStar Kitchen is dedicated to Pet Lovers – and their pets – everywhere. Six principles guided our two-year state-of-the-art DogStar Kitchen build:

• ADVANCE OUR BIOLOGICALLY APPROPRIATE MISSION

  From freeze-dryers to infusion systems, custom-fit and purpose-built, every aspect of our DogStar Kitchen is meant to enhance our Biologically Appropriate capabilities.

• PARTNER WITH A DYNAMIC AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY

  Work together with a dynamic agricultural community and design our kitchen to materially advance our Fresh Regional Ingredient mandate.

• NO OUTSOURCING

  Uphold our commitment to Never Outsource by designing and preparing all of our foods and treats ourselves, while increasing regional ingredient content for farm-to-bowl integrity.

• EARN TRUST

  Dedicated to earning the trust of Pet Lovers everywhere, we built our DogStar Kitchen to reach beyond pet food standards or, for that matter, beyond any other pet food maker in the world.

• NATURAL FIT

  Integrate into our new community and build our kitchen in the countryside, amongst the trees, integrated into the farmland, far away from any industrial parks.

• BUILD THE BEST, NOT THE BIGGEST

  Assemble a team of designers, engineers, and experts from all over the world, and unite them with a single purpose: create the world’s best kitchen: DogStar.