We make available to the public the supply chain, inventory and production details about our products. This post contains information from a specific product production run.  More information about our product production logs is here.

Inventory and Production Notes

This is the production log for Peak Power Raw Dog Food Beef/Chicken Blend produced on this date.  Notes are as follows:

• Lot code:  7/9/18; Expiration:  7/9/19.
• Total lot weight: 168 pounds.
• Meat defrosted 8-days before; vegetable and fruits purchased 3-days before. Some meat packages partially frozen but was able to break apart in mixing.
• Vegetables, fruits, meats ground on separate days, so final day was assembly only
• Environment: 80 degrees and humidity 25%.

Ingredient Inputs

Beef Muscle Meat

• Whole beef from All About Nature purchased as 2-whole beefs.
• Meat was originally processed in April 2018 from D&L Meat Company
• Delivered to The Light of Dog Farm April 12 2018 and remained in freezers at The Light of Dog Farm.

Chicken

• Whole chicken, ground (including bones) into approximately 5-pound packages, from All About Nature.
• Meat was originally processed, purchased and delivered to the Light of Dog Farm in December 2017.

Beef Liver

• From Farm2Table Meats as whole cow liver.
• Meat was originally processed in May 2018 time frame by Jensen's Blue Ribbon Processing.
• Picked up on May 14 2018 Farm2Table in Sedalia, which came direct from the processor.
• Transported to and remained in freezers at The Light of Dog Farm.

Vegetables and Fruits

• Purchased July 6 2018 from Natural Grocers in Castle Rock and transported to and remained in refrigerator at The Light of Dog Farm.
• See included images for additional product details.

Additional Ingredients

• Fish:  Wild Planet, Wild Sardines in Spring Water, 4.4 Ounce Tins
• Eggs:  from The Light of Dog Farm chickens, fed organic layer corn-free and soy-free feed. Note:  Eggs were not included in this batch of raw dog food

Packaging Inputs

• 2-quart Glad food storage containers.
• Label is 1 x 2 5/8 Avery brand from Amazon.
• Labels are not biodegradeable and ink is not plant-based; we hope to move to biodegradeable labels in 2018.

Equipment Inputs

• Logistics:  we use gas-powered vehicles for pick up of ingredients.
• The Light of Dog Kitchen, freezers, refrigerators, mixing and holding containers, grinder, utensils, weight scale:  please see this post on Dog Food Production and Processing Equipment at The Light of Dog Farm.

Resource Inputs/Outputs

• Water: no additional water is added to the product; we are on well-water and are chlorine and fluoride free.  Click here for most recent well water test.
• Electricity: supplied by IREA.  We are not yet on solar/wind.
• Recycling: we separate trash items for recycling.
• Ingredient waste:  we feed any ingredient waste or excess to our chickens or it gets composted and used in our farming.

Relevant Images For This Production Run