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 Dog Beef Treats produced in semi-soft versions on this date.  Notes are as follows:

• Lot code:  3/8/18; Expiration:  2/1/19.
• Muscle meat was the round cut, not the whole beef, as we are out of whole beef and purchased round cut for this production run.
• Defrosted 4-days before – left at room temp out of freezer for 8-hours to hasten thawing, then 3-days in refrigerator; vegetable and fruits purchased 2-days before.
• Environment: 66 degrees and humidity 20%; ended at 66 degrees and humidity 20%.
• 21.5 hours cooking time: 12 pm start time and 9:30 am stop time.
• Let cool on trays several hours before transfer to plastic container for freezing.  This lot will be maintained in the large plastic container and put into jars and packs as sales occur.

Ingredient Inputs

Beef Muscle Meat

• Round cut, from Farm2Table Meats purchased in a 120 pound lots.
• Meat was originally processed on July 24 2017 by Jensen's Blue Ribbon Processing.
• Picked up in two batches: December 17 2017 and on January 25 2018 from Farm2Table in Sedalia, which came direct from the processor.
• Transported to and remained in freezers at The Light of Dog Farm.

Beef Liver

• From Farm2Table Meats as whole cow liver.
• Meat was originally processed in December 2017/January 2018 time frame by Jensen's Blue Ribbon Processing.
• Picked up in two batches:  January 25 2018 and February 14 2018, from Farm2Table in Sedalia, which came direct from the processor.
• Transported to and remained in freezers at The Light of Dog Farm.

Vegetables and Fruits

• Carrots purchased March 1 2018 from Natural Grocers in Castle Rock and were extra from March 3 2018 production run, so frozen. Defrosted on March 8 2018.
• Broccoli and apples purchased March 5 2018 from Natural Grocers in Highlands Ranch and transported to and remained in refrigerator at The Light of Dog Farm.
• Apple is the Enterprise cultivar.

Packaging Inputs

• 32-ounce glass jars from Fillmore Container purchased January 24 2018.
• 3.5 ounce biodegradeable packs from Tekpak Solutions purchased February 13 2015.
• 32-ounce jar labels from Buckley Graphics purchased March 27, 2017.
• 3.5 ounce pack labels from Buckley Graphics purchased March 27, 2017.
• Additional labels in various sizes: .5 x 1.75 – Avery brand from Amazon; 2×2 – Avery brand from Amazon; 1-inch round from Buckley Graphics purchased March 27 2017.
• 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, dehydrator, 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.

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