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We’re fans of wet pet food, but that hasn’t (yet) gotten us into a factory!

By Nancy Kerns

The making of laws and sausage, goes the old saying, is better unseen. Apparently, the pet food industry feels the same way about “wet” food for dogs and cats. We haven’t yet managed to get into a cannery to see how the product is made (but we’re not giving up!). There are a few reasons for this.

“Wet” pet foods come in a range of forms, from a “loaf” to a “stew.” Their moisture content ranges from a whopping 88 percent (in the most liquid product on the market, Spot’s Stew) to a meatloafy 69 percent (in Entrée for Dogs, made by Three Dog Bakery). Most wet dog foods come in cans, but pouches and trays are increasingly used.

The first has to do with the fact that there are very few wet food canneries in the U.S., relative to facilities that manufacture dry food. (As a matter of fact, the entire canning industry – of pet food and human food – has seen enormous consolidation in the last decade. Many…

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