The Farmer's Dog has no scored products in the rubric yet.
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The verdict
Should you feed The Farmer's Dog?
We have not scored any The Farmer's Dog products yet. Either no public scorecard exists, the brand is on hold pending source capture, or it falls outside the dog food category. Check our refusal list for context.
PETSCORED
7.3/ 10
brand trust fixture
Parent company
The Farmer's Dog
Manufacturer
The Farmer's Dog
Country
United States
Transparency
Medium
Scoring path
seed score during review
Transparency at a glance
What we can verify about The Farmer's Dog.
Five signals our rubric weights most for Brand Trust. Each is sourced and dated in the evidence record below. Unknown is not treated as false- it’s recorded as “not publicly disclosed.”
3of 5 verified
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Owns its manufacturing
Brand has not publicly disclosed whether it owns its primary plant.
✓
Named qualified nutritionist
Brand publicly names a qualified nutritionist (DACVN, ECVCN, or PhD nutrition) on staff.
✓
AAFCO feeding trials
At least some recipes carry AAFCO feeding-trial (not just formulation) adequacy.
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Publishes research
Research-publication record not publicly disclosed.
✓
No FDA recall in 5 years
No FDA firm-issued recall in the last five years.
Brand Trust verification
Signal-by-signal evidence record.
Verified records replace the product-level seed Brand Trust score. Pending and conflicted records stay visible as context; unknown is not treated as false.
partially verifiedseed score during review7 unknown0 conflictLast checked 2026-04-30
Named qualified nutritionist
The Farmer's Dog says its team includes Board-Certified Veterinary Nutritionists and that food is made in USDA-inspected facilities, but this capture does not name an individual nutritionist or prove owned primary manufacturing. The Vet Team portal identifies named Research & Formulation team members including Renee Streeter DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition), Joseph Wakshlag DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Nutrition), Ryan Yamka PhD/MS, and Rae Sires DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition). It also describes AAFCO feeding-trial backing and research access for veterinary professionals.
The Farmer's Dog says its team includes Board-Certified Veterinary Nutritionists and that food is made in USDA-inspected facilities, but this capture does not name an individual nutritionist or prove owned primary manufacturing.
The article says the brand has conducted AAFCO feeding trials on multiple recipes and partnered with Cornell on a long-term feeding study. The Vet Team portal identifies named Research & Formulation team members including Renee Streeter DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition), Joseph Wakshlag DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Nutrition), Ryan Yamka PhD/MS, and Rae Sires DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition). It also describes AAFCO feeding-trial backing and research access for veterinary professionals.
The article says the brand has conducted AAFCO feeding trials on multiple recipes and partnered with Cornell on a long-term feeding study. The Vet Team portal identifies named Research & Formulation team members including Renee Streeter DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition), Joseph Wakshlag DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Nutrition), Ryan Yamka PhD/MS, and Rae Sires DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition). It also describes AAFCO feeding-trial backing and research access for veterinary professionals.
The Vet Team portal identifies named Research & Formulation team members including Renee Streeter DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition), Joseph Wakshlag DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Nutrition), Ryan Yamka PhD/MS, and Rae Sires DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition). It also describes AAFCO feeding-trial backing and research access for veterinary professionals.
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Regulatory context
FDA matching stays visible after launch.
Full FDA export matched 6582 row(s) against configured terms with zero hits. 0 ambiguous candidate row(s) were auto-dismissed. Archive and warning-letter checks may still be required before all Brand Trust gates close.
Checked 1,000 row(s), but --full-export was not provided. 0 ambiguous candidate row(s) were auto-dismissed. Active-warning-letter status remains unknown until full export/archive coverage is available.
PetScored has no scored The Farmer's Dog products yet. Either no public scorecard exists or the brand is on hold pending source capture. See /refused for the full list of bags we will not score.
Has The Farmer's Dog been recalled recently?
No FDA recall matches for The Farmer's Dog in the accessible export window. Brand-level history may still exist outside the matched export; the brand profile shows what the FDA source covers and what it doesn't.
Does The Farmer's Dog pay PetScored for its score?
No. PetScored takes zero manufacturer money - no paid placements, no sponsored rankings, no free-product review programs. Affiliate links on retail-purchase actions are disclosed and never affect scores. See /trust for the full posture.
