The Best Vet-Developed Formulas
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At Ultimate Pet Nutrition®, it’s our mission to help pet parents give their pets a happy, healthy life — by offering high-quality food, treats, supplements, and pet education.
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Over $50 million in annual sales
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Over $50 million in annual sales
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Over 20 million video views
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Over 1.1 million loyal users
Learn More About Our Unique, Nutrient-Rich Products
Our Bestselling Freeze-Dried Raw Dog Foods
Nutra Complete™
At Ultimate Pet Nutrition® we believe optimal nutrition is the key to a happy life — and that’s why we strive to give your pet superior nutrition. Our freeze-drying process helps preserve the balanced nutrients in our formulas. Our meals are formulated to meet nutritional requirements for dogs to help them experience a healthy lifestyle. Each recipe is veterinarian-developed for optimum canine nutrition, packed with 95% animal-sourced ingredients, digestion-friendly prebiotics, antioxidants, and amino acids, and has zero fillers or artificial preservatives.
We offer Nutra Complete™ in 3 convenient sizes: 5 oz, 16 oz, or 48 oz bags.
Our Bestselling Freeze-Dried Raw Dog Foods
Nutra Complete™
At Ultimate Pet Nutrition® we believe optimal nutrition is the key to a happy life — and that’s why we strive to give your pet superior nutrition. Our freeze-drying process helps preserve the balanced nutrients in our formulas. Our meals are formulated to meet nutritional requirements for dogs to help them experience a healthy lifestyle. Each recipe is veterinarian-developed for optimum canine nutrition, packed with 95% animal-sourced ingredients, digestion-friendly prebiotics, antioxidants, and amino acids, and has zero fillers or artificial preservatives.
We offer Nutra Complete™ in 3 convenient sizes: 5 oz, 16 oz, or 48 oz bags.
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95% Premium Animal-Sourced Ingredients
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Fillers, Artificial Preservatives, or Added Grain
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Freeze-Dried Raw
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Prebiotics, Antioxidants, & Amino Acids
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Optimum Canine Nutrition
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Veterinarian-Developed with Care
95%
95% Premium Animal-Sourced Ingredients
0%
Fillers, Artificial Preservatives, or Added Grain
100%
Freeze-Dried Raw
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Prebiotics, Antioxidants, & Amino Acids
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Optimum Canine Nutrition
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Veterinarian-Developed with Care
Nutra Complete™ Infusions
Nutra Complete™ Infusions is a complete and balanced blend of hand-selected ingredients that align with a dog’s natural diet. This delicious freeze-dried raw food comes in 2 flavors: Duck with Organic Chicken Bone Broth Recipe, or Fish & Beef with Organic Beef Bone Broth Recipe. We offer Nutra Complete™ Infusions in 2 convenient sizes: 16 oz or 48 oz bags.
Duck with Organic Chicken
Bone Broth Recipe
Contain 95% premium animal-sourced ingredients, along with nutrient-rich seeds, fruits, vegetables, minerals, and vitamins — all freeze-dried raw for maximum nutrition and flavor. Every delicious bite has been infused with powdered chicken bone broth for a burst of powerful nutrients, like glucosamine and chondroitin, to help dogs stay active and happy.
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Fish & Beef with Organic Beef
Bone Broth Recipe
Contain 95% premium animal-sourced ingredients, along with nutrient-rich seeds, fruits, vegetables, minerals, and vitamins — all
freeze-dried raw for maximum nutrition and flavor. Every delicious bite has been infused with powdered beef bone broth for a burst of powerful nutrients, like glucosamine and chondroitin, to help dogs stay active and happy.
Nutra Complete™ Infusions
Nutra Complete™ Infusions is a complete and balanced blend of hand-selected ingredients that align with a dog’s natural diet. This delicious freeze-dried raw food comes in 2 flavors: Duck with Organic Chicken Bone Broth Recipe, or Fish & Beef with Organic Beef Bone Broth Recipe. We offer Nutra Complete™ Infusions in 2 convenient sizes: 16 oz or 48 oz bags.
95%
95% Premium Animal-Sourced Ingredients
0%
Fillers, Artificial Preservatives, or Added Grain
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Infused with Organic Bone Broth
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Prebiotics, Antioxidants, & Amino Acids
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Optimum Canine Nutrition
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Veterinarian-Developed with Care
Our Fan Favorite Supplements
Nutra Thrive™ for Dogs
Named the 2022 Dog Vitamin/Supplement Product of the Year by the Pet Innovation Awards, Nutra Thrive™ is the first canine supplement of its kind — a comprehensive formula that combines powerful probiotics with easily-absorbed nutrients, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and digestive enzymes. Together, these powerful ingredients help support your dog’s overall health — from immune function to digestion, joint health to coat quality.*
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Our Fan Favorite Supplements
Nutra Thrive™ for Dogs
Named the 2022 Dog Vitamin/Supplement Product of the Year by the Pet Innovation Awards, Nutra Thrive™ is the first canine supplement of its kind — a comprehensive formula that combines powerful probiotics with easily-absorbed nutrients, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and digestive enzymes. Together, these powerful ingredients help support your dog’s overall health — from immune function to digestion, joint health to coat quality.*
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Our Single-Ingredient Treats
Nutra Bites™ for Dogs
These delicious, protein-rich treats are made from a single ingredient! Nutra Bites™ are freeze-dried to maintain the natural texture, taste, and aroma. These tasty treats are ideal for training, high-value rewards, protein-rich snacks, and meal-toppers. If you want to provide your furry friend with a healthy, tasty snack, try Nutra Bites™ today!
Our Single-Ingredient Treats
Nutra Bites™ for Dogs
These delicious, protein-rich treats are made from a single ingredient! Nutra Bites™ are freeze-dried to maintain the natural texture, taste, and aroma. These tasty treats are ideal for training, high-value rewards, protein-rich snacks, and meal-toppers. If you want to provide your furry friend with a healthy, tasty snack, try Nutra Bites™ today!
Nutra Minis™ for Dogs
Teach your dog new tricks and reward their good behavior with Nutra Minis™! These soft, tasty chew treats are air-dried to maintain the natural texture, taste, and aroma of high-quality, cage-free chicken or U.S.A. sourced beef. Because of the delicious taste, Nutra Minis™ can be used every day for high-value reward during training, or as a simple way to show your dog affection. If you want to reward your pet with a delicious, nutritious treat during training, try Nutra Minis™ Dog Training Treats today!
Nutra Minis™ for Dogs
Teach your dog new tricks and reward their good behavior with Nutra Minis™! These soft, tasty chew treats are air-dried to maintain the natural texture, taste, and aroma of high-quality, cage-free chicken or U.S.A. sourced beef. Because of the delicious taste, Nutra Minis™ can be used every day for high-value reward during training, or as a simple way to show your dog affection. If you want to reward your pet with a delicious, nutritious treat during training, try Nutra Minis™ Dog Training Treats today!
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Ultimate Pet Nutrition®?
Founded by Dr. Gary Richter, we at Ultimate Pet Nutrition® believe optimal nutrition is the key to a happy life — which is why we strive to support pet wellbeing with premium quality food, treats, and supplements. We understand your pet is like family, and they deserve only the best.
What distributors carry Ultimate Pet Nutrition® products?
Please reach out to [email protected] to find your local distributor.
What ingredients do you use in your formulas?
At Ultimate Pet Nutrition, we believe excellent nutrition is one of the most crucial parts of a pet’s health. That’s why we use high-quality, gently-processed ingredients in all of our pet foods.
We make all of our pet foods using freeze-dried raw proteins, like cage-free chicken, U.S.A. sourced beef, and nutritious pork. Our pet foods also contain nutrient-packed fruits, vegetables, and seeds — like carrots, blueberries, spinach, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin seeds — along with potent, veterinarian-selected vitamins and minerals.
We also leave unnecessary additives out of our pet foods, like fillers, added grains, artificial flavoring, and artificial preservatives. In other words, our foods only contain nutritious ingredients to help pets live healthy, happy lives.
What is the freeze-drying process?
All our pet food is 100% freeze-dried raw to give pets the quality food they deserve.
The process starts when THOUSANDS of pounds of raw materials come in on trucks. Their skilled team then transfers these raw proteins into their massive freezer facility. When it’s time to start processing, they weigh the raw materials and move them through the blending stage (or the emulsifying stage), where the raw materials are broken down and formed into a mixture with a dough-like consistency.
Next comes the high-pressure pasteurization step (or HPP). Here, the raw ingredients enter a high-pressure machine for heat-free processing.
After the pressure stage is complete, they move the food into the forming machine to reshape and resize the food into bite-sized pieces. Then comes the panning stage, where their production team places the food pieces onto trays which then go into freezer storage.
Then these delicious, bite-sized pieces are moved into the freeze-dryer, where it will sit for 10 to 15 hours while it goes through the freeze-dry process. This process uses vacuum pressure to help maximum levels of nutrients remain in the food.
At this point, the food is ready for packaging. All pouches are individually run through a metal detector to ensure a safe food is maintained. Then, the production staff place them in cartons, move them to pallets, and hold them in quarantine until final testing is completed.
Final testing is completed both in-house and by a certified third-party testing lab to confirm appearance, moisture, protein, fat, and micro levels all pass specifications.
Once passing levels are confirmed by the Quality team, the product is removed from quarantine and allowed to ship.
Is freeze-dried food safe for pets?
Freeze-dried food is a healthy, safe, and delicious alternative to traditional store-bought kibble or wet food, which undergoes a process called high-heat cooking that can destroy a lot of the nutrients and flavor. On the other hand, freeze-dried raw is the closest thing to a natural diet for pets, and it’s healthy and loaded with flavor. We use a process called HPP which is high-pressure pasteurization which uses pressure to kill microorganisms that can spoil food.
We stake our reputation on the high-quality nutrition in our freeze-dried raw foods — and that’s why we’re certain pets everywhere will love them.
Are your products quality-checked?
Quality is our number one priority here at Ultimate Pet Nutrition®, so all of our formulas go through rigorous testing for quality and potency at an independent, third-party laboratory.
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About Dr. Gary Richter
Ultimate Pet Nutrition® was founded by renowned veterinarian Dr. Gary Richter. He began his decades of study at the University of Florida with a B.S. in animal science, an M.S. in veterinary medical science, and a doctorate of veterinary medicine with honors. Dr. Richter is the owner and medical director of Holistic Veterinary Care in Oakland, CA, which he launched in 2009.
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Making a Positive Change
Ultimate Pet Nutrition® is proud to sponsor two charitable organizations that are helping improve the lives of pets and pet parents: Pets for Vets, a non-profit that pairs deserving shelter animals in need with our brave Veterans for a mutually beneficial bond, and International Veterinary Outreach (IVO), who provides veterinary care, training, and education in economically-disadvantaged communities worldwide. Every time you purchase an Ultimate Pet Nutrition® formula, you help us continue to sponsor these two honorable organizations.
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Making a Positive Change
Ultimate Pet Nutrition® is proud to sponsor two charitable organizations that are helping improve the lives of pets and pet parents: Pets for Vets, a non-profit that pairs deserving shelter animals in need with our brave Veterans for a mutually beneficial bond, and International Veterinary Outreach (IVO), who provides veterinary care, training, and education in economically-disadvantaged communities worldwide. Every time you purchase an Ultimate Pet Nutrition® formula, you help us continue to sponsor these two honorable organizations.
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