ORIJEN IS DERIVED FROM THE LATIN TERM ‘ORIGIN’ – MEANING SOURCE OR BEGINNING.
Inspired by a natural diet of whole prey animals, ORIJEN features unmatched and unique inclusions of meat, naturally providing everything your dog or cat needs to thrive. With a reputation of trust spanning more than 30 years, ORIJEN gives you peace of mind and keeps your cherished companion happy, healthy, and strong.
THE WORLD’S BEST PET FOOD
Learn more about the awards that ORIJEN have proudly received for their kitchens and foods.
UNMATCHED by any other pet food, ORIJEN is packed with 85% of meat content and it's three times more than conventional dog food and cat food.
High protein doesn't necessary means it comes from meat! ORIJEN pet food contain 38% to 44% of rich protein content, mainly from quality animal ingredients but rather from plant protein.
Read the ingredient list! ORIJEN pet food indicate how much percentage were used for each individual meat ingredients (adds up to 85%). You won't find it stated on any conventional dog food and cat food. Oh! Top 10 ingredients of ORIJEN dry dog food and dry cat food are all meat ingredients!
This makes us love ORIJEN even more!
UNMATCHED inclusions of fresh meat and by FRESH - the only sole preservation method is through refrigeration. Other than fresh meats, NO MORE MEAT MEALS is in ORIJEN pet food!
Meat meals are found in most pet food that are meat powder which is a rich source of concentrated protein.
ORIJEN dog food and cat food uses fresh meats that usually travels from farm to kitchen within three days, and from kitchen to bowl within two days.
WHEN THEY SAY FRESH THEY MEAN IT!
FRESH | 2/3 of the meat, fish, poultry, and eggs are FRESH or RAW, so they’re brimming with protein, fat, vitamins, and minerals in their most nourishing form.
DRIED | 1/3 of meat is air-dried at a low temperature (90°C), concentrating their goodness in a highly bio-available form — compared to the industry standard of wasting bones and offal. (straightly no chemical preservatives.)
Low heat cooking will preserve the most natural vitamins & minerals derived from the ingredients itself in its most nourishing form.
ORIJEN IS DIFFERENT. Loaded up to 8 different quality animal fresh or raw meats, providing a complete balanced intake of different animal protein and fat! Your dog and cat will definitely indulge in ORIJEN pet foods, for it's most natural and nourishing form of dry dog food and dry cat food.
ORIJEN uses only RANCH-RAISED RED MEAT, FREE-RUN POULTRY & CAGE-FREE EGGS AND SUSTAINABLE & WILD-CAUGHT WHOLE FISH.
It is very common to find a long list of synthetic vitamins and minerals in conventional pet foods. (20 - 40 or more synthetic supplements!) ORIJEN pet food provide almost every nutrient your dog or cat needs, in highly bio-available forms, so there’s no need for long lists of synthetic additives.
How they achieve this?
Through using WholePrey - inclusion of Meats, Organs and Cartilage.
MEAT provides protein, fat, vitamins A, B, D, and K, copper, chromium, folic acid, iron, magnesium, potassium, selenium, and zinc — all in highly bio-available forms.
ORGANS liver, kidney, tripe, and heart provide a richly concentrated and highly bio-available source of virtually everything dogs and cats need to thrive — including essential vitamins, minerals, healthy fats, and amino acids.
CARTILAGE AND BONE provide a rich source of minerals including calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and potassium — all in natural and easily absorbed forms.
DOGS AND CATS HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO BIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENT FOR CARBOHYDRATES. Although carbohydrates are recognized as a leading cause of obesity and diabetes, Pet Lovers are seldom aware that most foods exceed 50% carbohydrates.
Worse still, conventional foods feature fast carbohydrates, such as rice, potato, tapioca, and starch – compounds that are quickly absorbed by dogs and cats, and can cause blood glucose to spike and promote fat build up.
CARBOHYDRATE VERSUS PROTEIN
The relationship between protein and carbohydrates is simple: if one goes up, the other goes down. That means the more protein there is in the food, the less room there is for carbohydrates.
That’s good news for carnivores. While protein is essential, carbohydrates are empty calories that provide little nutritional value beyond their controversial energy potential.
ORIJEN uses Fresh Regional Ingredients supplied by people they know and trust. Most importantly, you should also know where the ingredients were from!
ORIJEN does not use commodity ingredients for their dog food and cat food. They only uses animal ingredients that meet their precise standard.
FRESH ingredients are refrigerated to preserve freshness and nutrients. They freeze RAW ingredients at peak season using state-of-the-art techniques to lock in their natural goodness.
"THE FOOD YOU CHOOSE FOR YOUR DOG OR CAT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS YOU CAN MAKE. WE’RE PROUD OF OUR REPUTATION, PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR FOODS, AND DEDICATED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF AUTHENTICITY, NUTRITIONAL INTEGRITY, AND FOOD SAFETY." - ORIJEN
This is something that many pet owners were unaware of. Many of the pet foods in the market is not cooked on their own kitchen but rather they outsourced to third party companies to cook for them and they might be cooking for various brands too!
So how do you identify if the pet food is cooked by third party kitchen? Simple, read the packaging label.
Pet Food Marketer: the package says “made for”, “produced for”, “distributed by”, “distributed under licence by”, or “private label”.
Pet Food Maker: the package says “made by” or “produced by”.