The right start for puppies and kittens, and the extra nutrition mothers need — with particular care for large-breed puppies.
Calcium and energy controlled to support steady, healthy skeletal growth.
DHA for learning and development in puppies and kittens.
Energy-dense, highly digestible diets for pregnant and nursing mothers.
Growth and gestation/lactation protocols to substantiate claims.
“Complete and balanced for growth” needs formulation to a growth profile or an AAFCO growth feeding trial, including the large-breed statement where relevant.
Peer-reviewed studies in dogs and cats — including where evidence is limited — and how each one shapes our formulation.
Great Dane puppies fed three times the recommended calcium developed osteochondrosis-like cartilage lesions and delayed bone maturation.
Calcium in large-breed growth foods is kept within tight limits.
Puppies given 40 mg DHA per kg per day scored 70.1% vs 62.7% correct on an object-discrimination task.
DHA levels are verified by fatty-acid analysis.
Species, life stage, format and the benefit you want — checked against the published evidence.
Active levels and draft claims agreed per market before formulation.
Recipe built to nutrient profiles, with actives at evidence-based levels.
Actives measured in the finished product and through shelf life.
Palatability and, where claims need it, efficacy studies with partner panels.
Label, claim substantiation file and technology transfer.
Sets nutrient and active targets against AAFCO and FEDIAF profiles.
Reviews clinical relevance, safety and claim boundaries.
Designs studies and reviews the published evidence.
Verifies active levels, stability and safety in the finished product.
Stay ahead with regulation updates, the latest research, ingredient spotlights, recalls and market trends for functional nutrition — written by our formulation, testing and regulatory teams.
Every project at Guires Pet Nutrition Lab runs inside an ISO 9001:2015 certified quality system and FSSAI-licensed operations, with documented methods, calibrated instruments, traceable raw materials and reviewed reports — so the results behind your product can be checked and defended.
Tell us the pet, the format and the markets — we will come back with an evidence-based development plan.
Every Guires PNL product is formulated to comply with the FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines and the AAFCO Dog and Cat Food Nutrient Profiles. Neither body issues certificates to manufacturers, so compliance is verified independently against their published standards — and every product comes with a complete documentation package for regulatory submissions in the EU, US, Australia and Asian markets.
How we verify compliance →