Our Ingredients
Nearly 100% Finnish Dog Food – Origin Matters: Nordic Purity and High-Quality Meat
We are very selective when it comes to our ingredients. They form the foundation of our products and are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to work with trusted, high-quality producers. Together, we ensure that your dog receives only the finest additive-free food.
Yes, it actually matters where the raw materials come from
When it comes to raw materials, we procure them very carefully. The raw materials form the basis of all products – we dare to say that they are the heart of everything we do. We are proud to work with suppliers who set as high standards as we do to be able to offer your pet the most natural food available.
Most of the meat in our products comes from Finland. We also take some of our animal raw materials from selected producers in Sweden and Norway, in our export products Everyday Lightgreen and Everyday Brown, we are using beef from Denmark. There are many advantages to using raw materials from Finland, Sweden and Norway. These countries all comply with the strict legal requirements of both the EU and their own countries, and therefore the level of food security is very high.
In international comparison, the Nordic soil is very clean. Thanks to the crop rotation and the frosty winters, less pesticides are used than in many other industrialized countries and this is done under controlled conditions. The production animals are only treated with antibiotics during treatment of established diseases and never for preventive purposes.
We at MUSH are proud of our talented employees and partners, the fine raw materials and how they are handled. We are still most proud of the tens of thousands of cats and dogs whose quality of life we have been able to improve with the help of our products!
Egg
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Our eggs come from a local egg producer in Finland.
Moose
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Our moose meat comes from Finland and Sweden, where moose roam freely in the forests and feed on their natural diet.
Pork
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Most of our pork come from Finnish family farms via our parent company Snellman’s meat processing centre which is located only a few kilometres away from the MUSH plant. Fresh ingredients are delivered to our factory every day from Snellman.
Snellman meets the high standards set by the Finnish Food Authorities for businesses in the areas of processing food products of animal origin, and ensures that the high standards in the animal welfare program are complied with. Farms are visited by veterinary and advisory teams several times a year to ensure that these standards are always met.
Did you know?
- Snellman does not import pigs or pig genetics from abroad, but the entire production chain is under Snellman’s own control and not with foreign breeding companies. This way, we can ensure transparency, ethics, and reliability of breeding and to develop healthy pigs on a sustainable basis in accordance with Snellman’s values.
- Finland’s statutory national salmonella control programme ensures that the incidence of salmonella is monitored right from the primary production farm (From Farm to Fork). Consequently, home-reared meat does not contain salmonella bacteria, which is a significant issue in terms of public health.
- Snellman has been working extremely hard to reduce the use of additives in animal feed and has halved the use of soya since 2016.
We also get some of the pork from farms in Sweden that of course comply with the strict Swedish laws for Swedish meat production and animal keeping.
Vegetables
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Only vegetables that meet the requirements for food safety go into our products. Some vegetables that we use are by-products or leftovers from the food industry which gives us the opportunity to help reduce food waste. Our vegetables also come from around Europe, but only when it is not possible to source them from Finland.
Turkey
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Our turkey come mainly from Finland, but also from Sweden. When it comes to turkey products, we follow the country specific regulations that stretch beyond EU legal requirements.
Did you know?
- Finnish and Swedish turkey are fed with 100% GMO free.
Chicken
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Our chicken come mainly from Finland, but also from Sweden. When it comes to chicken products we follow the country specific regulations that stretch beyond EU legal requirements.
Did you know?
- Finnish and Swedish chickens are fed with 100% GMO free.
Lamb
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Most of our lamb comes from Finnish farms. We also get some of the lamb from selected producers in Norway, Sweden and Iceland who comply strictly with their country specific regulations for meat production and animal keeping.
Salmon
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Our salmon comes from Norway. The fish is compliant with the appropriate regulatory requirements for food safety.
Beef
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- Finnish beef production is one of the most low-carbon in the world. The amount of water required by Finnish beef production is half the global average.
- Finland’s statutory national salmonella control programme ensures that the incidence of salmonella is monitored right from the primary production farm (From Farm to Fork). Consequently, home-reared meat does not contain salmonella bacteria, which is a significant issue in terms of public health.
- Finnish cattle are not fed soya. Rape or turnip-rape are used as cattle protein feeds, as well as frequent food industry by-products like brewers’ grain and distillers’ dried grain.
Oils
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Different types of oil that go into different products come from different countries. Camelina oil comes from Finland, sunflower oil from Germany, fish oil from Iceland and Extra Virgin Olive oil from Spain.
Reindeer
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Reindeer are not confined within national borders since they roam free and eat natural food. Our reindeer meat comes from Lapland. The meat providers follow the animal protection laws, protect their reindeer against unnecessary suffering, and aim to create natural living circumstances.