Manufacturer record

Farmina Pet Foods (Russo Mangimi S.p.A.)

Parent: Russo family · 4 plants

Credibility scored on the 20-point WSAVA tier, Medium confidence. An unverified field scores at half credit, never zero. How this feeds the grade →

Brands they own

N&D · Vet Life · Cibau · Matisse · Team Breeder · Farmina Pet Care

Recall history

Recall events in the last 10 years weigh most; older events decay. Repeat events in the 10-year window: 1.

The detail

qualified_nutritionist=consultant: 'Farmina Vet Research' is an internal R&D team of UNNAMED professionals plus a named International Scientific Board (Dr. Kenneth W. Simpson, Prof. Small Animal Medicine, Cornell, Farmina advisory board per his JVIM COI disclosure; Dr. Monica I. Cutrignelli, DVM PhD, Prof. Animal Nutrition, Univ. Naples Federico II; Dr. Chiara Noli, veterinary dermatologist). No named in-house PhD nutritionist, no ACVN diplomate, and Cutrignelli returns zero hits on the ECVCN register -> credentialed CONSULTING expertise is confirmed, staff-level is not. The Federico II partnership is real (co-authored papers). qc=claimed: four (now five) proprietary plants CONFIRMED with per-facility codes on labels and an in-house lab claimed, but NO ISO/IFS/BRC/GFSI certificate or published testing protocol found anywhere; no evidence of outsourcing or co-packing. substantiation_policy=formulation-only: NO Farmina product carries an AAFCO feeding-trial statement in any market ('animal feeding tests using AAFCO procedures' appears nowhere); US N&D labels read 'formulated to meet...'. transparency=partial: publishes plant locations and advisory-board names voluntarily, BUT DID NOT RESPOND to the Pet Nutrition Alliance 'Dare to Ask' WSAVA questionnaire (2023) - every field recorded 'didnotrespond', including plant ownership and contract manufacturing, and the help center has no nutritionist or AAFCO articles. This is the WSAVA 'will they tell you' test, and Farmina declined it.

Foods we've graded from Farmina Pet Foods (Russo Mangimi S.p.A.)

• Farmina N&D Prime Chicken & Pomegranate Adult Medium & MaxiB+

Sources

• https://help.farmina.com/hc/en-us/articles/25843789205261-Where-do-we-produce-our-pet-food
• https://www.ekapija.com/en/news/2124287/farmina-opens-canned-pet-food-factory-eur-10-million-invested-in-expanding
• https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/farmina-opens-first-us-manufacturing-facility-in-reidsville-north-carolina-302479578.html
• https://www.farmina.com/us/farmina/5270-farmina-scientific-research.html
• https://petnutritionalliance.org/manufacturers/farmina/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37680008/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29152248/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33904623/
• https://www.farmina.com/us/eshop/dog-food/n&d-ancestral-grain-canine/109-chicken-&-pomegranate-adult-mini.html
• https://truthaboutpetfood.com/two-recent-unannounced-pet-food-recalls/
• https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/rasff-window/screen/search

AI-assisted research, pending human review · 2026-07-16