Our Mission

We created Best Friends Essentials on the simple belief that pets are family, too. Our passion comes from a deep love of pets and a desire to see them enjoy a long, happy life.

Pets deserve the same quality of nutrition as we do. That’s why we make our products with only natural ingredients. Our ingredients are backed by rigorous clinical studies and are only found in nature.

All our products are free from harmful additives or allergens. Our goal is it make it easy for you to keep your pets healthy.

The Best Friend’s Promise 100% Satisfaction Guarantee

Our products are made with the highest quality ingredients to make the best-tasting products around. We also partner with some of the industry’s top ingredient brands to bring you the biggest breakthroughs in pet functional products. Your product comes with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. If you’re ever unsatisfied, let us know and we’ll make it right.

Safety First

Our dedication to strict safety standards is uncompromising.

We manufacture, store and ship our products from FDA registered facilities. We follow the strict rules outlined by the Good Manufacturing Process (GMP) Safe Quality Food (SQF) code.

A qualified third-party inspector audits our safety program. Their reviews include personnel practices, plant maintenance and cleanliness.

SQF certification requires a company to prove exceptional quality control and safety practices. Our facility achieved the highest level for a food (including human food) facility: SQF level 3.

That means we follow strict safety standards to ensure no corners are cut.

Pets Are Our Passion

Best Friend’s Essentials contributes a part of every sale to CalAnimals. CalAnimal’s mission is to support animal welfare and shelter organizations to meet the needs of animals and people in their communities.

Only The Best

We make it easy to give your pet the right nutrients. There are a lot of choices for pet supplements. We source only the highest quality ingredients, because your pet’s health isn’t something we’re willing to risk.

Unlike most other supplement manufacturers, our soft chews are made without using heat, water, or gumming agents. Heat can deteriorate a product’s effectiveness (as it does with kibble). Using water requires high levels of preservatives to extend shelf life and prevent mold. Gumming agents control moisture, but they can cause digestive problems. We use a cold extrusion process.

This process preserves the efficacy and flavor of our products, without the use of heat, water or gumming agents. Our process preserves the texture, flavor, and benefits of all ingredients without any of these downsides.

Limited
Ingredients
Manufactured in
the USA
All Natural

Classic Extrusion
High heat (more than 300°F)
Use of water, risk of yeast and mold
Flavors negatively affected
Nutritional value ruined

Cold Extrusion
No heat or added water
Protects flavor and nutritional value
Preserves vitamins and nutrients
Fewer preservatives

About Us

Best Friend's Essentials® was founded by the Dog Dad of Gerty. Gerty was a beautiful Maltese who had severe allergies and digestive issues. Her Dad tried everything from prescription medications, fancy dog foods and countless supplements. Nothing worked.

While struggling to give her pills, he had an a-ha moment: what if there was a supplement that tasted like a treat? The result was Best Friend's Essentials®, natural supplements that taste good and do good.

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