4health: Facts, Recalls & Verified Foods
4health is made by Tractor Supply Company, founded 2010 — it scores green on 0 of 5 WSAVA-aligned criteria we track (1 red, 4 undisclosed), 1 FDA recall on record, and 0 of the 2 4health foods we've verified carry an AAFCO feeding-trial statement.
· 2 4health food labels checked
The scorecard
WSAVA-aligned criteria
The World Small Animal Veterinary Association's nutrition guidelines suggest questions to ask any pet food maker before you buy. Here are this brand's answers, each with its source, or marked undisclosed when we could not confirm one.
0 of 5 criteria confirmed yes · 1 confirmed no · 4 undisclosed. Undisclosed is common, especially for smaller brands — it means we couldn't confirm an answer from a public source, not that the answer is unfavorable.
We could not confirm this from a public source.
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Private label: Tractor Supply owns the label but no plants; product is co-manufactured by Diamond Pet Foods.
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No feeding-trial AAFCO statement found on the 2 labels we’ve verified for this brand, and no company-wide claim was found either. Most pet foods are only "formulated to meet" AAFCO profiles (a paper calculation) rather than fed to real animals in trials — this is common, not necessarily a red flag.
Label owner (retailer private label) publishes no QC process that we found. The maker is named as Diamond Pet Foods only by third-party sources, so Diamond's QC page is not credited to this label.
PubMed lists no animal or pet paper with Tractor Supply (label owner) in an author address. Not proof no research exists — only that none is indexed under that company name.
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These five checks come from WSAVA's guidelines on selecting pet foods — not our own opinion score. WSAVA does not approve or list brands. See how all 50 brands we track answer WSAVA's questions → · Our methodology →
The company
Who makes 4health
Ownership and history, each sourced independently — private-label and co-packed brands often hide the actual manufacturer behind the name on the bag.
Parent company
Tractor Supply Company
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Headquarters
Meta, Missouri, USA (manufacturer Diamond Pet Foods)
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The cost
What 4health costs, against everything else we have priced
None of the 2 4health foods we have verified is currently price-matched to a live retail listing, so we will not state a cost per 1,000 kcal for this brand. The composition figures below are verified regardless.
What 4health actually puts in its food
The ingredients this brand reaches for most across its 2 verified foods, counted once per recipe. Each links to what the ingredient is, what the evidence says, and how common it is industry-wide.
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Named Meat/Poultry Meal (e.g., Chicken Meal, Lamb Meal)
In 1 of 2 4health foods (50%).
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Potato
In 1 of 2 4health foods (50%).
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Peas
In 1 of 2 4health foods (50%).
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Chickpeas (garbanzo beans)
In 1 of 2 4health foods (50%).
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Mixed tocopherols (natural vitamin E)
In 1 of 2 4health foods (50%).
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Beet Pulp
In 1 of 2 4health foods (50%).
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Flaxseed (ALA omega-3)
In 1 of 2 4health foods (50%).
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Taurine (supplemental)
In 1 of 2 4health foods (50%).
The safety record
FDA recall history
From the FDA's Animal & Veterinary recall list, last checked 2026-10-19, plus older FDA notices we added by hand. 4health recall page →
All 4health dry pet food (Tractor Supply house brand) with a '2' or '3' in the 9th position of the production code and an 'X' in the 10th or 11th position (best-before Dec 9, 2012 - Apr 7, 2013); part of the nine-brand Gaston, SC plant recall
Potential Salmonella contamination at the Gaston, SC plant; the plant's output was linked to a multistate outbreak of human Salmonella Infantis infections
The FDA's online recall list is complete for recent years but leaves out many notices from before about 2023. We add older FDA recall notices by hand when we find them.
The labels
What we've verified from 4health's labels
Computed directly from the official-label data we've extracted for this brand — never estimated.
Foods verified
2
2 dog
Feeding-trial validated
0
of 2 (0%)
Formulated to meet
1
AAFCO paper calculation
Label transparency
27%
avg. fields disclosed
The foods
Foods from 4health we've verified
Every one links to its own Verified Label — guaranteed analysis, AAFCO statement, and (where priced) cost per day.