Solid Gold: Facts, Recalls & Verified Foods
Solid Gold is made by Health & Happiness (H&H) Group International Holdings Ltd, founded 1974 — it scores green on 2 of 5 WSAVA-aligned criteria we track (1 red, 2 undisclosed), 1 FDA recall on record, and 0 of the 23 Solid Gold foods we've verified carry an AAFCO feeding-trial statement.
· 23 Solid Gold 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.
2 of 5 criteria confirmed yes · 1 confirmed no · 2 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.
Claims a PhD nutritionist but names no individual and cites no DACVN/ACVN credential.
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Third-party co-packed (cats.com names Diamond Pet Foods as primary US dry co-packer).
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No feeding-trial AAFCO statement found on the 23 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.
covers: finished-product pathogen testing, released only after results approved. Solid Gold FAQ.
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2 PubMed papers (animal/pet filtered) list H&H Group (owner) in an author address; we checked 2 and 2 really name the company. A floor, not a total.
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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 Solid Gold
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
Health & Happiness (H&H) Group International Holdings Ltd
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Headquarters
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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The cost
What Solid Gold costs, against everything else we have priced
None of the 23 Solid Gold 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.
The safety record
FDA recall history
From the FDA's Animal & Veterinary recall list, last checked 2026-11-11, plus older FDA notices we added by hand. Solid Gold recall page →
WolfCub Large Breed Puppy Food and WolfKing Large Breed Adult Dog Food (one batch each; Best Before Dec 30, 2012, with an 'X' in the 11th digit of the date code)
Possible Salmonella health risk; batches made at the co-packer's Gaston, SC plant (the 2012 Gaston Salmonella event)
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 Solid Gold's labels
Computed directly from the official-label data we've extracted for this brand — never estimated.
Foods verified
23
0 dog · 23 cat
Feeding-trial validated
0
of 23 (0%)
Formulated to meet
0
AAFCO paper calculation
Label transparency
23%
avg. fields disclosed
The foods
Foods from Solid Gold we've verified
Every one links to its own Verified Label — guaranteed analysis, AAFCO statement, and (where priced) cost per day.