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Brand facts & recall history · checked 2026-10-19

Spot & Tango: Facts, Recalls & Verified Foods

Spot & Tango is made by Spot & Tango (independent, venture-backed; founder Russell Breuer), founded 2018 — it scores green on 0 of 5 WSAVA-aligned criteria we track (0 red, 4 undisclosed), no FDA recalls on record, and 0 of the 4 Spot & Tango foods we've verified carry an AAFCO feeding-trial statement.

· 4 Spot & Tango 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 · 0 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.

? Qualified nutritionist on staff Undisclosed

We could not confirm this from a public source.

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“Those family recipes were perfected with the expertise of vets and veterinary nutritionists.”
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· Owns its manufacturing Mixed

Spot & Tango owns and operates its own ~70,000 sq ft manufacturing facility (Upper Macungie Township / Allentown, PA) where its UnKibble dry line is produced; the article implies wet food is made elsewhere (co-packed), hence 'mixed.' Same article: it 'cut the ribbon on a new, nearly 70,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Upper Macungie Township.'

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“In addition to wet food, there is also a line of natural dry food - called UnKibble - which is what will be made here in the region.”
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? Runs AAFCO feeding trials Undisclosed

No feeding-trial AAFCO statement found on the 4 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.

? Publishes its quality-control testing Not found

Own site says 'Each batch is 3rd-party tested for safety and quality' (https://spotandtango.com/wsava) but gives no detail on what is tested, so treated as vague. Searched spotandtango.com/wsava, /faq, blog AAFCO posts.

? Publishes peer-reviewed research None found

PubMed lists no animal or pet paper with Spot & Tango 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 Spot & Tango

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

Spot & Tango (independent, venture-backed; founder Russell Breuer)

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“The New York-based company launched in 2018”
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Founded

2018

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“The New York-based company launched in 2018”
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Headquarters

New York, NY

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“The New York-based company launched in 2018”
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The cost

What Spot & Tango costs, against everything else we have priced

None of the 4 Spot & Tango 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 Spot & Tango actually puts in its food

The ingredients this brand reaches for most across its 4 verified foods, counted once per recipe. Each links to what the ingredient is, what the evidence says, and how common it is industry-wide.

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. Spot & Tango recall page →

We found no FDA recall for Spot & Tango on the FDA's recall list or in the older FDA notices we added by hand. That is not a guarantee; see the note below.

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 Spot & Tango's labels

Computed directly from the official-label data we've extracted for this brand — never estimated.

Foods verified

4

4 dog

Feeding-trial validated

0

of 4 (0%)

Formulated to meet

4

AAFCO paper calculation

Label transparency

47%

avg. fields disclosed

air-dried 3 (75%)
fresh 1 (25%)

The foods

Foods from Spot & Tango we've verified

Every one links to its own Verified Label — guaranteed analysis, AAFCO statement, and (where priced) cost per day.

FoodFormAAFCO
Turkey + Quinoa fresh Formulated Beef + Barley air-dried Formulated Cod + Salmon air-dried Formulated Turkey + Sweet Potato air-dried Formulated