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

Sundays for Dogs: Facts, Recalls & Verified Foods

Sundays for Dogs is made by Sundays for Dogs (independent, venture-backed; co-founders Dr. Tory Waxman and Michael Waxman), founded 2020 — it scores green on 2 of 5 WSAVA-aligned criteria we track (2 red, 1 undisclosed), no FDA recalls on record, and 0 of the 4 Sundays for Dogs foods we've verified carry an AAFCO feeding-trial statement.

· 4 Sundays for Dogs 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 · 2 confirmed no · 1 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 Yes — sourced

The brand's own page states it employs an ACVN-boarded veterinary nutritionist and an animal-nutrition PhD (part-time) — both qualify. Individuals are not named. (Founder Dr. Tory Waxman is a veterinarian but not stated to be a DACVN.)

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“We employ a veterinarian nutritionist (boarded with the ACVN) and an animal nutritionist PhD part-time.”
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✕ Owns its manufacturing Co-packed

Source describes manufacturing at a USDA-monitored human-grade facility but does not claim Sundays owns/operates it.

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“Sundays is manufactured at a single USDA-monitored human grade food facility in the Midwest.”
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✕ Runs AAFCO feeding trials No — sourced

Brand's own answer to WSAVA's 'feeding trials or formulation?' question: formulation plus lab analysis of finished product; no feeding trials claimed.

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“Yes, formulated to meet AAFCO nutrient profiles, both by formulation and by labratory analysis of the finished product.”
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✓ Publishes its quality-control testing Yes — sourced

covers: ingredient testing (vitamin/mineral, inbound and outbound), pathogen (bacteriology) testing every batch, finished-product nutrient analysis. Brand's own WSAVA answers page.

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“We test key ingredients both inbound and outbound for their vitamin and mineral content; we test every batch for foodborne diseases such as Salmonella and E. Coli; and we conduct a complete nutrient analysis on each recipe.”
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? Publishes peer-reviewed research None found

PubMed lists no animal or pet paper with Sundays for Dogs 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 Sundays for Dogs

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

Sundays for Dogs (independent, venture-backed; co-founders Dr. Tory Waxman and Michael Waxman)

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“developed by Dr. Tory Waxman, a small-animal veterinarian, in collaboration with board-certified veterinary nutritionists, an animal nutrition PhD, and a human food scientist”
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Founded

2020

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“the brand went through 17 formulation iterations over three years before launching publicly in 2020”
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Headquarters

Ohio (Cleveland area)

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“The brand is headquartered in Ohio, with manufacturing reported at facilities in both Ohio and New Jersey.”
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The cost

What Sundays for Dogs costs, against everything else we have priced

None of the 4 Sundays for Dogs 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 Sundays for Dogs 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. Sundays for Dogs recall page →

We found no FDA recall for Sundays for Dogs 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 Sundays for Dogs'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

72%

avg. fields disclosed

air-dried 4 (100%)

The foods

Foods from Sundays for Dogs we've verified

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

FoodFormAAFCO
Chicken Recipe air-dried Formulated Beef Recipe air-dried Formulated Turkey Recipe air-dried Formulated Fish Recipe air-dried Formulated