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Brand facts & recall history · updated 2026-07-11

Zignature: Facts, Recalls & Verified Foods

Zignature is made by Pets Global, Inc., founded 2010 — it scores green on 2 of 4 WSAVA-aligned criteria we track (1 red, 1 undisclosed), no FDA recalls on record, and 0 of the 54 Zignature foods we've verified carry an AAFCO feeding-trial statement.

THE FACTS, ONE SENTENCE — · 54 Zignature foods in our corpus

The scorecard

WSAVA-aligned criteria

The World Small Animal Veterinary Association's nutrition guidelines suggest four questions to ask any pet food maker before you buy. Most "best dog food" sites skip straight to ingredient vibes and star ratings — we publish the actual answers instead, each sourced, or marked honestly undisclosed when we can't confirm it.

2 of 4 criteria confirmed yes · 1 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

Zignature states it contracts a full-time PhD animal nutritionist and DVMs via BSM Partners (a third-party pet nutrition consulting firm), not an in-house employee. No named individual or stated ACVN/ECVCN board certification was found.

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“We contract a full-time Ph.D. animal nutritionist as well as a professional team of several food scientists, organic chemists, regulatory experts and Doctors of Veterinary medicine (DVMs) with BSM Partners.”
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✕ Owns its manufacturing Co-packed

Zignature's own site describes all named production facilities as third-party 'partners,' not company-owned plants.

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“Our dry recipes are manufactured with our partners, Barrett Petfood Innovations, in Brainerd, Minnesota, and Tuffy's Pet Food, in Perham, Minnesota. Our canned formulas are manufactured with our partners at Performance Pet Products, in Mitchell, South Dakota.”
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✓ Runs AAFCO feeding trials Yes — sourced

Zignature's own feeding-trials page claims the company voluntarily conducts long-term feeding studies beyond AAFCO minimums, even though every SKU in our corpus is labeled with the 'formulated' substantiation statement rather than a 'feeding trial' statement.

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“we voluntarily conduct long-term feeding studies based on — and enhanced from — the official AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials) guidelines.”
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? Publishes peer-reviewed research Unmeasurable

Zero PubMed-indexed records found under either the brand name or the parent-company name as an author affiliation. A reproducible FLOOR, not a total.

These four checks come from WSAVA's global nutrition guidelines for evaluating a pet food manufacturer — not our own opinion score. Read our full methodology →

The company

Who makes Zignature

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

Pets Global, Inc.

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“Zignature, the premium dog food brand of family-owned and operated Pets Global, Inc.”

Zignature is a brand owned and operated by Pets Global, Inc., a privately held, family-owned pet food company. Pets Global also owns Fussie Cat, Essence Pet Foods, and Inception Pet Foods. No evidence found of a larger corporate parent; low-quality secondary sources speculating about a different owner were found but could not be verified against any primary source, so that claim is excluded.
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Founded

2010

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“Since our founding in 2010, our meticulously designed diets are formulated by Zignature's thought-leading team of veterinarians, Ph.D. animal nutritionists, and food scientists.”

Zignature's own commitment-letter page states 2010 as its founding year. Note: parent company Pets Global's public timeline separately shows Fussie Cat launching in 2010 and the Zignature brand itself launching in 2012 — the two dates likely reflect corporate founding (2010) vs. brand-specific market launch (2012).
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Headquarters

Valencia, California, USA

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“28921 Avenue Williams Valencia, CA 91355”

HQ address of parent/operator Pets Global, Inc., corroborated by the 'VALENCIA, Calif.' dateline on Zignature's own press releases.
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The safety record

FDA recall history

Joined from the FDA's own Animal & Veterinary recall feed (2019–present) plus curated pre-2019 records — the same live-checked feed as our full recall database, filtered to Zignature.

No FDA recalls on record for Zignature in the FDA's Animal & Veterinary feed (2019–present) or our curated pre-2019 records. That's what's currently documented — not a guarantee no recall has ever happened; see the coverage note below.

Join of data/recalls.json (FDA Animal & Veterinary recall feed, 2019-present) + data/recalls_historical.json (curated pre-2019), matched against both the recall's brand field and its responsible-company field (a brand-only match would miss recalls filed under a house sub-line name, e.g. Fromm's 'Bonnihill Farms' line recalled under company 'Fromm Family Foods'). This is NOT a complete lifetime recall history; recalls absent from the live FDA datatable and not curated into recalls_historical.json are not represented.

The corpus

What we've verified from Zignature's labels

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

Foods verified

54

54 dog

Feeding-trial validated

0

of 54 (0%)

Formulated to meet

54

AAFCO paper calculation

Label transparency

57%

avg. fields disclosed

dry 36 (67%)
wet 18 (33%)

The foods

Foods from Zignature we've verified

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

FoodFormAAFCO
Freeze Dried Venison Entrée dry Formulated Freeze Dried Turkey Entrée dry Formulated Freeze Dried Pork Entrée dry Formulated Freeze Dried Lamb Entrée dry Formulated Freeze Dried Kangaroo Entrée dry Formulated Freeze Dried Duck Entrée dry Formulated Zignature Select Cuts Puppy Formula with Super Grains dry Formulated Zignature Wet Food Puppy Formula wet Formulated Zignature Wet Food Zssential Formula wet Formulated Zignature Wet Food Duck Formula wet Formulated Zignature Wet Food Turkey Formula wet Formulated Zignature Wet Food Lamb Formula wet Formulated Zignature Wet Food Trout & Salmon Formula wet Formulated Zignature Wet Food Goat Formula wet Formulated Zignature Wet Food Pork Formula wet Formulated Zignature Wet Food Salmon Formula wet Formulated Zignature Wet Food Venison Formula wet Formulated Zignature Wet Food Whitefish Formula wet Formulated Zignature Inception Fish Meal Recipe dry Formulated Zignature Original Puppy Formula with Probiotics dry Formulated Zignature Wet Food Kangaroo Formula wet Formulated Zignature Original Small Bites Turkey Formula with Probiotics dry Formulated Zignature Original Small Bites Zssential Formula with Probiotics dry Formulated Zignature Original Small Bites Kangaroo Formula with Probiotics dry Formulated Zignature Original Small Bites Lamb Formula with Probiotics dry Formulated Zignature Original Small Bites Trout & Salmon Formula with Probiotics dry Formulated Zignature Original Salmon Formula with Probiotics dry Formulated Zignature Original Whitefish Formula with Probiotics dry Formulated Zignature Original Zssential Formula with Probiotics dry Formulated Zignature Original Pork Formula with Probiotics dry Formulated
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