Hey,

Happy Wednesday!

I went for a hike on the weekend. It was most enjoyable, full of Spring colors, sunshine and scents. That is, it was enjoyable until I opened my backpack to find the wrapper of my now-melted chocolate bar had been opened and its contents had made good their escape, leaving the adjacent white t-shirt looking like a soiled diaper. 

It was my fault for failing to put the bar in a suitable container. But my foolishness was not without its benefits.  

It made me think about how we should store dog food (pretty much everything that enters my head somehow comes back to dogs and dog food these days). It turns out it’s not quite as simple as you might think. 

Storing food properly is a really important part of looking after your dog, after all. It keeps it good to eat and, from a dollar-in-your-pocket point of view, does so for longer.

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This is why we, as very helpful people, have written a new article on the Best Dog Food Containers. 

It looks at the best storage solutions for dry dog food and wet dog food, which includes raw food and fresh food. But here are some ‘top line’ things to note.

• Plastic containers should be ‘food-grade’.
• Airtight lids are king.
• Keep the original packaging for info/expiry dates.
• You can double-layer with the original packaging and a container.
• Wet food should be stored in the fridge.
• Dry food should be stored in a cool, dry place.
• I have to repeat the airtight lid tip — it’s a must.

That’s a very brief summary, so I do recommend reading the full article here. We also have some links here to buy dog food storage solutions on Petco and Chewy.

You can buy dog food storage from Petco here.

You can buy dog food storage from Chewy here.

Full disclosure: we may receive a small referral fee if you use these links to purchase dog food containers, which goes towards funding and growing the Dog Food Advisor and keeping our work free to the public.

Anyway, I’m off to buy some stain-remover and pray to the laundry gods for my t-shirt.

Until next time,

Andrew

Editor
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