We asked if you were up for some non pet related zero waste tips and some of you voted yes, so here’s one that we’ve been quite excited to share about! Some of us at team TDG are fans of probiotic drinks like kombucha and kefir, so when we discovered tepache, it was a zero waster’s dream come true! Tepache is a probiotic drink made from the waste parts of fresh pineapples. While the sweet flesh go into rainbow pops and marinating fruitilicious pork, the fibrous core and tough rinds often get thrown out. When we found out that we could ferment these, along with some brown sugar and a cinnamon stick, to make a delicious probiotic drink, we were thrilled! Once, we even stood guard by the fruit stall and asked the fruit stall uncle to let us have the overripe browned pineapples that he was about to throw out, just so we could experiment with making a sweeter drink. Check out the bacteria and yeast in action, forming carbon bubbles as they eat up the sugars. Anybody up for some tepache making workshop in future? Note: when we were done with fermenting the pineapple peels, they went into feeding the compost so it’s absolutely zero waste after milking all its goodness!

When we first formulated our NRC Raw - Chicken, Atlantic Mackerel and Lamb recipe, its original recipe actually contained purple sweet potatoes! We added them to hit potassium needs, and were finally happy with the formulation after much trial and errors on the spreadsheet. Mackerel - painstakingly gutted, steamed purple sweet potatoes full of antioxidants, the intense red from red grass fed lamb organs, bright orange eggy goodness… While we loved the colours of the individual ingredients on the plate, we ended up with a pile of soft, grey mush when ground and mixed together… So we’re back to square one with our formulation and the test batch went to our pets who, fortunately, did not judge us based on the texture and colour of the food. So here’s knowing exactly what goes into your NRC grinds! It does not contain a bunch of ingredients randomly thrown together - each item is added for specific needs, in calculated amounts in relation of other ingredients, and prepped accordingly for increased bioavailability. Feed real! *Note: picture for illustration purposes and do not reflect proportionate servings. Added supplements, such as vitamin E, manganese, zinc etc, to meet above recommended allowance in consideration of bioavailability are not pictured.