How to Use This Website: Your Guide to Navigating bloom.pet
Introduction
Welcome to bloom.pet, your go-to resource for understanding pet nutrition and finding the best food for your dog or cat. Whether you’re a first-time visitor or a returning pet owner looking for new insights, this guide will help you navigate the site and get the most from our tools and resources.
Wehere to Start
- If You’re New to Pet Nutrition:
- Head over to Chapters → Pet Food 101.
- This section covers the basics, from understanding pet food labels to the importance of portion control. It’s a great starting point if you want to build a solid foundation of knowledge before diving into more advanced topics.
- If You’re Searching for a Specific Topic:
- Go to Chapters → Search.
- This feature allows you to browse through specific topics like allergies, raw feeding, grain-free diets, and more. Whether you’re dealing with a picky eater or exploring the benefits of different food types, you’ll find the answers here.
Explore Our Tools
Bloomdex (Pet Wellness Index)
Think of Bloomdex as your personal pet nutrition dictionary. It explains key terms, ingredients, and nutritional concepts in simple, easy-to-understand language. Whether you’re curious about omega-3 fatty acids, probiotics, or grain-free diets, Bloomdex gives you quick, reliable definitions to guide your choices.
Pet Food Selector
Our Pet Food Selector is an interactive tool designed to help you find the best food for your pet based on their unique needs. By selecting specific filters like life stage, allergies, protein preferences, or ethical sourcing, you’ll receive personalized food recommendations. The results are based on your choices, not ours, ensuring an unbiased, tailored experience.
FAQ
How the Pet Food Selector Works
You find the best food for your pet based on their specific needs and your preferences. Here’s how it works:
It’s Flexible
Not all results may be a perfect match, but the list helps you start with a selection of excellent foods to try, see how your pet likes them, and adapt based on what works best.
You Choose
Start by selecting filters that match your pet’s needs—such as life stage, breed size, protein preferences, allergies, or specific concerns like weight or digestion issues.
We Rank
Based on your selections, the Pet Food Selector calculates a score (Bloomscore) for each food. This score helps identify the best-suited foods by considering factors like nutritional content, ingredients, and suitability for your pet.
You Explore
The results show up in a list ranked by score. On wider screens, each column header is clickable, allowing you to sort the list by factors like protein, fat, or calories.
Always Updated
The Selector is updated frequently to include new brands and recipes, ensuring you have access to the latest options.
If you ever have questions or need help interpreting the results, feel free to reach out to us!
Understanding Bloomscore
The Bloomscore is designed to help you find the best-suited food for your pet based on various nutritional and lifestyle factors. This scoring system takes into account multiple parameters, such as life stage, allergies, weight and digestion issues, ingredient quality, and more. Each factor is assigned a weight based on its importance, and the scores are normalized to ensure a fair comparison across different products.
For example, while adult dog food can sometimes be fed to a puppy, a recipe specifically formulated for puppies will receive a higher Bloomscore. This is because puppy recipes are more likely to meet the unique nutritional needs of a growing puppy. By considering a wide range of factors and assigning appropriate weights, the Bloomscore helps you identify the most suitable and beneficial food for your pet.
List of brands in the Pet Food Selector
- 1st Choice
- Acana
- Bixbi
- Blue Buffalo
- Boreal
- Canadian Naturals
- Canisource
- Carna4
- FROMM
- Farmina N&D
- First Mate
- Fromm
- GO!
- Gather
- Harlow Blend
- Horizon
- Instinct
- Kasiks
- Merrick
- NOW Fresh
- Natural Balance
- Nature’s Hug
- Nature’s Logic
- Nulo
- Nutram
- Open Farm
- Orijen
- Oven-baked Tradition
- PetKind
- Primal
- Red Barn
- Skoki
- Stella & Chewy’s
- Taste of the Wild
- The Honest Kitchen
- V-Planet
- Wellness
- Zignature