Other Superfood Ingredients

For thousands of years, Deer Velvet has been revered in Traditional Medicine for its remarkable healing properties. As such, deer velvet is a highly regarded, premium (and expensive!) natural powder that is rich in powerful bioactive compounds. And now the benefits of deer velvet are being increasingly recognised for pets, particularly in the treatment for bone conditions like osteoarthritis.

Key Benefits:

  • Calcium, glucosamine, chondroitin - reduce inflammation, protects, and lubricate joints.
  • Collagen and peptides that are essential for strong bones, joints, and connective tissue.
  • Omega-3 fatty acids and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), which has proven to play crucial role in influencing cartilage growth.

A no-brainer when it comes to skeletal development and bone health of your pet.

Deer Bone powder is a 100% natural by-product from New Zealand red deer. Research has shown that it is a rich source of calcium phosphate and that deer bone calcium is up to 93% absorbed into the body, which is much higher than other calcium derived supplements.

Key Benefits:

  • An effective ingredient for improving bone density
  • Can assist in the prevention of bone disease
  • Support for maintaining bone and cartilage strength

New Zealand Green Shell mussels are considered a superfood and have been researched for almost 60 years because of their rich nutrient profile. These include a broad spectrum of natural vitamins, minerals, high quality proteins, many amino acids including all the essential and the most important of them all, marine glycosaminoglycan (GAG).

Key Benefits:

  • GAGs: including chondroitin sulfate, which strengthens joint capsules and protects them from wear and tear
  • Anti inflammatory properties: omega-3 fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)
  • Mussels are a good source of zinc, an excellent source of iron, selenium, and several b-vitamins which are important to support immune health

Premium marine collagen powder derived completely from sustainably sourced, New Zealand fish. Marine Collagen (RevitaCOL®) is a type 2 collagen, containing natural proteins which are found in healthy ligaments, joints, hair, skin/coat and nails. Also contains polysaccharides, vitamins and sea minerals. As our pets age, their capacity to produce collagen diminishes thus making them more susceptible to injuries, bone disease, stiff joints, or poor skin and coat health. By providing additional collagen in your pet's diet, you may help reduce the potential for such problems.

Key Benefits:

  • Bone and joint health: Collagen is a building block of your pet’s bones, joints, cartilage, connective tissues and blood vessels
  • Relieve joint pain: May improve conditions like osteoarthritis and general stiffness.
  • Promotes healthy coat and skin: Helps reduce irritation, flaking and shedding
  • Helps digestion: Pet's may benefit from collagen’s ability to boost digestive health.

Research shows that hemp has many medicinal benefits in pets, and is being more commonly recommended by vets as a natural supplement to support pet health. Hemp is naturally rich in Omega 3, which is great for bones, skin, coat, eyes, heart and brain. Particularly Omega-3 (alpha linolenic acid), Omega-6 (linoleic acid) and Omega-9. All of these are essential to pet diet because your pet can't produce them on their own.

Key Benefits:

  • Strengthening the immune system to fight potential disease
  • Anti-inflammatory: helps reduce inflammation which will reduce aches and pains in their joints
  • Boosting skin and coat health to help reduce irritation, flaking and shedding

Kiwifruit are a source of essential vitamins and minerals, particularly Vitamin C. Nutrideer were looking for a rich source of naturally occurring Vitamin C to stimulate key bioactive functions of our other compounds in our powder supplement. Kiwifruit powder is 100% safe for pets and could be a key secret ingredient for pet health.

Key Benefits:

  • An effective ingredient for improving bone density
  • Can assist in the prevention of bone disease
  • Support for maintaining bone and cartilage strength

Grape Seed is a strong antioxidant that helps to support the immune system. It can also have an anti-inflammatory effect and so is often recommended for dogs and cats with allergic skin conditions. Grape seed is high in linoleic acid (LA), a polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acid that can help reduce inflammation associated with itching. Plus, the antioxidant properties act as a natural moisturizer to keep their coat soft and healthy.

Key Benefits:

  • Immune function: antioxidants go to work fighting free radicals that may cause disease
  • Skin and coat health: anti-inflammatory qualities that may soothe irritated skin, and may help reduce flaking and shedding

Flaxseed is especially high in the Omega-3 (ALA) and Omega-6 fatty acid, Linoleic Acid (LA), which helps to support:

  • Skin hydration and reduce dry flaky skin
  • Improve healing and reduce inflammation
  • Support pets with seasonal allergies

Ligands are also found in flaxseed, which can act as an antioxidant in the body which aids the immune system in fighting off disease and illness.