Acquire
Take structured official or openly licensed data with its source URL, licence, observation date and retrieval record.
Methodology
Every useful number needs a visible lineage
HungryPets separates identity, specification, market and editorial evidence. Missing values remain missing rather than being silently invented.
Separate
Keep non-commercial evidence, manufacturer material and commercial offers in different source classes.
Resolve
Use exact GTIN or another explicitly approved exact identity. Never join pet foods on a plausible name alone.
Gate
Index only a durable page that passes an evidence-fusion, source-backed information, curated comparison or substantive GTIN-report gate, with dates, limits and a real decision.
Canonical publication gate
One route must pass; shared safeguards always apply
Correct pet-food sector owner plus exact GTIN or another approved exact identity.
Two independent approved non-commercial sources plus two visible sourced fact groups.
Stable brand/product identity, a public product source, substantive composition and at least three core nutrition fields.
Two qualifying foods for the same animal and format, with at least three shared nutrition fields.
One substantive open label with exact GTIN and market tag. Any commercial identity observations stay in a separate block.
Meaningful and source-separated. Conflicts and commercial provenance remain visible.
Licence, source observation date and at least one public source link are mandatory.
The page must help someone verify an identity, compare supplied facts or act on a notice.
No veterinary diagnosis, safety clearance, suitability guarantee or real-time stock claim.
Current result
333 product information pages pass.
The UK catalogue currently contributes 328 source-backed product pages and 843 curated same-basis comparisons. Separately, 5 US/UK Atlas rows have a substantive open label; 0 also have two or more exact commercial identity-source classes. Sparse, name-only and commercial-only matches remain excluded from Google.
Source catalogue
Sources used in this edition
Federal pet-food oversight and label requirements, kept separate from state and UK rules.
Open source ↗Official US alertsUS FDA Recalls & WithdrawalsLive US animal-food recall source; always verify the current official notice.
Open source ↗US model guidanceAAFCO label guideUS model-label context and field guide; AAFCO does not regulate or approve pet food.
Open source ↗Official UK · OGL 3UK Food Standards Agency Food Alerts APIOGL 3 official UK alert IDs, affected product details, packs and batches since January 2018.
Open source ↗Open databaseOpen Pet Food FactsODbL community label records with explicit completeness and reliability limits.
Open source ↗Official US · CC0openFDA Food Enforcement APIStored US Government enforcement data used only as a narrow cross-check, not as a complete live recall list.
Open source ↗Corrections
Good databases admit when they are wrong.
If a record is outdated, incomplete or attached to the wrong identity, send the record name, the disputed field and a primary source. We review corrections without charging the subject or prioritising commercial partners.