Pet’s Best Life, manufacturer of Yummy Combs, has announced that it has been named the 2024 Product of the Year winner in the dog treat category.
Product of the Year USA – said to be the nation’s largest consumer-voted award for product innovation – noted that Yummy Combs is the first treat clinically proven to remove hardened tartar from teeth.
According to Pet’s Best Life, Yummy Combs offer several innovations with eight US patents issued and two more pending. They were developed with input from a board-certified veterinary nutritionist with a Ph.D. in physiology and is a board-certified veterinary dentist. Yummy Combs delivers solutions for three main issues:
- The accumulation of tartar. The functional shape is patented and designed to remove more than 25% tartar and reduce bad breath by 46%. Yummy Combs also floss and scrub 360° around the teeth up to the gum line to prevent plaque and tartar and have earned the VOHC Seal of Acceptance for Tartar Control. Tartar harbors bacteria and plaque precursors to dangerous gum disease that can result in the destruction or failure of vital organs. Studies indicate that 80% of dogs over 3 years of age have tartar buildup on their teeth or gum disease.
- Weight issues. According to the company, 54% of dogs by age 2 are overweight, which can cut two years off a dog’s life expectancy. Yummy Combs reverses the protein-to-starch ratio 20-fold by increasing protein and drastically reducing starch/carbohydrates. Best Pet Life’s recommendation is to reduce your dog’s basic food by 10% to offset the calories provided when feeding Yummy Combs each day.
- Hybrid Wellness. Yummy Combs delivers 95 benefits to dogs for overall Hybrid Wellness — which implies combining two or more elements to achieve an improved result. 95 benefits for dogs and dog owners range from 8 issued patents, state of the art oral care, advanced safety, superior nutrition and great taste along with 12 wellness specific ingredients and 10 ‘firsts’ in pet treat innovations.
“We are honored that Pet’s Best Life and the Yummy Combs brand have been voted to receive this unique national award,” said Dr. Joe Roetheli, CEO of Pet’s Best Life. “It’s great to see innovation to deliver the next generation of dog welfare being rewarded.”
Dr. also mentioned Roetheli whose patented functional shape is essentially a hybrid between a “hexagonal hockey puck” in terms of perimeter and the internal hexagonal cells of a beehive on the top and bottom edges. Honey, for the dog’s immune system, is one of the 12 wellness ingredients included in the formula.
Product of the Year (POY) is the largest consumer-voted award for product innovation. Founded over 30 years ago, POY currently operates in over 43 countries. POY winners are backed by the votes of 40,000 consumers in a nationally representative study conducted by research partner Kantar, a global leader in consumer research.
