Get Real about antibiotics, growth promotants and pesticides
No Antibiotics
Conventional, and some "natural", farms put antibiotics in feed and water. This helps keep pigs healthy while they're living in close confinement and makes them grow faster. Experts believe bacteria resistant to these antibiotics can pass into humans through meat, resulting in increased antibiotic resistance in humans. That's why Nature's Premium farmers never use antibiotics. If an animal is sick, it is removed from the natural program and treated.
No Growth Promotants
While steroids and growth-promoting hormones are illegal for use in pigs, a substance called Paylean® is used at conventional farms to promote faster growth. It's a synthetic drug that artificially increases muscle mass and tends to make animals stressed. Nature's Premium farmers don't risk the animals' health or yours. Our animals are raised the natural way without the use of growth promotants of any kind.
No Pesticides
Many industrial farms also apply pesticides directly to animals to treat lice, mange and flies. Because of Nature's Premium's high standards of animal sanitation and hygiene, we eliminate the need for applying pesticides.
Succulent Red Pork
Despite pork's reputation as a "white meat", the highest quality, most tender pork is red in color and marbled similar to beef. That's what makes Nature's Premium All-Natural Pork so flavorful and juicy.
Superior Breeding
We raise hearty Duroc pigs, an American breed known for good health and delicious pork. Duroc is to pork what Angus is to beef. Because of this high quality, we don't have to pump Nature's Premium pork full of salt solution like most companies do to enhance flavor and texture. Pumping results in increased sodium content- up to three times the amount found in our pork.
Food Safety
Nature's Premium All-Natural Pork comes from animals raised in the United States so you can count on quality and safety. Our state-of-the-art processing facility is unique in its small size, eco-friendliness and dedication to safe processes. In addition, we reinforce the quality of our products with protocols that allow traceability back to the family farms where the animals were raised.
Air-Chilled
Nature’s Premium Brand fresh pork is produced in a state-of-the-art plant that employs cutting edge air-chill technology. Technically speaking, the air-chilling process helps to maintain the meat’s critical pH level. This level gives the pork a darker “reddish” color and locks in muscle moisture. The process contributes to meat tenderness, desirable texture and a more pure pork flavor. And because the carcasses are not chilled conventionally using cold water baths and sprinklers, nothing extraneous is being added to the meat, providing a greater yield when cooked. For more information, click here.
Best-in-Class Farms
All Nature's Premium pigs are proudly raised on Midwest family farms where animal welfare is a priority. These farms offer exceptional animal healthcare, sanitation and humane treatment.
No Byproducts
To save money, some conventional pork operations feed animal by-products to their pigs. Nature's Premium pigs are nourished with a strict vegetarian diet of corn and soybean meal, most of which is grown on the same family farms.
Humane Treatment
When pigs are treated poorly, they can become dangerous to themselves and their handlers. Nature's Premium is dedicated to treating them well throughout their lives. At the farm, they're raised gently. In transport, we require drivers to be certified through the Trucker Quality Assurance Program, which ensures animals are handled with care. At our processing plant, world-renowned animal welfare expert Dr. Temple Grandin designed the humane and animal-friendly reception and resting areas. The climate-controlled facility helps maintain stress-free, healthy pigs.