
Brandon Stapleton
Brandon Stapleton, DVM, is head veterinarian and VP of Animal Healthcare at The Farmer's Dog fresh pet food company.
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Sep 17, 2026
430: Fresh Thinking: The Science, Standards, and Clinical Potential of Fresh Food
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0:57Adam ChristmanHOST
So let's kind of give the audience a little bit of a general overview is what can you tell us about fresh dog food in general?

Brandon StapletonGUEST
So obviously it's a hot topic, right? You know, I mean, I think everybody's got their clients asking them about it, right? So I think the core of fresh food to understand more than anything else, why it exists is if you have ever had your physician or you have ever had somebody in your family's physician talk about reducing your processed food intake.

Brandon StapletonGUEST
The exact same compounds like AGEs, advanced glycation end products and stuff that we want to avoid on the human side that are connected to chronic disease.

Brandon StapletonGUEST
That's exactly why fresh food exists on the animal side as well because we want to provide the same complete balanced nutrition they can get that we want to provide but in a way that helps avoid some of the byproducts of high levels of processing.

Brandon StapletonGUEST
And what are some of the challenges that might be out there? So I think most of them are rooted really fundamentally in misperceptions.
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6:39Adam ChristmanHOST
So how does that precisely look when you're talking about that, plus making it highly palatable food? And it can serve as a clinical tool for weight management,