NLS Press Release

[JeffroM]

To Our Customers,

As you know, New Life International has the highest commitment to quality, and is always improving our New Life Spectrum brand of fish food.

We have recently upgraded our facilities and food production processes to let us reduce fillers and starch from New Life Spectrum in favor of enhanced ingredients such as Ulva Seaweed, Chlorella Algae, Alfalfa, Mollusks etc.

As a result, upcoming jars of New Life Spectrum will be listing these new ingredients.

More significantly, fillers such as starch (which we have reduced in favor of nutritionally active ingredients) add weight to the product. This means our new pellets are lighter than previous batches. As a result, we are adjusting the stated weights on our standard packaging sizes to reflect this. This change does not affect the volume, number of pellets or servings per package. In fact, each serving delivers more nutrition to the fish than previously.

We won't be changing UPC numbers, as this is an across-the-board revision, and doesn't represent a change in our line-up.

Customers can expect to see these changes first in our highest selling SKU’s and rolled out to others over the next few months. For the next year, a non-intrusive notation on the package near the weight will say "new higher concentration formula" for those customers who observe weights. Otherwise, the packaging will be visually the same and does not represent a promoted or highlighted new "feature” on the jars.

We will be sending our revised product lists with the revised weights shortly.

While we recognize that change in a product can be a challenge for distributors, we hope that our customers realize that this commitment to keeping New Life Spectrum at the forefront of quality fish nutrition benefits our resellers and final consumers alike.

Sincerely,
New Life International, Inc.

[Ron]

Thanks for sharing.

So how much slower will the newer revision pellets sink compared to the old ones? 

[Steve]

So how much slower will the newer revision pellets sink compared to the old ones?

Hopefully not much, because I already have a hard enough time getting pellets down to the bottom of the tank for the cats to get them. Slower sinking rate is gonna mean even more of a chance for the cichlids to eat them all before they get to the cats

[jamarini]

Hats off to NLS for replacing filler ingredients with nutritional ones that are better for our fish!  How many times do we see that kind of formulation change in the world today?  Having said that, the press release doesn't comment on whether or not the price will remain constant.  One would expect that better quality ingredients replacing fillers would mean an increase in price.  We shall see...

[Ron]

Hopefully not much, because I already have a hard enough time getting pellets down to the bottom of the tank for the cats to get them. Slower sinking rate is gonna mean even more of a chance for the cichlids to eat them all before they get to the cats

That was similar to my thought as well. FWIW, pre-soaking the pellets may be a suitable work around.

[Regalblue]

Hopefully not much, because I already have a hard enough time getting pellets down to the bottom of the tank for the cats to get them. Slower sinking rate is gonna mean even more of a chance for the cichlids to eat them all before they get to the cats

That was similar to my thought as well. FWIW, pre-soaking the pellets may be a suitable work around.

presoaking is a good idea.  But I find it looses flavor if presoaked.  Plus the crunchiness is good for my teeth.

[linuxrulesusa]

Hopefully not much, because I already have a hard enough time getting pellets down to the bottom of the tank for the cats to get them. Slower sinking rate is gonna mean even more of a chance for the cichlids to eat them all before they get to the cats

That was similar to my thought as well. FWIW, pre-soaking the pellets may be a suitable work around.

presoaking is a good idea.  But I find it looses flavor if presoaked.  Plus the crunchiness is good for my teeth.

Sounds like another late night bad idea...next you'll tell us you're drinking the tankwater? 

[jcunningham0295]

Hopefully not much, because I already have a hard enough time getting pellets down to the bottom of the tank for the cats to get them. Slower sinking rate is gonna mean even more of a chance for the cichlids to eat them all before they get to the cats

That was similar to my thought as well. FWIW, pre-soaking the pellets may be a suitable work around.

presoaking is a good idea.  But I find it looses flavor if presoaked.  Plus the crunchiness is good for my teeth.

Sounds like another late night bad idea...next you'll tell us you're drinking the tankwater? 

You guys always have a way to amuse me.

[Regalblue]

Hopefully not much, because I already have a hard enough time getting pellets down to the bottom of the tank for the cats to get them. Slower sinking rate is gonna mean even more of a chance for the cichlids to eat them all before they get to the cats

That was similar to my thought as well. FWIW, pre-soaking the pellets may be a suitable work around.

presoaking is a good idea.  But I find it looses flavor if presoaked.  Plus the crunchiness is good for my teeth.

Sounds like another late night bad idea...next you'll tell us you're drinking the tankwater? 

I have...... won $20 on a bet. 
 This was just after I had my right hand plated back together though & I was doing 80-90% water changes everyday out of sheer boredom.

[four_by_ken]

Hats off to NLS for replacing filler ingredients with nutritional ones that are better for our fish!  How many times do we see that kind of formulation change in the world today?  Having said that, the press release doesn't comment on whether or not the price will remain constant.  One would expect that better quality ingredients replacing fillers would mean an increase in price.  We shall see...

This was my thought also.  Hats off to NLS.

I also hope they dont sink any slower.

[mightieskeeper]

Hopefully not much, because I already have a hard enough time getting pellets down to the bottom of the tank for the cats to get them. Slower sinking rate is gonna mean even more of a chance for the cichlids to eat them all before they get to the cats

That was similar to my thought as well. FWIW, pre-soaking the pellets may be a suitable work around.

presoaking is a good idea.  But I find it looses flavor if presoaked.  Plus the crunchiness is good for my teeth.

Sounds like another late night bad idea...next you'll tell us you're drinking the tankwater? 

I have...... won $20 on a bet. 
 This was just after I had my right hand plated back together though & I was doing 80-90% water changes everyday out of sheer boredom.

Wow Blair for some bizarre reason, I pictured you doing that!