Founder

Kristina Voltin

Founder & CEO, Loyal Saints · Advocate for Canine Longevity Nutrition

She didn't set out to build a dog food company. She set out to save one dog. What she learned along the way became Loyal Saints — and a mission to help every dog live longer, better, alongside the people who love them.

It started with King.

King was Kristina Voltin's dog — and like so many dogs, he was quietly suffering on food that looked fine on the shelf. Chronic digestive issues. Food allergies. A dull coat and low energy that the vet kept calling "normal." Kristina didn't accept that. She believed her dog deserved better than "fine."

So she did what few people have the determination to do: she went all the way down to the science. Canine nutrition. Ingredient sourcing. The difference between feed-grade and human-grade. Why high-heat processing destroys the very nutrients a dog needs. How freeze-drying preserves raw nutrition without refrigeration. She read, she questioned, and she formulated — building a human-grade, whole-food, freeze-dried raw diet from scratch, for King.

King transformed. His digestion settled. His allergies cleared. His coat came back. His energy returned. The dog the vet called "fine" became the dog he was supposed to be. And Kristina realized that what saved King could save countless other dogs — if someone was willing to hold the line on quality and never compromise.

"Every formula has to answer one question: would I feed this to King? If the answer is anything but an absolute yes, it doesn't go in the bag."
— Kristina Voltin, Founder

The mission: Live Longer Together.

Loyal Saints exists for one reason — to give dogs more good years, and to give the people who love them more time together. That belief, Live Longer Together, shapes every decision Kristina makes as founder.

It's why Loyal Saints achieves complete, balanced nutrition through real whole foods — organ meats, vegetables, fruits, and marine sources — rather than the synthetic vitamin premixes most brands rely on. It's why every product is 100% freeze-dried raw, never mixed with kibble or fillers. It's why the brand holds a zero-compromise ingredient standard across every formula: no soy, no corn, no GMOs, no additives, no wheat, no by-products. Not because it's easy or cheap — it isn't — but because that's what King needed, and what every dog deserves.

A brand earning its place

Kristina built Loyal Saints through word of mouth and product quality — not paid hype. The recognition followed.

SuperZoo 2025

Named an Emerging Brand by the World Pet Association — awarded on merit for product innovation and market potential.

RangeMe

Ranked a Top 4 General Merchandise brand out of 90,000+ accounts.

Global Pet Expo 2025

Official exhibitor at the world's largest annual pet products trade show, Orlando.

CBS Minnesota

Featured for the brand's mission to provide real nourishment for dogs with sensitivities.

A woman-owned brand, built on conviction.

Loyal Saints is woman-owned and founder-led — not venture-capital built, not assembled by a marketing team. It is the work of a dog mom from Minneapolis who refused to accept that her dog had to suffer, and who decided that if the food she needed didn't exist, she would create it.

That origin is the brand's quality standard, and it's why Kristina remains personally close to every formula. When you feed Loyal Saints, you're feeding the exact food she made for King — held to the same standard, every single day.

Feed the food a dog mom built for her own dog.

Real, whole-food, freeze-dried raw nutrition — no compromise, no synthetic premix. Join the Halo Club and start living longer together.