05/08/2022
😱 The meat portion may be the 1st ingredient on the list yet only make up 4% of the diet.
An example labeled as "Made with real beef":
Beef, whole grain corn, barley, rice, whole grain wheat, chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal, beef tallow preserved with mixed-tocopherols, soybean meal, oat meal, poultry by-product meal, glycerin, egg and chicken flavor, mono and dicalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, salt, potassium chloride, poultry and pork digest, dried spinach, dried peas, dried carrots, MINERALS [zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite], VITAMINS [Vitamin E supplement, niacin, Vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Vitamin B-12 supplement, thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Vitamin D-3 supplement, riboflavin supplement (Vitamin B-2), menadione sodium bisulfite complex (Vitamin K), folic acid, biotin], choline chloride, L-Lysine monohydrochloride, Red 40, Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Blue 2, garlic oil.
❌ Sometimes by combining low-quality animal protein with vegetable protein, products get the texture and appearance of meat. You think those little meaty-type pieces in the food bowl are meat, when in reality they are just dyed and pressed vegetable or grain matter. Such deceit. 😡
The vast majority of dry pet foods contain little or no real meat, but instead use cheaper substitutes like grain proteins (corn gluten, wheat gluten, pea protein, soy protein), and by-product meals. Many pet food companies now add taurine to their products, however there are no stated requirements for supplementing dog food with taurine. Cat food almost always includes supplemental taurine.
🥩🥛🐟Taurine is found in meat, milk and fish. It is absent in cereal grains.
Learn more about taurine here: https://drjudymorgan.com/blogs/blog/the-importance-of-taurine-in-your-pets-diet?_pos=5&_sid=d0403dd79&_ss=r