10/19/2024
All hail the number one selling dog treat the world, owned by J.M. Smucker: “The Milk-Bone”!🦴
““We anticipate our total dog snacks portfolio to grow approximately 3% annually over the next two years to US$1 billion💰 in annual net sales,” reports the company.
My gosh that’s a lot of dogs🐕 eating milk-bones!!
However, Brazilian & Canadian 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 scientists are not particularly rejoicing in the success of all the milk-bones being sold and consumed by dogs. In a recent paper published in ResearchGate, one of the many commonly used, synthetic petroleum-derived, food coloring dyes may be leading dogs to express anxiety and potentially unwanted behaviors.😾 Today, studies show over 70% of dogs have some kind of highly problematic behaviour.
In fact, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment acknowledges these same synthetic food dyes, also used in human food, are linked to hyperactivity and behavioral problems in children.😵💫
To make matters worse, one coloring agent: E171, used in Milk-bones and several other pet products, has been banned🚫 by the European Commission as a food additive due to the fact it has been shown in studies to damage DNA🧬 thus accelerating the aging process and shortening lifespan in animals.
Join me tomorrow, Sunday at 10am Eastern, on my Planet Paws page as we go over the ingredients you need to watch out👀 for if you are feeding or know someone feeding milk-bone products.
P.S. – some of these potentially harmful dyes can be also found in some of the most popular selling pet foods that we will touch on as well.
