| Your local grocery store is chock full of food and | | | | costs of food and treats down. Instead of simply |
| treats that are stuffed with bad quality ingredients. It | | | | using whole meats, they use by-products as protein. |
| is a real shock that the shelves do not simply collapse | | | | Needless to say, these are the less tahn desirable |
| under the weight of all that rubbish. Here are some | | | | portions of animals such like the necks, heads, |
| bad protein items you will want avoid like the bubonic | | | | undeveloped eggs, feet, intestines, lungs and |
| plague: | | | | ligaments. Another cheap method of adding protein |
| Soybean meal, wheat or wheat middlings, corn gluten | | | | to a food is by using meat and bone meal. It is |
| meal, corn meal, whole/crushed corn, and maize are | | | | exactly what it sounds like: meat + bones. |
| all too often often used for their protein because | | | | Essentially, by-products are all of the items you would |
| they cost a heck of a lot less to include in a treat or | | | | never willingly feed to your pet. |
| food than their real-meat protein counterparts such | | | | Scientific studies confirm that these chemicals may |
| as chicken. | | | | be harmful to the liver and other parts of the body. |
| Food coloring can also be a big concern with regard | | | | The FDA has decreased the quantity of ethoxyquin |
| to pet food and treats: it is not too unusual, for | | | | allowed in pet food. Natural preservatives such as |
| example, for biscuits to be dyed in order to make | | | | tochopherols and/or rosemary are much better. |
| them look like fresh meat or vegetables. This would | | | | There are a lot of other things that labels do not |
| not be a huge thing if we were still the fifties, back | | | | reveal, such as condemned parts of animals unsuited |
| when when food dyes were still based on | | | | for human consumption being rerouted straight into |
| plant-based compounds of one sort or another. But in | | | | mainstream-brand treats. These can be the parts of |
| order for pet food manufacturers to save money | | | | animals who are dead, dying or diseased. Certain |
| and increase longevity,they began producing food | | | | meats, grains and other ingredients cannot be sold |
| colorings largely from chemicals. All too many studies | | | | for human consumption. These are either damaged |
| show that chemical food coloring makes hyperactive | | | | or simply doesn't have the look USDA officials want. |
| kids more so, and some dog trainers sat the same | | | | Also, some dog/cat food and treat manufacturers |
| applies to hyperactive dogs as well. | | | | have much lower standards concerning the freshness |
| This artificial food coloring is still widely today despite | | | | of the ingredients they use. Though there should be |
| the reality that they are entirely unnecessary and | | | | a "use by" date or code on most packages, that |
| have been linked to certain medical problems. It is | | | | doesn't mean that all of the ingredients were fresh |
| believed by large number in the medical field that if | | | | when they were used to make the pet food or |
| an ingredient is not organic to the body (such as | | | | treat initially. We would not eat stale chips so why |
| chemical coloring), the body reacts to it and can | | | | would we want to give anything but fresh ingredients |
| create a lot of health issues. Pets care about taste, | | | | to our beloved animals? |
| not color, so food dyes are more for people than for | | | | To learn more about holistic food and pet nutrition, |
| them. | | | | visit Premium Pet Food and Treats and learn more. |
| By-products are a superb way for firms to keep | | | | |