“Dogs Are What They Eat!”

Dog Food Ingredient Definitions…what that list actually means.
By The Whole Dog Journal

MEAT (e.g. lamb, beef, chicken) –“Meat is the clean flesh derived from slaughtered mammals & is limited to the part of the striate muscle which is skeletal or that which is found in the tounge, diaphragm, heart, or esophagus; with or without fat & portions of the skin, sinew, nerve & blood vessels.”

POULTRY – “Poultry is the clean combination of flesh & skin with or without bone derived from the parts or whole carcasses of poultry or a combination therof.

MEAT MEAL (e.g. lamb meal, beef meal) –“Is the rendered product from mammal tissues, exclusive of any added blood, hair, horn, hoof, manure, stomach & rumen contents except in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good processing practices…”

POULTRY MEAL – “same as above except with poultry tissues”

MEAT BY-PRODUCTS –“Is the non-rendered, clean parts, other than meat, derived from slaughtered mammals. It includes, but not limited to, lungs, spleen, kidneys, brain, livers, blood, bone, partially defatted low temp. fatty tissues & stomach and intestines…”

ANIMAL DIGEST – “A material which results from chemical & or enzymatic hydrolysis of clean & undecomposed animal tissue. The animal tissues used shall be exclusive of hair, horns, teeth, hooves, & feathers except in such trace amounts…”

WHAT YOU CAN DO............... Don’t let pictures & adjectives on food labels influence your selection; look at the ingredients list first. Be prepared to pay more for top quality foods. Pay for good food now or a vet later. Always allow your dog to be the ultimate judge of “what’s best” for him/her. Just because a food works for your neighbor’s dog doesn’t mean it will suit yours.

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