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By providing a higher quality product, dogs are able to live healthier and longer lives.
Doesn't it make sense to give healthy food to our pets? If you don't already know, the ingredients that are noted on the label are placed in descending order.
In addition, when "meat" is noted it refers to cows, goats, pigs and sheep and if "muscle" is noted it is specific as to what kind of muscle.
Byproducts from the animals listed above are the main ingredients to what your dog is eating.
However, when an animal is slaughtered, about 50 percent of the animal is used for human consumption and the rest is used for a number of other products including dog food.
The byproducts that are used will vary in their nutritional value and each batch will also vary both in nutritional value as well as the ingredients that it is made from.
Ingredients in your best friend's food is whatever remains from the carcass such as the head, bones, blood, organs and even unborn babies just to name a few items.
Nothing goes to waste as everything is used to make something such as fertilizers, rubber, soap and industrial lubricants.
For a very long time, roadkill was used to make dog food.
Today, roadkill is no longer a common ingredient; however, there are no regulations or laws that prohibit the use of roadkill.
If an animal is labeled as "4D", it means that they were either disabled, diseased, dying or dead, before being slaughtered, and are no longer able to be used for human consumption.
This doesn't sound appealing, but "4D" can still be used in dog food.
You may be thinking that the ingredients that are currently in your pet's bowl contain vegetables and grains.
This may be true, however, the quality of these ingredients are no better than any of the "meat" that is used.
Many of the brands available today contain more plant products than meat.
This not only creates nutritional deficiencies but make the dog food cheap and easy to make.
Texture is created from grains and vegetables that are high in starch.
Corn gluten meal is used to boost the percentage of protein within a batch.
In order to make shapes and gravy, wheat gluten is used.
We know that gluten is not good for us so it therefore is not good for our dogs.
The ingredients for dog food will not only vary from batch to batch but also between manufacturers.
Also, just because the label says "low-carb" doesn't necessarily mean that the ingredients are good.
Instead of grains, starchy vegetables such as potatoes and green peas are used, and it could possibly be causing weight gain due to the high fat content.
Manufacturer's want their dog food to have a long shelf life so the food is packed with preservatives and additives that have little to no nutrition.
Fat tastes good so it is usually sprayed onto the final product so that your dog will "love" it.
Unfortunately, underneath the fat there is very little nutrition.
The list of ingredients in dog food may sound good when actually they are not, and this is why it is important to know what you're pouring into your dog's food bowl.
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