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pet food ingredients glossary
We’ve compiled a glossary of some of the most commonly used pet food ingredients.
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animal by-products
The word “by-product” is an instant turn off when it comes to pet food. It basically entails anything that humans most certainly would NOT touch, and would not give to their pet. For instance, would y [..]
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animal digest
The first two ingredients by alphabetical order are two of the worst. “Animal Digest” is a broth that’s cooked up of stuff that we’d rather just not know about. It can include some of what’s in the af [..]
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barley
Barley is a pretty good quality grain in pet foods. It’s not a main source of allergies, and it’s easily digestible. So if grains are in the pet food, as they are in most, this is a welcome sight.
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beef tallow
If you’re going to ingest pure fat, what animal would you rather it be from….chicken or cow?? Turkey or cow?? The reason why cheap pet food companies use beef tallow is simple: it’s very cheap. It’s a [..]
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beet pulp
Dried Beet Pulp is the left over residue from the extraction of sugar in the production of table sugar. It is used as a filler. Note that the source of dried beet pulp is from sugar beets, not red bee [..]
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brewers rice or brewers yeast
At first, a person may look at the word “brewer” here and be reminded of a person who makes alcohol. Well, there’s a good reason for that, because that’s exactly what these ingredients are. They happe [..]
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canola oil
A decent fat source, although not the best. It certainly beats beef tallow, but isn’t as good as any sort of fish oil or sunflower oil.
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cellulose
This is a commonly found ingredient in both lower cost grocery store brand pet food, and in expensive Veterinary “prescription” pet food – especially low calorie diets and low protein diets. Cellulos [..]
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cereal fines
Cereal fines is simply manufacturing debris. And since the precise origin of the “parent” cereal is typically unknown, this low quality waste is frequently loaded with unidentified processing residue. [..]
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