Seven Secrets to Choosing a Safe and Healthy Pet Food

 

Do you choose canned food or dry food? What brand? There are so many different brands, all shapes and sizes of pet food to choose from and pet owners are given so little information to base their decisions (aside from advertising), it can be very confusing! Well, buckle up your seat belt depending on how much you know about the pet food industry, this could be a bumpy ride! You are about to learn seven secrets, well-kept secrets, of pet food. Sit back, get ready, and read on.

Beneful says it is' Premium dog food for a happy, healthy dog ​​'and retailing for around $ 18.00 for a 31 pound bag, Science Diet "promises"' precisely balanced nutrition through ongoing research and The highest สัตว์น่าเลี้ยง backed by your vet's endorsement retails for around $ 21.00 for just a 20 pound bag. Then there are numerous pet foods that make the same claims: 'Premium, Highest Quality Dog Food', selling for $ 30.00 or more for a 20 pound bag. And the same is true for cat owners ... Do you choose Whiskas that says 'Everything we do is to make cats happy!' Or do you choose one of those high-end cat foods that make the same claim of a happy, healthy cat but cost 3 times as much?

Now, with the continued recall of pet food, pet owners have questions like 'Has this food been recalled?' or 'Is this food the next to be recalled?' ... 'Is my pet safe?' Wow, this is confusing! And it's scary too! What exactly should a pet owner do? How about we learn some secrets? Equipped with the knowledge of some pet food secrets, it is not that confusing.

Secret # 1 ...

All pet foods use descriptive words like choice and premium, although few of them actually use premium or select ingredients in their food. The 'secret' is that, according to the rules of the pet food industry, no pet food can make any claims or references on its label or advertising as to the quality or grade of the ingredients. You see, the word 'premium' when related to pet food DOES NOT mean that the food ingredients are premium. With pet food, premium does not (cannot) describe the food and it also (cannot) describe the quality of the food. It's a marketing term and that's it. According to the pet food industries' own rules and regulations, "There are no references to the quality or grade of ingredients" (regulation PF5 d 3). So words like premium, choice or quality are just marketing or sales terms. They should not be construed as terms that describe the quality of the food.

Now, why wouldn't a pet food label be allowed to tell a potential customer the quality of your ingredients? Doesn't a pet owner deserve to know what they are buying? This brings me to the next secret ...

Secret # 2 ...

If I can compare 'human' food to pet food for just a second, we all know that there are different qualities in human food. There's White Castle (I'm guilty here, I love the little ones!) And there's Outback Steak House (another favorite). Both restaurants serve meat and potatoes. At White Castle for less than $ 3.00 you can get a couple of burgers and an order of fries. While you're at the Outback, you can get a steak and a baked potato for around $ 16.00. They both serve beef and potato, but you already realize that there are huge nutritional differences between a fast food burger and a steak ... right?

The problem in the pet food industry is that most pet owners don't think in the same terms when it comes to pet food. They don't think in terms of there being fast food types of pet food and there being more nutritious types of pet food in restaurants. In fact, several years ago, a young man tried this very experiment with his own diet: He ate nothing but fast food for 30 days. In just one month of eating fast food three meals a day, he gained a massive amount of weight, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels skyrocketed. Now imagine your pet eating these types of foods throughout his life.

Okay, back to our two meals ... if a chemical analysis of your meal at White Castle were compared to a chemical analysis of your meal at the Outback, both would be analyzed with a percentage of protein, carbohydrates and fat.