Dog food manufacturers often include ingredients like beet pulp to bulk up the stool, but they contain little nutritional benefit for your dog.
Not exact matches
Dog food manufacturers rate the digestibility of their products and
often post the information on their websites.
Often times these ingredients appear within an ingredient list on
dog food manufacturer bags as «chicken by - product» or «chicken meal» as if the word «chicken» or «beef» listed before the word will hide the less than stellar ingredients that are within the
food.
Chelated minerals are more expensive fore
dog food manufacturers to use so their presence in a
food is
often a sign of a better
dog food.
In grain - free
dog foods,
manufacturers often use carbohydrates that provide less nutritional value than grains and substitute filler ingredients like corn with plant based fillers such as peas.
Grains are
often used to in
dog food recipes because they contain a ton of calories and are super cheap for the
manufacturers.
I have an even greater degree of sympathy for the challenges pet
food manufacturers face in securing affordable, healthful and safe ingredients from multiple sources from around the world, while at the same time avoiding costly recalls and class action lawsuits when
dogs and cats are sickened and even die from consuming their «Scientifically Formulated» and
often «Veterinarian Approved» products.