Sentences with phrase «so pet food manufacturers»

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With so much at stake, it is crucial for both manufacturers and retailers to earn and maintain consumers» trust that the food they feed their pets» is safe and nutritionally sound — and trust begins in the bag.

Also, the pet food manufacturer has the added expense of converting the wet chicken into a dry form so that it can be made in to chicken.

«This is driving manufacturers like ourselves to invest in innovative equipment to help drive down costs so that we can continue to bring breakthrough pet foods at a reasonable price,» Young adds.

So along with the growing popularity in other proteins such as lamb and turkey, pet food manufacturers are offering more exotic proteins such as duck, bison, fish, venison, rabbit and kangaroo.

Many commercial dog food manufacturers don't add enough of these essential nutrients into their products in order to cut costs, the stability and molecular structure of salmon is fragile, therefore, the nutrients do not survive lengthy storage in bags of kibble, so you may need to add them as a supplement to your pet's diet.

One of the drawbacks of commercial pet foods is that manufacturers are permitted to make substitutions if they can show that they can reach nutritional minimums in doing so.

You may be wondering, then, why so many pet food manufacturers include carbohydrates in their formulas.

Feeding trials are not commonly performed due to expense, so AAFCO allows pet food manufacturers to claim their food as nutritionally complete if one of the following requirements is met:

Quality pet - food manufacturers work hard to include the right amount of nutrients so that supplements are not needed, but dogs with allergies and / or sensitivities still might need to experiment with different brands and formulations to discover which food works best for them.

While commercial pet food manufacturers compensate for variations in basal ingredients by adding vitamin and mineral supplements, it is difficult to determine optimum levels for so many different breeds of animals having varying genetic backgrounds and metabolic needs.

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My best advice is to steer clear of the commercial, supermarket - type brands (and also many of the so - called premium brands probably offered in your veterinarian's surgery — vets are not trained (or very poorly trained) in animal nutrition (believe it or not), and get all (or most) of their information from the commercial pet food manufacturers which peddle their products in veterinary surgeries — you know the ones I'm talking about.

If a manufacturer uses specific types of meats, they will gladly feature that on their pet food label as «chicken meal», «beef liver» and so on instead of using more generic terms.

This is in no small part due to what pet food manufacturers do to make these dry food so enticing to cats.

The USDA does not have strict standards on the ingredients used to make pet food, so many manufacturers choose to use GMO's, animal by - products and other protein sources that are of poor quality.

With so many pet food manufacturers and veterinarians peddling «kitten food» and «kitten formulas» it can be challenging to decipher what your kitten truly needs.

AAFCO publishes minimum nutritional requirements for pet foods and they tell pet food manufacturers how to meet those requirements so they can call their food 100 % complete and balanced.

Quality pet - food manufacturers work hard to include the right amount of nutrients so that supplements are not needed, but pets with allergies or sensitivities might need to experiment with different brands to discover which food works best for them.

Tina Dailey, marketing manager for MiracleCorp, a Dayton, Ohio - based manufacturer with over 40 years of experience in freeze - dried products and the maker of Stewart brand pet food, says retailers are increasingly showcasing freeze - dried products, and doing so is a way to offer pet owners the advantages of a raw diet without having to invest in freezers.

The interest in grain - free is so strong that pet food manufacturers are releasing new formulas to meet the demand.

We are so cautious about what is in our own food, it is a relief to know that there are pet food manufacturers like Earthborn who are passionate about what we feed our pets.

I wouldn't be so quick to blame a pet food manufacturer for the death of your dog.