The Dog Bowl Pet Supply and BARF Raw Food Blog
The Dog Bowl is an online storefront that offers quality pet products including: raw dog food, B.A.R.F., pet beds, dog dental care, pet first aid kits for travel, and every other luxury pet gift imaginable.Monday, May 07, 2007
Do "Premium" Brand Pet Foods contain better ingredients?
Not necessarily. Compare the label of a high-end brand such as Eukanuba or Iams (both are Proctor & Gamble companies) with that of a cheaper one, Alpo or Purina One (both are made by Nestle), and you'll see little difference.
Ingredients in processed pet foods are "like a cake," says Boulder Colorado veterinarian Jean Hofve. "One might have butter cream frosting. But is still has the same basic ingredients."
Still, Menu Foods, which makes pet food sold under more than 90 brands, by dozens of companies, doesn't just slap different labels on cans filled with the same glop. The manufacturer follows formulas supplied to them by clients such as Proctor & Gamble (which owns Iams and Eukanuba to name a few) and Nestle (which owns Purina and Mighty Dog). The high-end brands tend to have fixed formulas, while lower-priced brands often instruct the manufacturer to use whatever meat and other ingredients are the cheapest on the market at the time.
The Dog Bowl would like you the consumer to consider what it would take to take the best ingredients possible and put them in a bag WITH a shelf life.... Preservatives, preservatives, preservatives. Those things are not good for anyone, let alone your precious pet!
Click here to read more about the better options than the processed pet food available.
Ask yourself "What is your pet really eating?" The Dog Bowl invites you to "think outside of the bag!"
Ingredients in processed pet foods are "like a cake," says Boulder Colorado veterinarian Jean Hofve. "One might have butter cream frosting. But is still has the same basic ingredients."
Still, Menu Foods, which makes pet food sold under more than 90 brands, by dozens of companies, doesn't just slap different labels on cans filled with the same glop. The manufacturer follows formulas supplied to them by clients such as Proctor & Gamble (which owns Iams and Eukanuba to name a few) and Nestle (which owns Purina and Mighty Dog). The high-end brands tend to have fixed formulas, while lower-priced brands often instruct the manufacturer to use whatever meat and other ingredients are the cheapest on the market at the time.
The Dog Bowl would like you the consumer to consider what it would take to take the best ingredients possible and put them in a bag WITH a shelf life.... Preservatives, preservatives, preservatives. Those things are not good for anyone, let alone your precious pet!
Click here to read more about the better options than the processed pet food available.
Ask yourself "What is your pet really eating?" The Dog Bowl invites you to "think outside of the bag!"
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