The-Truth-About-Pet-Foods

Company B: “(Company B) uses only high quality lamb meat
from New Zealand, not the lamb by-products found in some
other pet foods.”
Truth Response: Are we to believe Company B adds lamb chops and
racks of lamb to their products at a retail price of approximately $10.00
or more per pound How could this be when Company B foods cost
about $1.00 per pound retail, and half that at wholesale Company B
needs to describe exactly what the special “high quality” lamb product
is to explain this conundrum.
Company B: “The chicken (Company B) uses is not only human
grade, but also tested to be free of hormones, antibiotics and
pesticides, as well as chemical preservatives such as BHA,
BHT and ethoxyquin... (Company B) uses only fresh, whole
fruits and vegetables, like you would buy at the grocery store,
in our foods.”
Truth Response: Human grade can mean by-products from human
grade processing. These are the same “human grade” ingredients virtually
all other manufacturers use. If Company B means their ingredients
are human grade right from the grocery store, then it must be explained
how they can process, package, and ship their products for far less cost
than the price of these ingredients, and why most of their ingredients are
not found in the grocery store. (Incidentally, as of this printing, the phrase
“human grade” has not even been approved by pet food regulators. 1-2 )
Company B: “Glucosamine, together with Chondroitin Sulfate,
is believed to stimulate the rebuilding of the cartilage matrix
and to play a role in the fight against osteoarthritis.”
Truth Response: Properly formulated foods using fresh meat, tendon,
cartilage and bone contain natural sources of proteoglycans and all classes
of collagen, providing excellent building block nutrition for joints and all
connective tissues. If Company B is using isolated or synthetic glucosamines
and chondroitin, then their products are illegal since these are unapproved
ingredients at this time. 2
1. Petfood Industry, March 2002:79.
2. Association of American Feed Control Officials, 1998 Official Publication.
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