The-Truth-About-Pet-Foods

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THE “INGREDIENT LABELS
DEMONSTRATE FOOD VALUE”
MYTH
Two very different products can have identical ingredient labels.
One can be nutritionally far superior to the other.
The reason for this is that regulations only permit standard descriptions
of each ingredient.* Thus, a manufacturer who is trying to create
a truly high quality, nutritionally rich product cannot describe these
efforts on the label by being specific.
The chart on page 40 demonstrates how a nutritionally superior food
may cost a manufacturer 32 times what another manufacturer pays to
produce an apparently identical product. Since ingredients must be listed
using required terminology, the unique quality that may be present is hidden
from the consumer.
To determine the true value of a commercial product, read the
company’s literature (not product labels) carefully.
* Association of American Feed Control Officials, 1998 Official Publication.
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