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Reading a dog food ingredients list can feel like a bit of a minefield — and trying to compare the labels on the back of two different brands can feel even more overwhelming.
Freshpet's cat food and dog food products are marketed as fresh, requiring refrigeration [4] since the company's products have no preservatives. [13] Freshpet was the first to distribute pet food in the fresh and refrigerated category across North America.
Simmons Animal Nutrition division provides feed ingredients for brands such as Blue Buffalo, Hills, Nestle, Mars, Champion, and Freshpet. Their pet food division specializes in fresh and canned pet food for brands such as Great Value, Blue Buffalo, Fresh Pet, Hills, Nestlé, and 2 dozen other brands out of their Kansas, Iowa, and Arkansas plants.
A 2008 study published in the Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition found high levels of mycotoxins in the raw ingredients used for pet food in Brazil. [125] A 2010 study in the Journal of Mycotoxin Research tested 26 commercial dog foods and found mycotoxins at concerning sub-lethal levels. It was determined that long-term exposure ...
As of 2018, there are around 470 million pet dogs and around 370 million pet cats. [8] [better source needed] Given the carnivorous diets fed to many pets (especially cats and dogs), involving the consumption of an estimated fifth of the world's meat and fish, the impact of pet-food production on climate change, land-use and other environmental impacts becomes an issue.
Animal digest is a common ingredient used in pet foods.As defined by the Association of American Feed Control Officials, digest is produced by the chemical or enzymatic hydrolysis of clean animal tissue that has not undergone decomposition.