Jerky Pet Treats Made with Contaminated Food Source

This is a cross-post and follow-up to the Chinese jerky treat scandal that rumbled on and on because the FDA were unable to definitively establish that this product was contaminated despite the protestations of thousands of dog owners (and some cat owners) including over 1000 dog deaths. I’ll keep this post very short because …

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Cat Owners Unwittingly Support the Manufacture of Poor Quality Cat Food

Jo Singer’s article of today once again made me think about why pet food manufacturers, anywhere, have for decades turned out cat food which is not entirely suitable for the domestic cat. Many cat health problems stem from commercial cat food, it is said (IBD, Urinary Infections and Diabetes come to mind). Although there …

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Manufacturers of Grainless Cat Foods Continue to add Carbohydrates for Obligate Carnivores

There’s no way in getting around it, no matter how hard we try! Cats are obligate carnivores, requiring meat as their dietary mainstay. Cats lack amylase in their saliva, (the digestive enzyme essential in digesting carbohydrates). As a result they cannot efficiently digest carbohydrates. But apparently many of the higher-end cat food manufacturers are …

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What precisely is in cat food? We have a right to know.

Should pet food manufacturers be more transparent about their products? Today, the plethora of cat food brands and the variety of flavors marketed for sale makes it much easier for kitty guardians to help our fur-family members from getting bored with their everyday hum-drum dinners. But in order for cats to remain healthy they must …

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Message to Cat Food Manufacturers: Cut Out the Sugar!

There is too much sugar in a lot of commercially manufactured cat food. There is too much sugar in processed commercially manufactured human food. The big multinational corporations, which manufacture and supply cat food worldwide are very good at making a profit. Their packaging and marketing is excellent. They give the impression that their …

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