It’s important to understand how dog food is really made. Rendering components “make up 40 percent to 60 percent of most finished kibble formulas for cats and dogs,” according to the pet food industry. On labels, rendered pet food ingredients such as chicken meal or lamb meal are indicated as ‘meal’ animal protein ingredients. InContinue reading “What is Rendering? How Dog Food is Really Made!”
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The Scary Truth About Kibble
Note: this contains graphic information, and feel free to skip if you have a weak stomach or would rather not read the details. According to the Earth Island Journal, “The rendering plant floor is piled high with ’raw product’: thousands of dead dogs and cats; heads and hooves from cattle, sheep, pigs, and horses; wholeContinue reading “The Scary Truth About Kibble”