Posted by mageadmin | Posted in Dog Care Tips | Posted on 19-05-2010
Tags: business, cancer, dog-food, Ethoxyquin Ethoxyquin, health, nutrition, pet, Pet food
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Have a look at the can of pet food you have been feeding your dog. Don’t just take a look at the label. “Super Gourmet Beef Delight” doesn’t tell you what your dog is literally eating. Read the ingredients. Have you any idea what each ingredient is? What it really is? Not all ingredients inside of a can of food are necessarily good for your dog. Here are three Dog Food ingredients you should steer clear of.
Corn (in any form)
You will see it listed as corn gluten, corn gluten meal, corn cellulose, or just corn. Dogs are carnivores but they can eat and digest vegetable matter. However, corn is quite difficult for them to digest because they don’t have enough of the correct enzymes. Too much corn can lead to digestive issues. The corn gluten, gluten meal, and cellulose are used primarily as binders and have little or no nutritional value.
BHA/BHT
They are phenolic antioxidants, used to preserve fats and oils. Many countries have banned these from human use, but they continue to be permitted in the U.S. They may well be human carcinogens and have been demonstrated carcinogenic in animal experiments.
Here’s how this ingredient listing looks on the bag of a well-liked brand of kibbles. That's the fourth ingredient, by the way: “Animal Fat (preserved with BHA/BHT)”.
Ethoxyquin
Ethoxyquin is an antioxidant. It had been developed by Monsanto as a stabilizer for rubber. It has also been used as a pesticide for fruit along with a color preservative for spices - and later for animal feed. It is linked to thyroid, kidney, reproductive and immune related illnesses and also cancer. Studies to determine the safety of Ethoxyquin have not been completed, and that is why it’s still allowed in dog foods.
As a side note, if you see that fish meal is an ingredient in the pet food brand you're using, unless it says “human grade” fish meal, it is preserved with Ethoxyquin, even if it’s not specifically listed.
These are just a few of the dog food ingredients I suggest you avoid feeding your dog. The best way to be sure that your dog is getting the healthiest, most nutritionally balanced food possible is to make it yourself. Otherwise, you could potentially be compromising your pet’s health without even realizing it.
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