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In 1974, Mathile bought half of the pet food company from its founder, Paul Iams, and then purchased the rest in the early 1980s.
so the modern psyche that artificial dyes are being used even on some pet foods. Dogs see limited color,
#Why pet owners are skipping the pet food aisle in favor of homemade pet food Veterinarians say these pet food home chefs do it for different reasons.
While the pet food industry has started adding salmon, vegetables and other ingredients humans favor to its products,
They re skipping the pet food aisle altogether in favor of cooking up big batches of Fido s meals.
Veterinarians say these pet food home chefs do it for different reasons. For some people it s the human-animal bonding.
Delaney founded Balanceit, a website with tips on preparing pet food and other finer points of pet nutrition, in 2005.
Interest in homemade pet food really took off in 2007 after the melamine pet food scare, he says,
he decided to try a dog food recipe his wife found online. The recipe was created by Michael Fox, former vice president of the Humane Society of the U s. and the author of more than 40 books on animal care, behavior and bioethics.
organic foods that are biologically appropriate for the species. Food for Dogs is different from Dog food it s human food quality,
where he offers the dog food recipe, plus organic and GMO-free prepared pet food products. Many people assume that the mostbiologically appropriate food for dogs is meat,
according to Marion Nestle, who authored a book on pet food in 2010. But as humans have become increasingly concerned that grain-based carbs are the reason we re fat,
and cats who eat commercial pet food might also be gaining too much weight from the grains in it.
According to Fox, sales of grain-free pet foods jumped some 28 percent between 2011 and 2012 to $1. 4 billion for dog food,
Pet food is a $21 billion a year market. Some pet owners are even putting pets on raw food diets,
dog food can t contain ingredients pets can t tolerate, like garlic and onions, raisins, grapes and kabocha squash,
Loper says the reason more people like him are turning away from commercial dog food is that they are choosing fresher
and cooking, why not cook dog food? he says. It s practically as quick as making pasta.
Humane and sanitary The insects are purchased from commercial suppliers who raise them predominantly for the pet food industry (reptiles
Animal advocates have long cast a suspicious eye on the practices of the pet food industry with talk over decades about hidden ingredients in canned and dried goods containing horse meat so-called 4-D meat (dead downed dying
Today the nutritional content and safety of pet food is a mainstream concern given growing consciousness about nutrition
The pet-food market has grown dramatically with some pet food companies even marketing organic food for dogs and cats.
But concern over pet food safety may now be at an all-time high with a series of scandals that have claimed the lives of thousands of animals in recent years
The source then was an ingredient maker in China that added melamine an inedible compound used in plastics into pet food.
A company called Menu Foods headquartered in Canada then blended and packaged pet food under dozens of different labels that sickened
China is the biggest exporter of pet food consumed in the American market. FDA Proposes New Rules for Pet
In the end consumers must demand that pet food manufacturers make it a priority not only to assure safe foods but also more humanely produced animal products.
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2010 in the journal Pediatrics that an outbreak of salmonella in 79 people between 2006 and 2008 was caused by contaminated dry pet food.
and veterinarians have with pet foods and many of the popular raw animal-product based pet treats currently on the market said Freeman in a statement.
For example 71 percent of people feeding bully sticks to their pets stated they avoid by-products in pet foods yet bully sticks are for all intents and purposes an animal by-product.
A diverse range of companies from dog food manufacturers to botanical gardens might be affected by environmental regulations.
They start eating pets instead of pet food. Incidents like this one could become more common: In May a woman in Altadena Calif. a suburb of Los angeles near Pasadena entered her kitchen to find a bear already there munching on peaches she had left on the counter.
#Will Eating Pet food Kill Me? There s no official record of how many people dine on crunchy kibble
or mushy canned pet food but the act is probably as harmless as eating table scraps.
Most pet food is made from food humans won t stomach slaughterhouse leftovers such as organs blood and offal like the trim from hides (an indigestible but harmless filler).
Many dry and wet dog pet foods also contain rice wheat and other plants not to mention added vitamins and minerals.
and gravy style of canned pet food that caused rapid kidney failure and death in hundreds and possibly thousands of animals.
The FDA later recalled more animal edibles tracing the problem back to wheat gluten a component used to thicken pet foods.
The main components of kidney stones in rats that ate the pet food says a federal document are melamine and uric acid (also known as urea the main component in urine.
The melamine that made its way into pet food sold in the United states came from a Chinese manufacturer of wheat gluten.
Because melamine oelooks like protein when tested adding it to pet food could deceptively boost protein levels a major selling point for consumers.
This some allege may be ended why it up in pet food. So if people eat pet food these days is it really safe?
The jury is out in light of the pet food crisis but sticking to food intended for humans for awhile would be a wise choice.
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In cities coyotes will eat pet food or garbage. Breading season is February to March. In the spring females build dens in preparation for their young.
AFB makes flavor coatings for dry pet foods. To test the coatings the company needs to make small batches of plain kibble to put them on.
The fundamental challenge of the pet food professional Moeller is saying is to balance the wants
Dry cereal-based pet foods caught on during WORLD WAR II when tin rationing put a stop to canning.
Dry pet food was less messy and stinky and more convenient. As a satisfied Spratt's Patent Cat food customer of yesteryear put it the little biscuits were both handy and cleanly.
To meet nutritional requirements pet food manufacturers blend animal fats and meals with soy and wheat grains and vitamins and minerals.
Pet foods come in a variety of flavors because that's what humans like and we assume pets like what we like.
Pet foods come in a variety of flavors because that's what humans like and we assume our pets like what we like.
what most pet food manufacturers try to do to make their food palatable. The article states that pet foods are mixed with âÂ#Âoesoy
and wheat grainsã¢Â# and that cats and dogs are not grain eaters. âÂ# I think it is worth noting that there are plenty of pet foods available that are grain-free that do not require tricks to âÂ#Âoeentice pets to eat enough for it to be nutritionally sufficient.
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of which 23%goes into pet foods. Ew. The term human grade ingredients has no meaning since the moment the product leaves the slaughterhouse
and enters the pet food manufacturing plant it is considered no longer fit for human consumption. The article hits the nail on the head:
I'd bought into the notion that only pet food companies and their paid nutritional experts could tell me what was appropriate for a dog to eat.
University of Illinois animal sciences researcher Kelly Swanson in cooperation with scientists at natural pet food maker The Nutro Company have raised a number of important questions on the sustainability of pet ownership.
The pet food industry faces some unique issues. First it is interlinked tightly with livestock production and the human food system.
Finally pet food has to be affordable. As with human food dietary ingredient selection and nutrient composition affect the sustainability of the pet food system.
Protein is expensive both financially and environmentally so the choice of protein source and amount in the diet are particularly important.
There are thousands of widely varying pet foods on the market. Many are formulated to appeal to the owners who think their pets need extremely high levels of protein and other nutrients.
Soy-based proteins are a common pet food ingredient and their production is estimated to be 6 to 20 times more efficient in terms of fossil fuel requirements.
Pet food manufacturers also make heavy use of the secondary products from the human food chain. That's great from a sustainability standpoint because we're using the products that would otherwise not be used said Swanson.
In short there are strategies to make pet food manufacturing more sustainable while meeting the animals'nutritional needs and keeping the products affordable.
Pet food is a $55 billion industry worldwide so adopting sustainable practices could have a global impact.
and nutrition and produce quality and safe pet food said Rebecca Carter research scientist at The Nutro Company.
and promote the sustainability of pet ownership and the pet food industry. However pet owners also need to adopt sustainable feeding practices.
Swanson stresses the importance of educating consumers veterinarians pet food professionals everybody. They're being fed as
Swanson said it would be helpful to develop a model that would estimate the environmental impact of pet foods
and serve as a basis for strategies to increase the sustainability of pet foods in the future. Such a model could be used to respond to those who argue that we should not keep pets at all.
and the China-Pacific region so the impact of pet food production will certainly increase. Pets play an important role in our lives
so that the overall sustainability of pet foods may be improved in the future. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by University of Illinois College of Agricultural Consumer and Environmental sciences (ACES.
and pet foods have been associated with over 900 illnesses in the last five years. These foods were thought previously to be safe
or most pet foods these findings reinforce that veterinarians and pet owners need to be aware of pet treats like these bully sticks as a source of calories in a dog's diet said Lisa M. Freeman DVM Phd DACVN professor of nutrition at TCSVM
and pet owner perceptions of dog foods and treats the research team developed a 20-question Web-based survey.
and veterinarians have with pet foods and many of the popular raw animal-product based pet treats currently on the market said Freeman.
For example 71 percent of people feeding bully sticks to their pets stated they avoid by-products in pet foods yet bully sticks are for all intents and purposes an animal by-product.
#Pet foods: Not all brands follow meat regulationsresearchers in Chapman University's Food Science Program have published just a study on pet food mislabeling.
The study focused on commercial pet foods marketed for dogs and cats to identify meat species present as well as any instances of mislabeling.
Of the 52 products tested 31 were labeled correctly 20 were mislabeled potentially and one contained a nonspecific meat ingredient that could not be verified.
Although regulations exist for pet foods increases in international trade and globalization of the food supply have amplified the potential for food fraud to occur said Rosalee Hellberg Ph d
and pet food products is a concern which is one of the reasons we wanted to do this study.
Chicken was the most common meat species found in the pet food products. Pork was the second most common meat species detected
Of the 20 potentially mislabeled products 13 were dog food and 7 were cat food. Of these 20 16 contained meat species that were included not on the product label with pork being the most common undeclared meat species. In three of the cases of potential mislabeling one
Pet food safety was another area of concern particularly with pet foods that are formulated specifically to address food allergies in both cats and dogs continued Dr. Hellberg.
The pet food industry is a substantial market in the United states. Nearly 75 percent of U s. households own pets totaling about 218 million pets (not including fish.
In the past five years pet industry expenditures have increased by $10 billion with $21 billion spent on pet food alone in 2012.
The U s. Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary medicine regulates animal feed and pet foods. While the U s. Department of agriculture regulates the interstate transportation and processing of animal products as well as the inspection of animal product imports and exports.
While a seemingly high percentage of pet foods were found to be mislabeled potentially in this study the manner in
#Dog food goes gourmet: Nine emerging trends in pet foodfour out of five pet owners now consider their pet a member of the family
when it comes to purchasing food for their pets accordingly (Mintel Pet food 2013). In the July issue of Food technology Magazine published by the Institute of Food Technologists Contributing Editor A. Elizabeth Sloan writes about recent trends in gourmet pet food. 1. The premium sector accounted for 40 percent
of the 26 billion dollar U s. pet food market in 2013 (Packaged Facts 2014). 2. Sales of natural pet foods totaled $4. 1 billion in 2012 (Packaged
Facts 2014). 3. 79 percent of pet owners said the quality of their pets'food is as important as their own (Mintel 2013). 4. Top drivers of sales in pet foods included adding excitement
to the pets'diets via flavors gravies look-alike human recipes and meal specific foods such as appetizers and breakfast (IRI 2014). 5. Half of new pet foods touted have added vitamins antioxidants
and grains in pet food. 8. 53 percent of dogs and 58 percent of cats are overweight causing the need for functional and therapeutic pet food (APOP 2013). 9. 51 percent
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